Other Resources
Further Reading
- The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain (1973)
- Lloyd Alexander wrote a number of tales exploring the backstory of people and events in the Prydain universe, collected in this volume which effectively forms a prequel to the series. Among the stories are elaborations on Dallben's time as a ward of the three witches, the elopement of Eilonwy's mother, Angharad, Coll's rescue of Hen Wen from Annuvin, and the origins of Dyrnwyn and Fflewddur's harp.
- The Prydain Companion, by Michael O'Tunnell (2003)
- Scholarly guide to the mythological roots and origins of the series.
Online Resources
- The Chronicles at Usborne
- Promotional page from the series' UK publisher, including short extracts from the books.
- The Chronicles at Wikipedia
- Growing resource on the Prydain books, adaptations and universe at the user-edited encyclopaedia.
- Lloyd Alexander category at Fanfiction.net
- There's not much Prydain fanfiction, but what there is can probably be found here.
- The Mabinogion
- E-text of the collection of Welsh legends that was a major source for the Prydain series.
- Justin Kunz, Visual Artist
- Portfolio and Web store of a painter whose works include some highly praised Prydain fan art.
- Prydain community at LiveJournal
- Connect with other fans at the popular blogging site.
- The Land of Prydain
- Another, slightly more active LiveJournal community.
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