One of the most beautiful women in Welsh folklore was Princess Olwen, daughter of Ysbaddaden, king of the giants. Her hair was yellower than the broom plant, and gorgeous white flowers sprung up in her footprints. King Arthur helped Prince Culhwch woo Olwen.
Alan Lee

In medieval Welsh legends, fairies look human, and aren't treated as nonhuman by human characters or collectively referred to by any general term (such as "fairy" or "Tylwyth Teg"). It's just implied that maybe these mysterious people with inexplicable magic aren't quite normal.
Alan Lee

Myrddin the Wild was an alleged 6th-century British prophet who inspired the Merlin legend. He was traumatized by the Battle of Arfderydd, and fled into the Caledonian Forest to become a hermit. Later, his sister Gwenddydd built a house for him there with 70 doors and 70 windows.
Alan Lee

The weirdest Welsh Arthurian legend is "The Dream of Rhonabwy." A man in a rotting house dreams he meets an insane King Arthur who insults his size, and then Arthur plays a board game with his knight Owain while their vassals (both humans and ravens) slaughter each other.
Alan Lee

Voici quelques vues de #BerenEtLúthien de #Tolkien édition reliée et illustrée par #AlanLee
parue hier aux #éditionsBourgois.
Vous pouvez les retrouver sur la fiche biblio avec la réf et liens pour trouver des librairies qui le proposent !
https://www.tolkiendil.com/tolkien/biblio/beren_et_luthien

Hier est reparue Beren et Lúthien de #Tolkien aux #éditionsBourgois, dans une nouvelle édition reliée, toujours illustrée par #AlanLee !
Plus d'infos sur notre fiche biblio :
https://www.tolkiendil.com/tolkien/biblio/beren_et_luthien

HarperCollins annonce pour le 10 oct une édition 3 vol deluxe en coffret illustrée par #AlanLee de #TheLordOfTheRings de #Tolkien :
- reliure cuir & tissu + argentures
- de nvles peintures + 50 nvx croquis
- 3 cartes d'illus
- 2 cartes géo dépliables de #ChristopherTolkien

Myrddin Wyllt was a 6th-century prophet who inspired the Merlin legend. After being traumatized by war, Myrddin fled into a Scottish forest and became a hermit. He supposedly wrote down his intense visions, which are collectively known as "The Prophecies of Merlin."
Alan Lee