Bitching about Medieval Literature

The Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, Part 1: The King's Footholder


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This week, we have the first half of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, in which we meet the ruling family of Gwynedd, in the north. One of the king's nephews is wasting away for love of the king's footholder (no, literally, that's her job), so the king's OTHER nephew starts a war to get the king out of town. When the king comes back and uncovers the whole story, he demonstrates why you shouldn't piss off magic users and assault their household.


WARNINGS: Rape. The plot of this episode revolves around making it possible for one character to rape the woman he has been lusting over. This is directly discussed in timestamp 11:25-11:54 and timestamp 16:29-17:18. There is a fairly fucked up punishment for the two brothers involved in plotting the assault: they are transformed into a series of animals and enchanted so that they breed with each other for three years in a row.

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Bitching about Medieval LiteratureBy Gwen verch David

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