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en-wikipedia-org-5282		The Chronicles of Prydain - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	5815	515	75	The Chronicles of Prydain is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company. The stories draw on themes, ideas, and cultures are inspired by Welsh folklore, particularly from the stories collected in the Mabinogion.[3] According to Alexander, nearly all of the proper names in Prydain are from Welsh myth or history, with the exceptions of Eilonwy and Taran.[2] The author's note in the first novel, The Book of Three, points out the Prydain stories and characters are his own and not simply retellings of old folklore, adding that students of Welsh culture should be prepared to see familiar names such as Arawn and Gwydion attached to characters who act very differently from their mythological namesakes. In 1999, Holt and Company published an expanded edition of The Foundling that included the original book's material while adding the short stories (but not the illustrations) of Coll and his White Pig and The Truthful Harp, along with a new "Prydain Pronunciation Guide" with entries for 49 proper names.[14] The Pronunciation Guide was included in later editions of the main five novels, as was Ness's map.[9]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5282.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5282.txt