Mythology, Celtic -- Wales; Tales -- Wales; Welsh literature -- 1100-1400 -- Translations into English
Then Kai arose, and he said, “Whosoever will follow Arthur, let him be
with him to-night in Cornwall, and whosoever will not, let him be opposed
to Arthur even during the truce.” And through the greatness of the
tumult that ensued, Rhonabwy awoke. And when he awoke he was upon the
yellow calf-skin, having slept three nights and three days.
And this tale is called the Dream of Rhonabwy. And this is the reason
that no one knows the dream without a book, neither bard nor gifted seer;
because of the various colours that were upon the horses, and the many
wondrous colours of the arms and of the panoply, and of the precious
scarfs, and of the virtue-bearing stones.
PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED
Pwyll PRINCE OF DYVED was lord of the seven Cantrevs of Dyved; and once
upon a time he was at Narberth his chief palace, and he was minded to
go and hunt, and the part of his dominions in which it pleased him to
hunt was Glyn Cuch. So he set forth from Narberth that night, and went
as far as Llwyn Diarwyd. And that night he tarried there, and early on
the morrow he rose and came to Glyn Cuch, when he let loose the dogs in
the wood, and sounded the horn, and began the chase. And as he
followed the dogs, he lost his companions; and whilst he listened to
the hounds, he heard the cry of other hounds, a cry different from his
own, and coming in the opposite direction.
And he beheld a glade in the wood forming a level plain, and as his dogs
came to the edge of the glade, he saw a stag before the other dogs. And
lo, as it reached the middle of the glade, the dogs that followed the
stag overtook it and brought it down. Then looked he at the colour of
the dogs, staying not to look at the stag, and of all the hounds that he
had seen in the world, he had never seen any that were like unto these.
For their hair was of a brilliant shining white, and their ears were red;
and as the whiteness of their bodies shone, so did the redness of their
ears glisten. And he came towards the dogs, and drove away those that
had brought down the stag, and set his own dogs upon it.
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