Gwyddno Garanhir

Also known as: Gwyddno · Role: father of Elphin · First appears: THE DREAM OF RHONABWY 2

Life events

• The cauldron bursts, poisons Gwyddno Garanhir's horses, and Caridwen strikes Morda after blaming Gwion Bach.(TALIESIN 1)
  • With: Caridwen Morda Taliesin
  • “And the cauldron burst in two, because all the liquor within it except the three charm-bearing drops was poisonous, so that the horses of Gwyddno Garanhir were poisoned”
• Elphin brings Taliesin to Gwyddno and identifies him as a bard worth more than the weir's fish.(TALIESIN 1)
  • With: Elphin Taliesin
  • “Then came Elphin to the house or court of Gwyddno his father, and Taliesin with him. And Gwyddno asked him if he had had a good haul at the weir, and he told him that he had got that which was better than fish. ‘What was that?’ said Gwyddno. ‘A Bard,’ answered Elphin.”

THE DREAM OF RHONABWY 2

• child: Elphin “Elphin the son of Gwyddno.”

TALIESIN 1

• child: Elphin “And in those days Gwyddno had an only son named Elphin, the most hapless of youths, and the most needy.”
• with Taliesin (interaction) “Then came Elphin to the house or court of Gwyddno his father, and Taliesin with him. And Gwyddno asked him if he had had a good haul at the weir, and he told him that he had got that which was better than fish. ‘What was that?’ said Gwyddno. ‘A Bard,’ answered Elphin.”

TALIESIN 2

• child: Elphin (Gwyddno is identified as Elphin's father.) “Elphin son of Gwyddno went by a Christmas invitation to his uncle, Maelgwn Gwynedd”

TALIESIN 3

• child: Elphin “That Elphin the son of Gwyddno”

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