Llwyd ap Cil Coed

Llwyd ap Cil Coed [ ɬi ː ɘð ap kil ko ː Ed ] (" Llwyd, son of Cil Coeds " ) is fab in the narrative Manawydan Llyr ( " Manawydan the son Llŷrs " ), the third branch of the Mabinogi Welsh mythology, the name of the friend and helper of Gwawl.

Mythology

In the "first branch of the Mabinogi " Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed ( " Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed " ) is told that Rhiannon Gwawl rejects as husband and dear Pwyll marries. Since Gwawl not want to give up his right to Rhiannon, the two lovers to lure him into a sack, let beat and force him to renounce such him.

Many years later Gwawl wants to take revenge on for Pwyll 's son Pryderi - because Pwyll is already dead - and lets the whole country through the magic mist Dyfed Llwyd ap Cil Coed his friend depopulate and all the animals disappear. Also Pryderi and his mother Rhiannon fall into the captivity of the underworld, where Rhiannon is clamped in a Pferdejoch and Pryderi must guarding the gate. Llwyd triumphs for the time being:

Manawydan, the second husband of Rhiannon after Pwyll 's death, but can catch up with the help of his magic powers Llwyds pregnant wife Gwenaby, which turned into a mouse, the harvest Dyfeds eats. It can also not persuaded by the disguised as a cleric Llwyd, release it, and threatens to hang a thief. Thus he can force Llwyd, release the two prisoners and to return the country population and fertility.

In Welsh Arthur Sage

Llwydeu ap Cilcoed is in the Welsh tale Culhwch ac Olwen ( " Culhwch and Olwen " ), a follower of King Arthur. After the king's men had stolen the magic cauldron Dyrnwchs, they return in Dyfed in Llwydeus house.