Gweir

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Gweir is the name of one or more legendary characters in Welsh mythology .

mythology

The name Gweir plays a not insignificant role in the mythology of the British Celts . In the Trioedd Ynys Prydein ("The Triads of the Isle of Britain") Gweir fab Geirioedd is mentioned together with Llŷr Lledieith and Mabon fab Modron as "one of the three exalted prisoners of the island of Britain" ( tri goruchel garcharawr Ynis Bridein ). He is tied up in chains in his prison.

In the poem Preiddeu Annwfn , which is attributed to the poet Taliesin , a line of verse occurs in the context of the story Culhwch ac Olwen (“The story of Culhwch and Olwen”) that karchan Gweir yg caer sidi (“ Gweir's prison in Caer Sidi = Elfenburg ") reads.

According to Pwyll and Pryderi's report, Gweir's dungeon in Caer Siddi was splendid.

Here is reported of a campaign by King Arthur (supreme king of the land) in the Otherworld and an unspecified hostility between Pwyll and Pryderi and a Gweir ap Gwystyl is assumed to be known. Caer is the Cymric word for fortress, sidi is either derived from the Irish Síd ("elven residence") and indicates that Gweir's prison is in the Otherworld; or it is based on the Kymrian sidydd (" zodiac "). In addition to the attempt to capture a magical cauldron, the hope of being able to free Gweir drives King Arthur on this (not his first) campaign in the otherworld.

Also in Culhwch ac Olwen Gweir Gwrhyt Ennwir and Gweir Baladir Hir are listed among Arthur's paternal uncles.

literature

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. P. 100.
  2. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 2, p. 107.
  3. ↑ Article Caer Sidi in the English language Wikipedia.
  4. ↑ Bernhard Maier: The religion of the Celts: gods, myths, worldview. P. 96.
  5. ↑ Chapter Welsh literature in the article King Arthur's family of the English language Wikipedia.