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Welsh MythologyWelsh mythology consists of stories written down in the Mabinogion and other medieval texts. Other characters - Arthur - king
- Bedwyr - Arthur's knight
- Blodeuedd - woman created of flowers. Was supposed to marry Lleu, but she killed him with her lover, Goronwy
- Branwen - Bendigeidfran's sister
- Caradawc - Son of Bendigeidfran
- Culhwch - son of Cildydd, had to kill a giant to marry his daughter, possibly one of Arthur's knights
- Efnisien - Bendigeidfran's halfbrother and enemy
- Gwalchmai - see Gawain
- Gwenhwyfar - Arthur's wife
- Gwern - son of Matholwch and Branwen, Efnisien killed him when he was three years old
- Gwyn ap Nudd - shadowy character sometimes called the king of the fairies and connected to the Wild Hunt
- Kai - the oldest Arthur's knight
- Mabon
- Math - king of Gwynedd, had to have a virgin to hold his feet
- Matholwch - king of Ireland, husband of Branwen, Efnisien mutilated his horses
- Nudd - warrior with a hand of silver
- Olwen - wife of Culhwch
- Owain - Arthur's knight
- Peredur - Arthur's knight
- Pryderi - kidnapped son of Pwyll
- Pwyll - king of Dyfed, for some time he also ruled in Annwn
- Rhiannon - Pwyll's wife, Pwyll accused her of eating Pryderi
- Taliesin - bard, prophet
- Teirnon - Pryderi's stepfather
- Urien - Owain's father, knight
(Were Pelles, Uther Pendragon, Vortigern, Morgan le Fay, Modred, Percival, Lancelot and Galahad also in Welsh myths?) See also
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