The MabinogionDreamlike Welsh tales from the thirteenth century Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of The Mabinogion passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know today. Set in dual realms of the forests and valleys of Wales and the shadowy otherworld, the tales are permeated by a dreamlike atmosphere. In 'Math Son of Mathonwy', two brothers plot to carry off the virginal Goewin,