Manuscript Sources and Editions
| W | The White Book Mabinogion ed. J Gwenogvryn Evans (Pwlheli : s.n., 1907); new edition with introduction by R. M. Jones (Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1973). The manuscipt exists in two halves (Peniarth 4 and Peniarth 5, both of which are held at the National Library of Wales. A digital fascimile of the complete manuscript is available for viewing at the National Library of Wales website: https://www.llgc.org.uk/?id=256 |
| R | The Mabinogion from the Red Book of Hergest ed. J. Rhŷs and J. Gwenovgvryn Evans (Oxford : s.n., 1887). The manuscript is held at Jesus College, Oxford (MS J.111). A digital fascimile of the complete manuscript is available for viewing at a subdomain of the Cardiff university website:http://www.rhyddiaithganoloesol.caerdydd.ac.uk/en/ms-home.php?ms=Jesus111 |
| CO | Culhwch and Olwen : An Edition and Study of the Oldest Arthurian Tale ed. Rachel Bromwich and D. Simon Evans (Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1992) |
Translations
| MAB-D | The Mabinogion translated with an introduction and notes by Sioned Davies (Oxford : University Press, 2007) |
| MAB-F | The Mabinogi and other Medieval Welsh Tales translated, with an introduction by Patrick K. Ford (Berkley : University of California Press, 1977) |
| MAB-J | The Mabinogion translated by Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones (London and Melbourne : J. M Dent and Sons, 1974) |
Dictionaries, Grammars and other Reference Tools
| GMW | A Grammar of Middle Welsh D. Simon Evans (Dublin : Institute of Advnaced Studies, 1989) |
| GPC | Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru - A Dictionary of the Welsh Language ed. R. J. Thomas, Gareth A. Bevan and Patrick J. Donovan, (Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1950-2002), 4 vol. |
| LHEB | Language and History in Early Britain - A Chronological Survey of the Brittonic Languages, First to Twelfth Century AD Kenneth Hurlestone Jackson (Edinburgh : University Press, 1953) |
| ECMW | The Early Christian Monuments of Wales V. E. Nash Williams (Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1950) |
| ATU | The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography. Based on the system of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Hans-Jörg Uther (Helsinki : Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 2004) |
Primary Sources
| CMT | Cath Maige Tuired 'The Battle of Moytura' edited and translated by Elizabeth Gray Irish Texts Society 52 (1982) |
| HB | Historia Britonnum 'Nennius : British History and the Welsh Annals' edited and translated by John Morris (London and Chichester : Phillimore, 1980) |
| HG | The Harleian Genealogies, edited in "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies, from Harleian MS. 3859", in Phillimore, Egerton, Y Cymmrodor Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion IX pp. 141–183. Reproduced online by Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews at http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/history/harleian_genealogies/index.html |
| LDC | Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin 'The Black Book of Carmarthen' edited with notes by A. O. H. Jarmen (Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1982)(Welsh language) |
| LPBT | 'Legendary Poems from the Book of Taliesin' edited and translated by Marged Haycock (Aberystwyth : CMCS, 2007) |
| MD | 'The Metrical Dindshenchas' Vols. I-V edited and translated by Edward Gwynn, reprint edition (Dublin : Institute of Advanced Studies, 1991) |
| PKM | 'Pedeir Cainc Y Mabinogi' edited with notes and introduction by Ifor Williams, 2nd edition (Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1951) (Welsh language). An online edition edition of the text is also available at http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/celt/mcymr/pkm/pkm.htm |
| TYP | Troiedd Ynys Prydein 'The Welsh Triads' edited with introduction, translation and commentary by Rachel Bromwich(Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1978) |
| VS | Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae 'The Lives and Genealogies of the Welsh Saints' edited and translated by A. W. Wade-Evans. New edition edited by Scott Lloyd (Cardiff : Welsh Academic Press, 2013) |
Secondary Sources
| Edel, Doris | 'The catalogues in Culhwch ac Olwen and Insular Celtic learning' Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 30 (1983) |
| Edel, Doris | 'The Arthur of "Culhwch and Olwen" as a Figure of Epic-Heroic Tradition' Reading Medieval Studies 9 (1983) |
| Foster, Idris and Faulkner, Neil | 'The Irish influence on some Welsh personal names' in Féil-sgríbhinn Eóin Mhic Néill - Essays and studies presented to Professor Eoin MacNeill edited by John Ryan (Dublin : Four Courts, 1938) |
| Ford, P. K. | 'A Highly Important Pig' in Celtic Language, Celtic Culture: a festschrift for Eric P. Hamp ed. A.T.E Matonis and Daniel F. Melia (Helsinki : Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1990) |
| Hamp, Eric | 'Culhwch, the Swine' Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 41 (1986) |
| Henry, P.L. | 'Culhwch and Olwen - some Aspects of Style and Structure' Studia Celtica 3 (1968) |
| Jackson, K. H. | 'Rhai Sylwadu ar "Kulhwch ac Olwen"' Ysgrifau Beirniadol XII (1982) |
| Jones, Thomas | 'Chwedl Yr Anifeiliad Hynaf' National Library of Wales Journal VII (1951) |
| Koch, John T. | 'Further to Tongu Do Dia Toinges Mo Thuath, &c.' Etudes Celtique 29 (1992) |
| Nagy, Joseph F. | 'A Leash and an Englyn in the Medieval Welsh Arthurian Tale Culhwch ac Olwen' in New Directions in Oral Theory - Essays on Ancient and Medieval Literatures ed. Mark Amodio (Tempe, Ariz. : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2005) |
| Ní Chathain, Proinseas | 'Swineherds, Seers and Druids Studia' Celticia 14-15 (1979-1980) |
| Piquemal, Catherine | 'Culhwch and Olwen: A Structured Portrayal of Arthur?' Arthuriana 10.3 (2000) |
| Radner, Joan N. | 'Interpreting Irony in Medieval Celtic Narrative: The Case of Culhwch ac Olwen' Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 16 (1988) |
| Rodway, Simon | 'The Date and Authorship of Culwch ac Olwen: A Reassessment Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 49 (2005) |
| Sheehan, Sarah | 'Giants, Boar-hunts, and Barbering: Masculinity in Culhwch ac Olwen' Arthuriana 15.3 (2005) |
| Sims-Williams, Patrick | 'The Significance of Irish Personal Names in Culhwch ac Olwen' Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 29 pt.4 (1982) |
