Greetings! I, first, wish to thank Flidais for adding these threads. I feel that these are important in the study of Celtic literature and the study of Arthur. I've only started reading Welsh, or Cymric poetry.(I will try to use the word Cymric because of the origin of the word, Wales, is Anglo-Saxon.) In reading poems like the "Y Gododdin" and the "Mabinogian," the works of Taliesin, Llewarch Hen, the tragedy in them plus the beauty in their words. I am, also, curious about the process they went through from their oral origins to being set down on parchment or vellum, and how much of a difference there is. The folk tradition. The bardic process. When thinking about these works, my thoughts are carried back to the battles and the romance associated with these. I'm sure being in the middle of these events are no where near the romance that comes to us. But then, looking at today, how glamorized events of the past have become. No matter how things change, they stay the same. The bardic process continues. Many years ago I had a friend who was very much into bardic recitation, reciting poetry with musical accompaniment. I angered him when I compared bardic recitation to rap; poetry recited with musical accompaniment. Recently, I heard Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait" and thought of bardic recitation. This being, I believe, the poetry of Robert Frost and the music of Aaron Copland. My thoughts may not have that much to do with Celtic literature, but Celtic literature is still around and alive today.