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DEDICATED TO REPRODUCING TRADITIONAL TEXTS IN AUTHENTIC GUISE |
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Echtra Gwythyr-the-Bright CONTENTS Black Salmon... Bull Mastif... Glewlwyd Longstride... Golden Torc... A Slender-Necked Crane... Lon mac Liomtha... Caoilte... Semias... Foot-Race... Goleuddyd... Geola and Beola... Glasmane |
A SPEAR THAT ROARS FOR BLOOD "...Now Govanu was one of the crafty smiths in that smithy: he was busy making a spearpoint, and he made the weapon right craftily, with three swift blows of his hammer. And after the spearhead was in the side of the forge, Credna, his brazier, made cket with three quick turns of the tongs, and the third turn was a crafty finish that set the socket around the spear point without it being necessary to drill a hole for it. Then Luchta, his carpenter, made a spearshaft with three brisk strokes of the adze, and he threw the shaft at the socket, and in this crafty way, and no other, did shaft and socket stay together..." Published by Pieman Press 21st March 2002 |
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The fifth part of Gwern-Sun-Hair’s hero tale, sees Gwythyr-the-Bright in the land under lake, where, after helping a giant shepherd, Glewlwyd Longstride, and his wife, Goleuddyd, over their marital difficulties, he is given the opportunity to meet Creiddylad whilst she bathes in a pool.
Whilst deputising for the giant’s dog, Gwythyr is taken to a mighty smithy and there acquires the art of smithcraft and forges himself a sword, and a spear. He is versed in the other crafty arts by Glewlwyd and Goleuddyd before setting out for Culhwch Dun, the house of Big Chief Hawthorn |
