in Sutherland, Scotland. In Welsh mythology, Elffin ap Gwyddno (Welsh, also Elphin) was a son of Gwyddno Garanhir, 'Lord of Ceredigion'. The earliest...
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was Elffin ap Gwyddno, son of Gwyddno Garanhir, who was a lord of a lost land in Cardigan Bay called Cantre'r Gwaelod. Taliesin defended Elffin and satirised...
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Gwyddno Garanhir was the supposed ruler of a sunken land off the coast of Wales, known as Cantre'r Gwaelod. He was the father of Elffin ap Gwyddno, the...
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of Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwyddno Garanhir, found in the Black Book of Carmarthen. In this narrative—Gwyn, returning from battle, chances upon Gwyddno Garanhir...
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Cantre'r Gwaelod (redirect from Maes Gwyddno)
links Gwyddno Garanhir with the Old North, not Wales. She further discusses a similar tale, that of the submergence of the kingdom of Helig ap Glanawg...
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Aberdyfi according to most versions of the tale – by a prince named Elffin ap Gwyddno; the reborn infant grew to become the legendary bard Taliesin. It...
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Cynon Dôn Drudwas Dylan ail Don Dywel fab Erbin Edern ap Nudd Efnysien Elen Elffin ap Gwyddno Eliwlod Eufydd Euroswydd Geraint Gilfaethwy Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr...
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Gwynedd sends his son Rhun on a mission to seduce the wife of Elffin ap Gwyddno. However, Elffin's court bard Taliesin knew of Maelgwn's plan because he was...
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Cunedda (redirect from Cunedda Wledig ap Edern)
Cunedda ap Edern, also called Cunedda Wledig (reigned c. 450 – c. 460), was an important early Welsh leader, and the progenitor of the royal dynasty of...
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Mabon ap Modron is a prominent figure from Welsh and wider Brythonic literature and mythology, the son of Modron and a member of Arthur's war band. Both...
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Brân the Blessed (redirect from Bran ap Llyr)
Bromwich, Rachel. Trioedd Ynys Prydein, p. 291 The Dialogue of Gwyddno Garanhir and Gwyn ap Nudd For instance, Dafydd & Rhiannon Ifans' Y Mabinogi. Bromwich...
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In early Arthurian literature, Madoc ap Uthyr (also known as Madog or Madawg) is the son of Uther Pendragon, brother to King Arthur and father of Eliwlod...
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In Welsh mythology, Gwythyr ap Greidawl was a rival of Gwyn ap Nudd, a deity connected with the otherworld. In the Middle Welsh prose tale Culhwch ac Olwen...
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Cynon Dôn Drudwas Dylan ail Don Dywel fab Erbin Edern ap Nudd Efnysien Elen Elffin ap Gwyddno Eliwlod Eufydd Euroswydd Geraint Gilfaethwy Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr...
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battle, intended to make corpses in Erechwydd against the onslaught of Elffin [ab Urien]'. There are two other obscure poems from the Black Book which...
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Cynon Dôn Drudwas Dylan ail Don Dywel fab Erbin Edern ap Nudd Efnysien Elen Elffin ap Gwyddno Eliwlod Eufydd Euroswydd Geraint Gilfaethwy Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr...
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People Aneirin Clydno Eiddin Cunedda Coel Hen Saint Kentigern Elffin ap Gwyddno Gwallog ap Llênog Gwenddolau Llywarch Hen Morcant Bulc Myrddin Wyllt Owain...
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Hanes Taliesin (section Discovery by Elffin)
which version of this tale it is. The baby was found by Elphin, the son of Gwyddno Garanhir, 'Lord of Ceredigion', while fishing for salmon. Surprised at...
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Cynon Dôn Drudwas Dylan ail Don Dywel fab Erbin Edern ap Nudd Efnysien Elen Elffin ap Gwyddno Eliwlod Eufydd Euroswydd Geraint Gilfaethwy Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr...
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Cynon Dôn Drudwas Dylan ail Don Dywel fab Erbin Edern ap Nudd Efnysien Elen Elffin ap Gwyddno Eliwlod Eufydd Euroswydd Geraint Gilfaethwy Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr...
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King Arthur with the crown they won from the slain Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. List of magical weapons Zimmer omits "Chalabrun" counting it as...
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Marchawc Trin of Elmet and Dunaut Bwr; the former attacking Owain's brother Elffin whilst Owain and Pasgen, another brother, fought Dunaut. Owain was slain...
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Cynon Dôn Drudwas Dylan ail Don Dywel fab Erbin Edern ap Nudd Efnysien Elen Elffin ap Gwyddno Eliwlod Eufydd Euroswydd Geraint Gilfaethwy Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr...
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Cynon Dôn Drudwas Dylan ail Don Dywel fab Erbin Edern ap Nudd Efnysien Elen Elffin ap Gwyddno Eliwlod Eufydd Euroswydd Geraint Gilfaethwy Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr...
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Brittonic survivors; he remained a captive until his ransom was paid by Ceneu ap Llywarch Hen. Miller, Arthur (1885). "Aneurin". In Dictionary of National...
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three "Golden-Tongued Knights of Britain", alongside Gwalchmei ap Gwyar (Gawain) and Drudwas ap Tryffin. He pays a postmortem visit to his uncle in the form...
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identified as Hywel Fychan fab Hywel Goch of Buellt, who worked for Hopcyn ap Tomas ab Einion (fl. 1337–1408) near Swansea. The Hopcyn library changed hands...
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Cynon Dôn Drudwas Dylan ail Don Dywel fab Erbin Edern ap Nudd Efnysien Elen Elffin ap Gwyddno Eliwlod Eufydd Euroswydd Geraint Gilfaethwy Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr...
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