Tywyn and District History Society Forum

Quentin and Liz Deakin each gave a talk following up February’s lecture by Dylan Foster Evans . Quentin’s presentation, ‘Alchemists of the Imagination’, set the work into its historical context and highlighted the beliefs prevailing at the time they were written down in the twelfth or thirteenth centuries. Liz explored the role of women in the Four Branches and the enduring power of myth in British society up to the present day under the title 'Women of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion'. Both talks were well illustrated and Liz’s presentation included art work inspired by the Mabinogion including some of her own. Both presentations were enhanced by music from a twentieth-century stage production of the work. The speakers were thanked. Dylan attended the meeting and his input in the discussion following the talks was appreciated.