The Tale of Lleu, Chapter XII: Beltane
Listen, my friends, for this is the last of the story you shall hear from my tired old tongue.
The Final Chapter of Llew’s Tale
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The Tale of Lleu, Chapter XI: Ostara
“Lord,” he said to King Math, son of Mathonwy, “it is high time that I received the justice that is due, from the one who has inflicted all this trouble upon me.”
The Second To Last of the Tale of Llew
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter X: Imbolc
“In the darkness, in the silence, is the seed As it was, as it was, as it was in the beginning Is the seed In the darkness, in the silence, there is growth It is now, it is now, it …
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter VIII: Samhain
When Blodeuwedd heard that Gwydion was coming in search of vengeance for the death of Lleu, she took with her an accompaniment of her maidens and left Ardudwy, crossing the River Cynfael and fleeing with them into the mountains. So …
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter VII: Mabon
Where we last left Blodeuwedd, she had just received word from Gronw Pebr that he had finished work on the only weapon that could possibly slay the young Lion. Blodeuwedd spoke to Lleu. “I have been wondering how what you …
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter VI: Lughnasadh
One day, Lleu Llaw Gyffes set out to Caer Dathyl to visit Math the Ancient, and his kin. While he was gone, Blodeuwedd was walking about the gardens of Muir-Y-Castell with her ladies, when they heard in the distance the …
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter V: Litha
And so, by his marriage to Blodeuwedd, Lleu Llaw Gyffes would become a man at last. The day dawned, and each were prepared in all finery to be wed to the other, Earth and Sun, joined as one. Deep in …
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter IV: Beltane
So great was the shame that Arianrhod felt at her brother for tricking her a second time, that she removed herself from the sight of the living world, and none but the dead in Annwn ever again saw her face. …
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter III: Ostara
Having been shamed by her brother Gwydion, and tricked by his clever wiles into giving her son a name, Arianrhod was incensed, and passed a second doom upon the boy; “This destiny I lay upon you, Lleu Llaw Gyffes. You …
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter II: Imbolc
Arianrhod’s son, the boy whom Gwydion had grown in his magick trunk, was reared at court until he was four, by which time he appeared as though he were a lad of eight. Gwydion took the boy with him to …
The Tale of Lleu, Chapter I: Yule
Once, long ago, King Math, son of Mathonwy and brother of Don, was Lord in Gwynedd. As it was in those days, Math needed a maiden to be his companion and to hold his feet in the place where he …
