The Mabinogion - The Fairest of Them All

If you thought it was fun counting how many injuries should have killed Sir Kai, you’re in for another counting treat: How many of the maidens in this book are the most beautiful in the land?

If you want to know the answer but don’t have time at the moment to read the entire Mabinogion, don’t worry. I did it for you:

1)     “And he saw a beauteous maiden leaning her head out of a window of the tent, and he had never seen a maiden more lovely than she.”

2)     “And certain were they all, that had her array been suitable to her beauty, they had never seen a maid fairer than she.”

3)     “And he thought had had never seen a maiden fairer or more comely than she.”

4)     “…with them came in likewise the Queen, who was the fairest women that he had ever beheld.”

5)     “Then he thought that the beauty of all the maidens, and all the ladies that he had ever seen, was as nothing compared to her beauty.”

6)     “Now she was one of the three chief ladies of this island, and she was the fairest damsel in the world.”

7)     “‘I believe that thou didst never hear a lady discourse better than she, and when she was in her prime none was ever fairer.”

8)     “…and she was the fairest maiden of her time who was known there.”

9)     “She was the fairest sight that man ever beheld.”

10)  “…and also a daughter named Creirwy, the fairest maiden in the world was she.”