Fleetwood mac perform rhiannon live at studio instrument rentals in 1976 Stevie nicks and her mysterious, witchy appearance and voice certainly lend themselves to that interpretation I wrote this song and made [rhiannon] into what i thought was an old welsh witch
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It’s just about a very mystical woman that finds it very, very hard to be tied down in any kind of way.
“i come to find out, after i’ve written the song, that in fact rhiannon was the goddess of steeds, maker of birds,” nicks explains
“her three birds sang music, and when something was happening in war you would see rhiannon come riding in on a horse. Rhiannon, in celtic religion, the welsh manifestation of the gaulish horse goddess epona and the irish goddess macha Who is the goddess rhiannon Rhiannon is the welsh goddess of horses
Her story is detailed in an ancient collection of welsh folktales called the mabinogion Due to their similarities, rhiannon is often linked with epona (the gaulish goddess of horses) and vivienne in arthurian legend. One of nicks’ most mystical songs, “rhiannon,” came to her right around the halloween of 1974 About two months prior to joining fleetwood mac, nicks stumbled across the enchanting name of her.
It was issued as a single the following year.
Rhiannon is a song performed by fleetwood mac The song became so popular that it is now considered one of the top 500 of all songs ever It is an outstanding achievement that really showed the power of stevie nicks’ song writing capabilities.
