TRYSTAN HAG ISOLT
MYGHTERN HAG OURWYN
M C ALCHEMIST
- Genesegeth an Tristans
- Yn-nans dhe Dintagel
- An Pyskador hag an Bryv
- Treth St. Samson
- An Trybüt a Wordhen
- An Scath heb Lew
- Yseut hy-Honan
- An Sarpent a Wexford
- An Blewen Owr
- Hagar-Vowes
ARCHIVE RECORD: TRYSTAN HAG ISOLT I // MYGHTERN HAG OURWYN
The first volume of the Trystan Hag Isolt Trilogy gathers the opening movements of the old Cornish saga: war in Lyonesse, the birth of Tristan, Tintagel, the tribute of Ireland, the Morholt duel, exile upon the sea, the dragon of Wexford, the golden hair, and the vow that begins the long tragedy.
These transmissions draw upon medieval Tristan material, Cornish landscape memory, Atlantic weather, Arthurian tradition, and reconstructed Kernowek poetic forms, recast as progressive folk narrative cycles.
FIELD NOTES:
Genesegeth an Tristans:
The sorrowful birth of Tristan beneath war, death, and prophecy.
Yn-nans dhe Dintagel:
The young harper arrives at Tintagel beneath secrecy and sea-wind.
An Pyskador hag an Bryv:
Forest laws, tracking, fishing, silence, and the shaping of the exile-prince.
Treth St. Samson:
The tribute ship from Ireland arrives beneath dread and humiliation.
An Trybüt a Wordhen:
The duel with the Morholt upon the island and the breaking of the sword.
An Scath heb Lew:
Poisoned and drifting without rudder across the western sea.
Yseut hy-Honan:
Iseult unknowingly heals the man who slew her kin.
An Sarpent a Wexford:
Dragon-fire, swamp, blood, exhaustion, and triumph bought at terrible cost.
An Blewen Owr:
The swallow carries the golden hair into Mark’s hall.
Hagar-Vowes:
The fatal oath. Tristan brings the woman he loves to another king.
THE OPENING OF THE TRAGEDY
Born amidst war and grief after the fall of Lyonesse,
Tristan is raised between exile, sea, and courtly obligation.
At Tintagel he becomes harper, hunter, warrior, and champion
to King Mark of Cornwall.
When Ireland demands its brutal tribute through the giant Morholt,
Tristan accepts the challenge and defeats him,
though poisoned in the encounter.
Cast adrift upon the sea, he reaches Ireland in secret
and is healed by Iseult herself,
unaware that she tends the killer of her own kin.
After slaying the Serpent of Wexford,
Tristan wins the right to bring Iseult back across the sea
as bride for King Mark.
But before Cornwall is reached,
the first shadow of the tragedy has already begun.
A PRIMER ON THE SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE OF THE TRILOGY
Recurring phrases, directional imagery, frost, sea, stone, and repeated invocations throughout the cycle form part of a broader bardic symbolic system rooted in oral-poetic tradition. A companion guide to these recurring formulae may be found here:
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