Orddu

Role: witch · First appears: KILHWCH AND OLWEN OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH 9

Life events

• Arthur kills the witch Orddu, and Kaw preserves her blood.(KILHWCH AND OLWEN OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH 9)
  • With: Arthur Kaw
  • “And then Arthur rushed to the door of the cave, and at the door, he struck at the witch, with Carnwennan his dagger, and clove her in twain, so that she fell in two parts. And Kaw, of North Britain, took the blood of the witch and kept it.”

KILHWCH AND OLWEN OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH 9

• parent: Orwen “the witch Orddu, the daughter of the witch Orwen”
• enemies with Kacmwri “as they entered the cave, the witch seized upon them”
• enemies with Hygwyd “as they entered the cave, the witch seized upon them”
• enemies with Arthur “And then Arthur rushed to the door of the cave, and at the door, he struck at the witch, with Carnwennan his dagger, and clove her in twain”
• enemies with Hiramren “Let Hiramren, and Hireidil go to the cave. So they went”
• enemies with Hireidil “Let Hiramren, and Hireidil go to the cave. So they went”

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Extracted from the original text of The Mabinogion. Made with Rho MD.