Romances The tales called the Three Welsh Romances (Y Tair Rhamant) are Welsh-language versions of Arthurian tales that also appear in the work of Chrétien de Troyes.David Staines (Translator) The Complete Romances of Chrétien de Troyes. Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, 1990, p. 1, 257, 339. Critics have debated whether the Welsh Romances are based on Chrétien's poems or if they derive from a shared original.Jessie L. Weston (1993; originally published 1920). From Ritual To Romance. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, p. 107. Though it is arguable that the surviving Romances might derive, directly or indirectly, from Chrétien, it is probable that he in turn based his tales on older, Celtic sources.Roger Sherman Loomis (1991). The Grail: From Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol, Princeton, p. 8. The Welsh stories are not direct translations and include material not found in Chrétien's work.
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