Creiddylad

Role: maiden · First appears: KILHWCH AND OLWEN OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH 3

Life events

• Gwyn ap Nudd forcibly carried away Creiddylad before her marriage to Gwythyr.(KILHWCH AND OLWEN OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH 8)
  • With: Gwythyr the son of Greidawl Gwyn ap Nudd
  • “And before she had become his bride, Gwyn ap Nudd came, and carried her away by force;”
• Arthur made peace, requiring Gwyn and Gwythyr to fight annually for Creiddylad.(KILHWCH AND OLWEN OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH 8 · 📍 the North)
  • With: Arthur Gwyn ap Nudd Gwythyr the son of Greidawl
  • “And this was the peace that was made: that the maiden should remain in her father's house, without advantage to either of them, and that Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwythyr the son of Greidawl should fight for her every first of May, from thenceforth until the day of doom, and that whichever of them should then be conqueror should have the maiden.”

KILHWCH AND OLWEN OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH 3

• rivals with Gwythyr the son of Greidawl “for her Gwythyr the son of Greidawl and Gwynn the son of Nudd fight every first of May until the day of doom.”
• rivals with Gwynn “for her Gwythyr the son of Greidawl and Gwynn the son of Nudd fight every first of May until the day of doom.”
• child: Llud Llaw Ereint “Creiddylad the daughter of Llud Llaw Ereint.”

KILHWCH AND OLWEN OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH 8

• parent: Lludd Llaw Ereint “Creiddylad, the daughter of Lludd Llaw Ereint”
• engaged with Gwythyr the son of Greidawl “A little while before this, Creiddylad, the daughter of Lludd Llaw Ereint, and Gwythyr the son of Greidawl, were betrothed.”
• with Gwyn ap Nudd (Gwyn ap Nudd abducted Creiddylad.) “And before she had become his bride, Gwyn ap Nudd came, and carried her away by force;”

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