Cilydd

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Cilydd or Kilydd ( Cymrian 'good people's leader' or 'friendly man') is the father of Kulhwch in the Welsh saga Kulhwch ac Olwen . He is the son of Prince Celyddon and the husband of Goleuddydd . The Welsh saga Mal y kavas Kulhwch Olwen ("How Kulhwch Olwen has won"), or Kulhwch ac Olwen ("Kulhwch and Olwen") for short , is recorded in the collective manuscript Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch ("The white book of Rhydderch"). The most important part of the “white book” are the Pedeir Keinc y Mabinogi (“Four branches of Mabinogi)” .

mythology

Cilydd's wife Goleudydd had lost her mind in confusion during her pregnancy. After the birth of her son Kulhwch, whom she gives birth in a pig hole, she soon dies of an illness. Before her death, she asked her husband not to marry again until a thorn bush with two shoots grew on her grave. Since the servant commissioned by her forgets after seven years to keep the grave free from vegetation, the bush grows and Cilydd is looking for a new wife.

One of the counselors said: “I know a woman who would suit you well. It is the wife of King Doged. ”They decided to fetch her, so they killed the king, brought the woman home with them along with a daughter she had, and took possession of the king's land.

When the new wife learns that Cilydd has a son and heir, she immediately wants to marry him to her daughter in order to secure her own position at court. Since Kulhwch refuses, she covers him with the cynnedyf (obligation, taboo) that he may not marry anyone other than Olwen , the daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden .

Cilydd advises his son to go to the court of King Arthur , who is his uncle, and seek help from him. Kulhwch leaves immediately, well equipped by his father. In the further course of the saga, Cilydd no longer appears.

See also

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 .
  • Helmut Birkhan: Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 2, Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7563-6 .
  • Ingeborg Clarus : Celtic Myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 473.
  2. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 2, p. 219, note 3. A King Doged allegedly lived in Denbighshire 500-542 and was venerated as a saint in Llan-Ddoged .
  3. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 2, p. 34.
  4. ^ Ingeborg Clarus: Celtic myths. Man and his otherworld. P. 278 f.