The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed

The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed

Cover of first edition
Author	Kenneth Morris
Illustrator	R. Machell
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Aryan Theosophical Press
Publication date	1914
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover
Pages	xiv, 365 pages
OCLC	05359736
Dewey Decimal	891.667 M112m
LC Class	PZ8.1 .M832F

The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed is a fantasy novel written by Welsh author and theosophist Kenneth Morris under the pseudonym Cenydd Morus, a Celticized version of his name, and illustrated by R. Machell. It was first published in hardcover by Aryan Theosophical Press, Point Loma, California, in 1914. Its significance was recognized by its republication by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the fifteenth volume of the Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in April, 1978. [1] The Newcastle edition was reprinted by Borgo Press in 1980. An ebook edition was issued by Theosophical University Press in 2000.

Summary

The book is a retelling of the story of Pwyll, Rhianon and Pryderi from the four branches of medieval Welsh Mabinogion.

Reception

Morris was praised by Ursula K. Le Guin as one of the three master prose stylists of fantasy in the 20th century, together with E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkien.[2]

Notes

1. The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
2. Le Guin, Ursula. The Language of the Night:Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ultramarine Publishing, 1980 (p.88).