Fflur

Fflur ("flower") is in the Celtic mythology of Wales a legendary figure from the Welsh Triads , the lover of Caswallawn .

mythology

Fflur is the daughter of the dwarf Mygnach and is kidnapped by Caesar during his first campaign in Britain. Her lover Caswallawn then pursues Caesar to Gaul , in another version to Rome , in order to free her. He is said to have pretended to be a cobbler in order to get close to Fflur. He succeeds in killing 6,000 Romans and saving Fflur. Caesar then leads a second campaign in which Caswallawn is besieged and forced into submission.

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Celtic women

literature

• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .