Tegid Foel

Tegid Foel ("Tegid the Bald") is the name of a Celtic deity and legendary figure from Welsh mythology .

mythology

Gwion Bach , Tegid Foel and Ceridwen

Tegid Foel is in the story Hanes Taliesin ("The Story of Taliesin") the husband of the witch Ceridwen and the father of the ugly Morfran and the beautiful Creirwy . He is the eponymous water deity from the lake Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake in Penllyn, Gwynedd , Cantref Powys ), in which he lives with Ceridwen. He is also mentioned in Culhwch ac Olwen ("The Story of Kulhwch and Olwen"), in Breuddwyd Rhonabwy ("Rhonabwy's Dream") and in the Trioedd Ynys Prydein ("The Triads of the Isle of Britain").

In Welsh genealogies (e.g. Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae ) two other daughters named Degfed ("the tenth") and Dwywai are mentioned.

literature

• Helmut Birkhan : Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 2, Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7563-6 .
• Rachel Bromwich (Ed.): Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain. University of Wales Press, 2006, ISBN 0-7083-1386-8 .
• Jeffrey Gantz (translator): The Mabinogion. Penguin, New York 1987, ISBN 0-14-044322-3 .

Web link

• John and Caitlin Matthews: Taliesin: the last Celtic shaman. Inner Traditions / Bear & Company, 2002, ISBN 0-89281-869-7 , p. 25.

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gantz: The Mabinogion. 1987, p. 142.
2. ^ Gantz: The Mabinogion. 1987, p. 190.
3. ↑ Rachel Bromwich: Trioedd Ynys Prydein. 2002, p. 46 f and 109 f.
4. ↑ Rachel Bromwich: Trioedd Ynys Prydein. 2002, p. 506 f.