Gwawl

Also known as: Gwawl the son of Clud / the son of Clud · Family: Gwawl's household · Role: suitor · First appears: PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED 3

Gwawl, the son of Clud, a man of great power and wealth, came as Rhiannon’s suitor and asked Pwyll for her, declaring, “The lady whom best I love is to be thy bride this night; I come to ask her of thee, with the feast and the banquet that are in this place.” Rhiannon agreed to become Gwawl’s bride “this night twelvemonth,” while secretly arranging to escape the marriage.

A year later, at Heveydd Hen’s palace, Pwyll trapped Gwawl in the magical bag and signalled his knights, who seized Gwawl’s household and cast them into his prison. That night, Gwawl accepted a covenant forbidding revenge, gave sureties, and was released along with his men. In a later chapter, Llwyd’s friendship with Gwawl led him to cast a charm in revenge for what had happened to him.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rhiannon agrees to become Gwawl's bride while secretly arranging to escape the marriage.(PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED 3 · 📍 palace of Heveydd Hen)
  • With: Pwyll Rhiannon
  • “And as concerns myself, I will engage to become his bride this night twelvemonth.”
• Pwyll traps Gwawl in the magical bag and signals his knights to seize Gwawl's household.(PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED 3 · 📍 palace of Heveydd Hen)
  • With: Pwyll Rhiannon
  • “And Pwyll turned up the sides of the bag, so that Gwawl was over his head in it. And he shut it up quickly and slipped a knot upon the thongs, and blew his horn.”
• Gwawl accepts a covenant forbidding revenge and provides sureties, securing his release and his men's liberation.(PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED 3 · 📍 palace of Heveydd Hen)
  • With: Pwyll Rhiannon Heveydd Hen
  • “And upon this he was let out of the bag, and his liegemen were liberated.”

PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED 3

• admired: Rhiannon “The lady whom best I love is to be thy bride this night; I come to ask her of thee, with the feast and the banquet that are in this place.”
• enemies with Pwyll “And Pwyll turned up the sides of the bag, so that Gwawl was over his head in it.”
• parent: Clud “And he is Gwawl the son of Clud, a man of great power and wealth.”
• engaged with Rhiannon “And as concerns myself, I will engage to become his bride this night twelvemonth.”
• rivals with Pwyll “The lady whom best I love is to be thy bride this night; I come to ask her of thee, with the feast and the banquet that are in this place.”
• with Heveydd Hen (Heveydd serves as Gwawl's surety.) “‘We will be for him,’ said Heveydd, ‘until his men be free to answer for him.’”
• with Pwyll (Pwyll captures Gwawl's host and imprisons them.) “And they seized all the host that had come with Gwawl, and cast them into his own prison.”

MANAWYDDAN THE SON OF LLYR 3

• parent: Clud “And it was to avenge Gwawl the son of Clud, from the friendship I had towards him, that I cast the charm.”
• friends with Llwyd “And it was to avenge Gwawl the son of Clud, from the friendship I had towards him, that I cast the charm.”
• enemies with Pwyll “And upon Pryderi did I revenge Gwawl the son of Clud, for the game of Badger in the Bag, that Pwyll Pen Annwn played upon him, which he did unadvisedly in the court of Heveydd Hen.”
• with Pwyll (Pwyll played the game of Badger in the Bag upon Gwawl.) “And upon Pryderi did I revenge Gwawl the son of Clud, for the game of Badger in the Bag, that Pwyll Pen Annwn played upon him, which he did unadvisedly in the court of Heveydd Hen.”

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