Llefelys

Llefelys [ ɫe'velis ], also Llevelys , Lleuelys or Llefelis , is a legendary figure from the Mabinogion of Welsh mythology . He is the brother of Lludd and the son of King Beli Mawr fab Mynogan .

mythology

In the tale Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys ("The Story of Lludd and Llefelys"), Lludd , King of Britain , once helped his younger brother Llefelys to become King of France by marrying the king's daughter. Some time later Lludd asks him to rid his kingdom of three plagues. Llefelys gives Lludd the crucial advice and items to be able to neutralize the Coranieid people, a dragon and a magician.

See also

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

literature

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

Web links

• Sioned Davies: The Mabinogion (=  Oxford World's Classics Series ). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-283242-9 , pp. 111 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).