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Record Number: 15823 Author(s)/Creator(s): Nugent , Christopher G. Contributor(s): Title: Reading Riannon: The Problematics of Motherhood in "Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet" [The author focuses on the episode in which Riannon, the queen, is wrongly accused by her serving women of killing her newborn son. Riannon must accept a strange ritual humiliation as her punishment until the baby is brought back to the royal court. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Domestic Violence in Medieval Texts.  Edited by Eve Salisbury, Georgiana Donavin, and Merrall Llewelyn Price.  University Press of Florida, 2002.  Pages 180 - 202. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Literature- Prose Mabinogion, Welsh Collection of Tales- First Branch- Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed Punishment in Literature Rhiannon (Literary Figure) Servants in Literature Violence in Literature Welsh Literature Wife Abuse in Literature Women in Literature Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 11 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2002. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0813024420

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