Talk:Rhiannon

Latest comment: 11 years ago by 85.221.137.175 in topic Source?

[Untitled] edit

Most of this entry is identical to the Pwyll entry; this is not efficient. Is this a Wikipedia Style issue? It would seem to be more reasonable to summarize the common parts, and cross-reference. DigitalMedievalist 06:17, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC) Lisa


The article is a summary of the relevant parts of the Mabinogi, should it not reference them? A source for the etymology of the name would also be better.

--Nantonos 19:23, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Why's this tagged for cleanup? If it's just missing a citation or two, then {{citation needed}} would be better. I can't see anything glaringly wrong with the article. QuartierLatin1968   18:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)Reply


I can't see anything obviously wrong with the article either, I just finished reading a book about Arthur, and they told these stories in the book, it seems fine to me. Oh, and my sister's name is Rhiannon...

--Lady Éowyn 18:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Seems Ok edit

The info. seems ok to me. For more information The Mabinogian should be referenced. That is the source from which my Welsh mother named me... Rhiannon. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RhiannonR (talkcontribs) .

"Welsh Deities??" edit

It could be said that the only well-attested to instances of ANY known non-christian deities worshipped by the Welsh are those named in inscriptions on Romano-Celtic altars.

I would like to see some serious discussion on the merit of near universal custom of elevating to god/goddesshood virtually any of the primary characters in the stories of the Welsh corpus. Earrach 3/26/07

It's been a convention here. I don't know how it came about, but the purpose of the category has been to separate characters from the main Category:Welsh mythology. Perhaps it is time for a name change.--Cúchullain t/c 20:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

picture edit

hey folks... this is the first time i'm entering a discussion on the wikipedia. i'm a lover of mythology and a teacher of english. not sweating the grammar. two thoughts: i like the question about elevating the status of queens to goddesses... what's it all about? pop culture? which brings me to my second thought. stevie nicks has painted portraits of her idea of rhiannon. one of those would be fabulous and appropriate here, i think... i don't know about posting rules and all that, copyright stuff, and am primarily interested everyone's thoughts on it... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Delusiacandy (talkcontribs) 02:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC).Reply

           Done. --LiamMcConville 14:02, 31 July 2007 (UTC)Reply
I know I'm a little late to the game but I don't think it's appropriate. The merits of the picture itself aside, the song is not at all about the goddess. It would be more appropriate to include an ancient image of that goddess if they exist or a more contemporary image even, but one based on some kind of research, rather than Ms. Nicks impression of what she may have looked like. I don't think is very fitting for an encyclopedia. So I'm removing it. Josh 00:16, 26 September 2007 (UTC)Reply


Ummm... edit

What, no mention of the Fleetwood Mac Song...? Basesurge (talk) 09:50, 22 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

96.236.185.207 (talk) 09:48, 22 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Ancient Greek edit

Why is there an Ancient Greek transliteration of the name in this article? What has it got to do with Welsh?Psammead (talk) 19:08, 22 July 2011 (UTC)Reply


Source? edit

There is a citation of Proinsias Mac Cana but no title or year. Looking in any book/article that has 53 or more pages would be counterproductive. Please either provide a source or delete the citation. Cheers lads — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.221.137.175 (talk) 13:59, 6 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Modern Interpretations edit

Does this seem a bit POV to anyone else? It doesn't fit with the tone of a Wikipedia article at all, and I'm not sure it's even accurate to traditional depictions of Rhiannon having read some of the Mabinogion.

02:58, 26 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Little Miss Desu (talkcontribs)