Excerpt from Studies in the Arthurian Legend My chief Object in the following pages is to make Welsh literature help to shed light on the Arthurian Legend; and that term is here construed loosely, so as to include other legends more or less closely associated with Arthur. Most Of the following chapters arose out Of my Hibbert Lectures on Celtic Heathendom, which were delivered in the year 1886. In consequence Of that origin they take for granted the same views, in the main, as to Aryan mythology. It is hoped, however, that the reader who disapproves of those views, will not regard me as now perpetrating a fresh Ofl'ence, though I have been obliged to continue the use of some of the terms Of the Solar Myth Theory. They are so convenient; and whatever may eventually happen to that theory, nothing has yet been found exactly to take its place. Nevertheless, we are possibly on the eve Of a revolution in respect Of mythological questions, as Mr. Frazer's Golden Bough seems to indicate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.