Heveydd Hen

Family: Heveydd Hen's palace · Role: father of Rhiannon · First appears: PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED 2

Life events

Pwyll arrives with a hundred knights, and Heveydd’s court places itself under his orders.(PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED 2 · 📍 palace of Heveydd Hen)
- With: Pwyll Rhiannon
- “And when a year from that time was gone, he caused a hundred knights to equip themselves and to go with him to the palace of Heveydd Hen. And he came to the palace, and there was great joy concerning him, with much concourse of people and great rejoicing, and vast preparations for his coming. And the whole court was placed under his orders.”
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 Gwawl
- “And upon this he was let out of the bag, and his liegemen were liberated.”

child: Rhiannon “I will tell thee, Lord,” said she, “I am Rhiannon, the daughter of Heveydd Hen, and they sought to give me to a husband against my will.”

with Pwyll (Heveydd Hen counsels Pwyll.) “Said Heveydd Hen, ‘Lord, he speaks truth. It were fitting that thou listen to him, for he deserves not this.’”
with Gwawl (Heveydd serves as Gwawl's surety.) “‘We will be for him,’ said Heveydd, ‘until his men be free to answer for him.’”

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