Llwyd ap Cil Coed

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Llwyd ap Cil Coed [ ɬiːɘð ap ˈkil ˈkoːeð ] ("Llwyd, son of Cil Coeds") is in the story Manawydan fab Llŷr ("Manawydan, the son of Llŷr"), the third branch of Mabinogi of Welsh mythology , the name of the friend and helper of Gwawl .

mythology

In the "First Branch of the Mabinogi" Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed ("Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed") it is said that Rhiannon rejects Gwawl as a husband and prefers to marry Pwyll . Since Gwawl does not want to give up his right to Rhiannon, the two lovers lure him into a sack, let him beat and force him to give up.

Many years later Gwawl wants to take revenge on Pwyll's son Pryderi for this - because Pwyll is already dead - and leaves the whole country of Dyfed depopulated through the magic mist of his friend Llwyd ap Cil Coed and all animals disappear. Pryderi and his mother Rhiannon are also captured in the underworld , where Rhiannon is harnessed to a horse yoke and Pryderi has to guard the gate. Llwyd triumphs for now:

"And so I avenged Pryderi that Pwyll, the head of Annwn , played" badger in the bag "at the court of Hefeydd the old man out of high spirits with Gwawl, the son of the Clud."

Manawydan , Rhiannon's second husband after Pwyll's death, however, uses his magical powers to catch Llwyd's pregnant wife Gwenaby, who, transformed into a mouse, eats Dyfed's crops. He also does not allow himself to be persuaded by Llwyd, disguised as a cleric, to release her and threatens to hang her as a thief. In doing so, he can force Llwyd to release the two prisoners and return the country's inhabitants and fertility.

In the Welsh Arthurian legend

Llwydeu ap Cilcoed is in the Welsh legend Culhwch ac Olwen ("Culhwch and Olwen") a follower of King Arthur . After the king's men have stolen Dyrnwch's magical cauldron , they return to Llwydeu's house in Dyfed.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Maier: The legend book of the Welsh Celts. P. 70.