"Though thou gets this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get. It is not possible to hunt the boar Trwyth without Gwyn ap Nudd, whom God has placed over all the devils in Annwn, lest they should destroy the present race."
- Culhwch & Olwen (Welsh Arthurian legend)
π¨ Anne-Marie Perks
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In Welsh mythology, the magical pig Henwen gave birth to a kitten who grew to gigantic size and cruelty. The Cat of Palug slaughtered 180 warriors on the Isle of Anglesey before it was slain by King Arthur's brother Kay (or by Arthur himself in later versions).
π¨ Peter Diamond
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"When first I came, this valley was a wooded glen. A race of men came and rooted it up. There grew a second wood, and this wood is the third. My wings, are they not withered stumps? Yet all this time, I have never heard of the man you seek."
- "Culhwch & Olwen" (Welsh folktale)
π¨ Henry Justice Ford
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In Welsh folklore, Sir Owain (one of King Arthur's knights) finds his way to a hidden fairy valley. In the middle of the valley is an enchanted fountain beside a marble slab. If the fountain's water is splashed on the slab, thunder will boom, and the sky will rain stones.
π¨ S. Williams
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According to folklore, when Merlin prophesized that a baby born on May 1st of that year would destroy King Arthur, Arthur ordered all the British babies born on that day to be placed into a little boat and pushed out to sea. All drowned in a storm except one - the newborn Mordred.
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Bevan Thomas
Bevan Thomas