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Culhwch and
Olwen (Welsh:
Culhwch ac Olwen) is a
Welsh tale that
survives in only two m****cripts
about a hero
connected with
Arthur and his warriors:...
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Culhwch (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkɨlhʊχ], with the
final consonant sounding like
Scottish "loch"), in
Welsh mythology, is the son of
Cilydd son of Celyddon...
- "mother".
Culhwch's father, King Cilydd, the son of Celyddon,
loses his wife
Goleuddydd after a
difficult childbirth. When he remarries, the
young Culhwch rejects...
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sister in this
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...
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Britain seems to be
borrowed from pre-Galfridian tradition,
being found in
Culhwch and Olwen, the
Welsh Triads, and the saints' lives. Finally,
Geoffrey borrowed...
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sequence of
related tales, but
seven others include a
classic hero quest, "
Culhwch and Olwen"; a
historic legend,
complete with
glimpses of a far off age...
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richly elaborate account of its hunt
described in the
Welsh prose romance Culhwch and Olwen,
probably written around 1100. Its hunt
involved King Arthur...
- the
heroine of the
story Culhwch and
Olwen in the Mabinogion. Her
father is
fated to die if she ever marries, so when
Culhwch (sometimes
spelled as Kilhwch)...
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romance Culhwch and Olwen. A
vicious giant residing in a nigh
unreachable castle, he is the
father of
Olwen and
uncle of
Goreu fab Custennin.
Culhwch's father...
- foster-father.
While Culhwch and Olwen, also
found in the Mabinogion, is
primarily an
Arthurian tale, in
which the hero
Culhwch enlists Arthur's aid in...
