Morfran

Morfran fab Tegid [' morvran va ː b' Tegid ] is in the Welsh mythology the name of a legendary figure.

Mythology

In the story Hanes Taliesin ( "The story Taliesin " ) is Morfran the son of Tegid Foel very ugly and the sorceress Ceridwen and the brother of the beautiful Creirwy. To give him wisdom and beauty, his mother bride for a year a potion. The boiler guarded her little servant Gwion Bach, who thereby burns on his finger. He licks the wound, while swallows three drops that give him the gift of poetry. Since the potion is now ineffective, it no longer helps Morfran.

In Breuddwyd Rhonabwy ( " Rhonabwys Dream" ) Morfran is mentioned as a counselor at the court of King Arthur, in time y Kavas Kulhwch Olwen ( " How has Kulhwch Olwen won " ) is told that he fell at the Battle of Camlann, in which Arthur, was unhurt, because you have kept him because of his ugliness for a devil. When his wife Gwrach is sometimes called.

Sometimes his brother is as Afaggdu called that should have been the actual Ugly, the Welsh linguist Ifor Williams ( * 1881, † 1965), however, sees only one person, namely Morfran / Afaggdu.