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    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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    elaborate account of its hunt described in the Welsh prose romance Culhwch and Olwen, probably written around 1100. Its hunt involved King Arthur and his...
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    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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  • 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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    Arthurian mythology, appearing in a number of early Welsh texts, including Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint fab Erbin, Iarlles y Ffynnon, Peredur fab Efrawg, Breuddwyd...
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  • Middle Welsh tale Culhwch ac Olwen (tentatively dated to c. 1100), in which Ysbaddaden the Giant gives King Arthur's cousin Culhwch a list of impossible...
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  • associated with Arthur and appears in a number of texts, including Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint fab Erbin, Iarlles y Ffynnon, Pa Gur yv y Porthur and the...
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  • Lludd, is a minor character in the early medieval Welsh Arthurian tale Culhwch ac Olwen. Creiddylad, daughter of Lludd Silver Hand, is a lady living at the...
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  • Literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192115867. "Culhwch ac Olwen Part Three". www.maryjones.us. Celtic Literature Collective. Retrieved...
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    created by various narrators over time. There is a classic hero quest, "Culhwch and Olwen"; a historic legend in "Lludd and Llefelys", complete with glimpses...
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  • tale Culhwch ac Olwen, he is named as a member of Arthur's retinue and takes part in the quest to win the hand of Olwen for Arthur's cousin, Culhwch. Gwthyr...
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  • Trwyth by the Arthur's wild chase party in the Welsh Arthurian romance Culhwch ac Olwen. Its tusk (Welsh: ysgithyr) was the necessary implement for shaving...
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    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 his...
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    ISBN 1-84158-323-5. Zimmer, Stefan (2006) [2004]. "Some Names and Epithets in Culhwch ac Olwen". Studi Celtici. 3: 163–179. The dictionary definition of Caledonia...
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    appears briefly as a member of Arthur's court in the medieval tale Culhwch ac Olwen. Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed also carries many similarities to the Mabinogi...
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    by the medieval author(s) of Culhwch and Olwen. Gwyn plays a prominent role in the early Arthurian tale Culhwch and Olwen in which he abducts his sister...
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  • British Arthurian tale from Wales, Culhwch and Olwen, Culhwch ac Olwen, the hero Culhwch ap Cilydd seeks the beautiful Olwen, daughter of the giant chief,...
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    Gwrvan and its variants, found in the early Welsh Arthurian tales Culhwch ac Olwen, Peredur fab Efrawg, Preiddeu Annwn, and Trioedd Ynys Prydein. According...
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    to the Demetian court when he is of age. He is mentioned briefly in Culhwch ac Olwen. Beli Mawr is an ancestor figure mentioned in various sources. Though...
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  • the Graves). Zimmer, Stephan (2004). "Some Names and Epithets in "Culhwch ac Olwen"". Studi Celtici. 3: 176. Retrieved 14 February 2017. Bromwich 2014...
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  • (2016). "Culhwch and Olwen Translation". Culhwch ac Olwen. Footnotes 157–159. Retrieved 4 May 2022. Parker, Will (2016). "Culhwch and Olwen Translation"...
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    JSTOR 1062333. S2CID 162757197. Zimmer, Stephan. "On the uniqueness of Culhwch ac Olwen". In: LABOR OMNIA UICIT IMPROBUS: Miscellanea in honorem Ariel Shisha-Halevy...
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    (1892), p. 30. [1] Zimmer, Stefan (2006). "Some Names and Epithets in "Culhwch ac Olwen"". Studi Celtici. 3: 163–179. Retrieved 13 January 2016. (See p. 11...
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  • and prose. He made a particular contribution to the study of tale of Culhwch ac Olwen, and his edition of the tale was published in 1992, after his death...
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    Retrieved 23 January 2023. Parker, Will (2016). "Culhwch and Olwen Translation". Culhwch ac Olwen. Footnote 133. Retrieved 4 May 2022. "Peniarth MS 54" ...
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    such as Geoffrey's Historia Regum Britanniae, and fantasies such as Culhwch ac Olwen (whose author is unknown). Robin Hood was a vicious outlaw who expressed...
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    Rhiannon) appear in the Second Branch, in the Triads of Britain, and in Culhwch ac Olwen. In the latter, the giant Ysbaddaden demands them as part of the bride...
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    Fraser 2009 Zimmer, Stefan (2006) [2004]. "Some Names and Epithets in 'Culhwch ac Olwen'". Studi Celtici. 3. pp. 163–179 (pp. 1–4 in online copy). Koch, John...
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    January 2020. Zimmer, Stefan (2006). "Some Names and Epithets in "Culhwch ac Olwen"". Studi Celtici. 3: 163–179. Archived from the original on 1 November...
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    Will (2016). "Culhwch and Olwen Translation". Culhwch ac Olwen. Retrieved 4 May 2022. R. Bromwich and D. Simon Evans, Culhwch and Olwen. An Edition and...
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