The Island of the Mighty

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The Island of the Mighty

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Author(s):

Evangeline Walton

First Pub:

1936

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Mythology

First Read:

1980

Times Read:

2 times

Rating:

Chapters:

See 31

Book One - The Pigs of Pryderi

1 - The Love-Sickness of Gilvaethwy

2 - The Magic of Gwydion

3 - Flight

4 - The Hosting of Mâth

5 - The Battle

6 - Peace

7 - Gwydion and Pryderi Speak with Swords

8 - How the Host Came Home

9 - The Judgement of Mâth

10 - Back to the Forge

Book Two - Llew

1 - Mâth Seeks a New Footholder

2 - Mâth Tests Arianrhod

3 - Gwydion's Wish Comes True

4 - The Warning of the Stars

5 - The Dawning of a Mind

6 - At the Castle of the Silver Wheel

7 - The Adventure of the Gold-Showmakers

8 - The Last Curse of Arianrhod

Book Three - The Loves of Blodeuwedd

1 - The Counsel of Mâth

2 - The Coming of Goronwy Pevr

3 - Weavers of Darkness

4 - The Sentence of the Stars

5 - The Death of Dylan

6 - The Last Spell of Arianrhod

7 - Gwydion Goes Upon a Strange Quest

8 - The Hosting of Gwynedd

9 - Doom

10 - Llech Goronwy

Internal ID:

324

Series:

<- The Song of Rhiannon

Welsh Mabinogion*

#4 of 4

Welsh Mabinogion*

This is a four book series which retells the Welsh Maginogion.

View this series in the book list

1) Prince of Annwn
2) The Children of Llyr
3) The Song of Rhiannon
4) The Island of the Mighty

Copyright:

Dedication:

Dedicated to My Mother and Her Mother,
the two who first had faith in Gwydion and in me,
and to all who, known or unknown to themselves
have helped.
May that help return to them!

First Sentence:

Gilvaethwy the son of Dôn was in a bad way.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Then he turned and went back toward Mur y Castell, where Gwydion and the men of Gwynedd waited.

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 05-Jan-2020

Publications

12-Jan-1979

Del Rey

Paperback

Date Issued:

12-Jan-1979

Format:

Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.95

Pages*:

368

Read:

2 times

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

525

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-27967-0

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-27967-5

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Howard Koslow - Cover Artist

THE
THREE CURSES

Tricked into giving birth to him, the sorceress Arianhod swore that the child should be nameless until she named him... that he should not bear arms until she herself bestowed them... and that he should never love a woman of the human race.

But her brother and lover Gwydion tricked her into bestowing a name, Llew... and Gwydion's wiles brought her to arm him... and then Gwydion called upon his craft to produce a woman who was supremely lovely and ardent in her passion for Llew... yet not human.

"THESE BOOKS ARE NOT ONLY THE BEST FANTASIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT ALSO GREAT WORKS OF FICTION."
- THE SATURDAY REVIEW

PRINCE OF ANNWN
THE CHILDREN OF LLYR
THE SONG OF RHIANNON
THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY

- AVALIABLE FROM DEL REY BOOKS -

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Ballentine Books Edition: July 1970
Fifth printing: February 1979

Began this book just after reading The Song of Rhiannon.

Author(s)

Evangeline Walton
Birth: 24 Nov 1907 Indianapolis
Death: 11 Mar 1996

Awards

No awards found

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