Culhwch and Olwen (Welsh: Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors:...
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mythology, Olwen (or Olwyn) is the daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden and cousin of Goreu. She is the heroine of the story Culhwch and Olwen in the Mabinogion...
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the son of Cilydd son of Celyddon and Goleuddydd, a cousin of Arthur and the protagonist of the story Culhwch and Olwen (the earliest of the medieval Welsh...
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Twrch Trwyth (section Culhwch and Olwen)
Welsh prose romance Culhwch and Olwen, probably written around 1100. Its hunt involved King Arthur and his hosts and his hound Cafall, and was also deemed...
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Mabon ap Modron (section Culhwch ac Olwen)
marry no one besides the beautiful Olwen, daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden. Though he has never seen her, Culhwch becomes infatuated with her, but his...
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noted that Tolkien's tale of Beren and Lúthien shares elements with folktales such as the Welsh "Culhwch and Olwen". One of these is the disapproving...
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Cavall (section Culhwch ac Olwen)
the giant to groom him up, him being the father of the bride Olwen. In Culhwch and Olwen, Arthur's dog Cavall is specifically credited with the slaying...
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material – Gwalchmei son of Gwyar is named as his nephew in Culhwch and Olwen, son of his sister and cousin (it does not specify if Gwyar is his father or Arthur's...
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Prydwen (section Culhwch and Olwen)
Arthur's ship, which bears him to the Celtic otherworld Annwn, while in Culhwch and Olwen he sails in it on expeditions to Ireland. The 12th-century chronicler...
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Excalibur (section Forms and etymology)
caled, 'hard', and bwlch, 'breach, cleft'. Caledfwlch appears in several early Welsh works, including the prose tale Culhwch and Olwen (c. 11th–12th century)...
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