Menw

Menw, son of Three-Cries (

After being cursed by his stepmother so that he marry no one but Olwen, daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden, Culhwch ap Cilydd seeks assistance from his cousin Arthur to win her hand in marriage. Arthur agrees to help him, sending six of his many warriors to assist him on his quest, with Menw as the sixth. Each warrior has his own unique skill; Menw is a skilled magician, able to place he and his companions under an illusion of invisibility so as to protect them in savage lands.

Prior to the

Three warriors – it brings me riches –

knew well enchantments before this:

battle-experienced, the first upholds his name –

the gentlest of the three was Menw

the second's name (good day for understanding):

is Eiddilig the Dwarf, a wily Irishman

third was, beside the seas of Mon,

Math, lord of splendid kind, and

Arfon's king.^[2]

References

Bibliography

• MacKillop, James (2004). "Menw fab Teirgwaedd". In A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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