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In early Arthurian literature, Madoc ap Uthyr (also known as Madog or Madawg) is the son of Uther Pendragon, brother to King Arthur and father of Eliwlod.He is memorialized with "The Death Song of Madawg" (Marwnad Madawg) from the Book of Taliesin, [1] [2] [3] which laments his death at Erof's hands; he is also mentioned in the poem Arthur and the Eagle.
Madoc ap Uthyr, Arthur, Anna, Morgan le Fay (stepdaughter) Uther Pendragon ( Brittonic ) ( / ˈ j uː θ ər p ɛ n ˈ d r æ ɡ ən , ˈ uː θ ər / ; [ 1 ] Welsh : Uthyr Pen Ddraig, Uthyr Pendragon, Uthr Bendragon ), also known as King Uther , was a legendary King of the Britons and father of King Arthur .
Mordred is a major exception to this tradition of a childless death for Arthur's sons. Mordred, like Amr, is killed by Arthur – at Camlann – according to Geoffrey of Monmouth and the post-Galfridian tradition but, unlike the others, he is ascribed two sons , both of whom rose against Arthur's successor and cousin Constantine III with the ...
His father is Madoc, son of Uther Pendragon, an obscure brother of Arthur's mentioned a very few times in Welsh literature. Arthur thought highly of Eliwlod's eloquence. [ 2 ] Eliwlod appears in the Welsh Triads , where he is called one of the three "Golden-Tongued Knights of Britain", [ 3 ] alongside Gwalchmei ap Gwyar (Gawain) and Drudwas ap ...
Those following R. S. Loomis would date it before 1100, and see it as providing important evidence for the development of Arthurian legend, with links to Nennius and early Welsh poetry. [29] By contrast, The Dream of Rhonabwy is set in the reign of the historical Madog ap Maredudd (1130–60), and must therefore either be contemporary with or ...
Madog Crypl, grandson of Madog II ap Gruffydd, prince 1289–1304, sometimes known as Madog III; Madog Fychan, probably son of Madog Crypl, prince 1304–c.1325; Madog ap Llywelyn (13th-century), prince of the Kingdom of Gwynedd; Madoc ap Uthyr, a legendary figure, son of Uther Pendragon and brother of King Arthur
Blodeuwedd by Christopher Williams (1930). Blodeuwedd (Welsh pronunciation: [blɔˈdeiwɛð]; Welsh "Flower-Faced", a composite name from blodau "flowers" + gwedd "face"), [1] is married to Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology.
Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed, "Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed," is a legendary tale from medieval Welsh literature and the first of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.It tells of the friendship between Pwyll, prince of Dyfed, and Arawn, lord of Annwn (the Otherworld), of the courting and marriage of Pwyll and Rhiannon and of the birth and disappearance of Pryderi.