09.22.06
The Book of Three: First Post (First Impressions)
It’s been a very long time since I read any Welsh mythology and, to be honest, I don’t remember much of it. I remember Prydain really well, though. It has been a core part of my personal canon for as long as I can remember.
In his introduction Lloyd Alexander says that “the geography of Prydain is peculiar to itself” and that it only sort of resembles Wales (basically by accident, it sounds like). My editions of the books do not contain maps and I never saw an edition that did until college. The result of this is that my Prydain looks vastly different from the way it is “supposed” to look. Over the years it’s changed some as my sense of direction has improved and as I’ve picked up textual details that I had previously missed, but the basic layout has always remained the same. I kind of like that I have my own private Prydain and have never drawn it. It’s mine. I feel very possessive of it and wish everyone had such a place of their very own. This one is mine and always will be. It’s something special to me, silly as it is. My map of Prydain.