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Gwyddno Garanhir was the supposed ruler of a sunken land off the coast of Wales, known as Cantre'r Gwaelod. He was the father of Elffin ap Gwyddno, the foster-father of the famous Welsh poet Taliesin in the legendary account given in the late medieval Chwedl Taliesin (Ystoria Taliesin/Hanes Taliesin; "The Tale of Taliesin").

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Gwyddno Garanhir

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Gwyddno Garanhir was the supposed ruler of a sunken land off the coast of Wales, known as Cantre'r Gwaelod. He was the father of Elffin ap Gwyddno, the...

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Elffin ap Gwyddno

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Sutherland, Scotland. In Welsh mythology, Elffin ap Gwyddno (Welsh, also Elphin) was a son of Gwyddno Garanhir, 'Lord of Ceredigion'. The earliest example of...

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Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain

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therefore he was called Rhydderch the Generous." The Hamper of Gwyddno Garanhir (Mwys Gwyddno Garanir): food for one man would be put in it, and when it was...

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Taliesin

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the Book of Taliesin, Taliesin's early patron was Elffin ap Gwyddno, son of Gwyddno Garanhir, who was a lord of a lost land in Cardigan Bay called Cantre'r...

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Gwyn ap Nudd

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Nudd and Gwyddno Garanhir, found in the Black Book of Carmarthen. In this narrative—Gwyn, returning from battle, chances upon Gwyddno Garanhir, king of...

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Seithenyn

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mind is a figure from Welsh legend, apparently contemporary with King Gwyddno Garanhir. He is mentioned in a poem in the Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin (Black Book...

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The Pendragon Cycle

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Aurelianus, Vortigern, Constantine III, Myrddin Wyllt, Clovis I, Gwyddno Garanhir, Elffin ap Gwyddno, Horsa, Hengest, Cerdic, Aelle, Gildas, and Aneirin (in the...

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List of Celtic deities

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Euroswydd Gilfaethwy Gofannon (Govannon) - a smith god Gwern Gwydion Gwyddno Garanhir Gwyn ap Nudd Hafgan Lludd Llaw Eraint (Nudd) Llŷr Mabon Matholwch Manawydan...

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Battle of Arfderydd

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Caledonian Forest, while the poem The Dialogue of Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwyddno Garanhir states that Gwyn ap Nudd, a mythological psychopomp, was "at the place...

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List of mythological objects

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coins at the end of the rainbow. (Irish mythology) Hamper of Gwyddno Garanhir, Gwyddno Garanhir possessed a hamper which would multiply food: if one was to...

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Dormarch

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Dialogue of Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwyddno Garanhir is found in the Black Book of Carmarthen describing how Gwyn ap Nudd meets Gwyddno, king of Cantre'r Gwaelod...

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Silver on the Tree

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book include the bard Taliesin (under his alternate name Gwion), King Gwyddno Garanhir and the Drowned Hundred, the Welsh tradition of the Mari Llwyd, and...

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Dyfnwal Hen

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significantly. A Gwyddno is included, but he listed as Dyfnwal's great-grandson rather than son, and he is specifically identified as Gwyddno Garanhir of the Taliesin...

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Welsh mythology

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into the ocean in a leather bag. The bag is found by Elffin, son of Gwyddno Garanhir, who sees the boy's beautiful white brow and exclaims "dyma dal iesin"...

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Gwallog ap Lleenog

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is also mentioned in the Black Book of Carmarthen poem "Ymddiddan Gwyddno Garanhir a Gwyn ap Nudd" as one of the slain warriors escorted to their graves...

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A Glastonbury Romance

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Archäologischen Instituts 114 (1999), p. 88). (Wikipedia) It is told that Gwyddno Garanhir ("Long-shank") possessed a hamper (mwys) which would multiply food:...

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Hanes Taliesin

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version of this tale it is. The baby was found by Elphin, the son of Gwyddno Garanhir, 'Lord of Ceredigion', while fishing for salmon. Surprised at the whiteness...

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A String in the Harp

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companion and guide Elphin Rheged, Taliesin's pupil, a son of Urien Rheged Gwyddno Garanhir, king of Ceredigion, Taliesin's patron and friend Maelgwn Gwynedd,...

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