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Quotation from The Mabinogion by Anonymous (Middle Welsh)
“More yellow was her head than the flower of the broom, and her skin was whiter than the foam of the wave”
The Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, trans. Lady Charlotte Guest
The famous portrait of Olwen as she enters the hall where Kilhwch waits, built from a chain of comparisons with flowers, birds and the sea.
Citation: "More yellow was her head than the flower of the broom, and her skin was whiter than the foam of the wave" — Anonymous (Middle Welsh), The Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, trans. Lady Charlotte Guest. (id the-mabinogion-q5)
Portrait: Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion, William Walker, Public domain.
