Gwyndolin's Resurrection? | Myth, Psychology, Symbolism | Arianrhod, Gwydion, Manannán mac Lir |

| Arianrhod/Aranrhod, Gwydion, Manannán mac Lir |


🌙 Join me today for a different sort of video - a Deep Dive into not the Age of the Deep, but everything Lunar and everything Gwyndolin. 🌙 It's also got a more personal section at the end about psychology in the Souls games and what I personally see in Gwyndolin's arc (pure speculation and some swearing at Pontiff Sulyvahn).

It's a long one so buckle up and let Melina take the wheel of this Honda Accord!

\\\ They/them used for Gwyndolin in this video, to invite viewers with many different readings of the lore ///

I’m exploring several fronts:
Lunar symbolism, sovereignty, and liminality in Welsh & Irish lore
Gwyndolin, Arianrhod/Gwydion, and Manannán mac Lir
Cycles and the Souls games
Applying real world psychology to the themes in the series
My own deranged ramblings as I slowly succumb to Hollow Dropsy!

**Content warning: discussion of assault and coercion in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, discussion of concepts around complex trauma, emotional neglect and disorganised attachment style. **

SPOILERS FOR THE DARK SOULS SERIES AND ELDEN RING (& SOtE)

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Please drop your theories below! 🐍🌙
Where would you most like to live in the Soulsborne worlds? Majula is a cheat answer!


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:::Sources & Further Reading:::
Nicole A. Thomas: PhD thesis on Arianrhod & gender roles:
https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/...


(Alternative link) Thomas (2021), Re-Reading the Mabinogi:
https://ipics.cardiffuniversitypress....


LGBTQ Cymru: Antiquity & queer Welsh figures:
https://lgbtqcymru.swansea.ac.uk/2022...


The Druid Network: Trans rites of passage:
https://druidnetwork.org/expressions-...

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||+Videos Mentioned+||
‪@KrisHughes‬ — Who is Arianrhod?
   • Who is Arianrhod?  


Kris Hughes — Manannán mac Lir
   • O'Donnell's Kern - Tales of Manannán  


‪@mharastarling2730‬ — Welsh Deities 101
   • A Brief Guide to the Gods and Goddesses of...  


Mhara Starling — Gwydion
   • Gwydion | Magician, Caller of Trees | Wels...  

‪@ReptarusOnIce‬Elden Ring is About Family Trauma
   • Elden Ring Is About Family Trauma | 'M-Rat...  

‪@KazRowe‬Exploring Queerness in Gawain and the Green Knight (This is the video about medieval gender ideas)
   • A Look at Queerness in Sir Gawain and the ...  

I also want to shout out ‪@SinclairLore‬ whose video about Aldrich, Gwyndolin and the Nonbinary Future really put the seeds of this symbolism business in my mind many moons ago
   • Aldrich, Gwyndolin and the Non-Binary Futu...  
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///Texts & Misc.///
Math the Magician (Mabinogi text):
http://www.mabinogi.net/math.htm#_ftn...
Disorganized Attachment Style https://www.relationalpsych.group/art...
The Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Adults (Gwyndolin’s book in the art) - Lindsay Gibson:
  / adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-par...  
Why does he do that? - Lundy Bancroft:
https://ia801407.us.archive.org/6/ite...


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:::::::Thank you for watching!::::::
Moladh don Ghrian, Grá don Ghealach - and remember, time is a flat circle and this too shall pass.

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