Morfudd ferch Urien

Morfudd ferch Urien [ 'morvið verx' irjen ] ("Morfudd, Urien's daughter") is the name of a female legend from the Celtic mythology of Wales .

mythology

Morfudd ferch Urien is in the story Culhwch ac Olwen ("Kulhwch and Olwen") the daughter of King Urien of Rheged , her mother is said to be Modron according to the Trioedd Ynys Prydein ("Welsh Triads") .

Another triad tells of Morfudds love for Cynon fab Clydno , a prince from the Hen Ogledd (Welsh: "the old north"). Cynon was one of the leaders in the "Battle of Catraeth" (Cataractonium, Catterick , Yorkshire). However, apart from this mention, no Welsh saga has been found on the subject, although a 14th century poet alludes to it.

In the poems of the Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym (* ~ 1320, † 1350) a girl named Morfudd is sung about, but this has nothing to do with the legendary figure.

See also

• Myths and legends from Wales and Britain
• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures

literature

• Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 523.
• Helmut Birkhan: Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 2, Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7563-6 .
• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 237.
• Patricia Monaghan: The encyclopedia of Celtic mythology and folklore. Infobase Publishing, 2004, ISBN 9780816045242 . P. 338.