Manawydan

American

[man-uh-wuh-dan] / ˌmæn əˈwʌ dæn /

noun

Welsh Legend.

a brother of Bran, Efnisien, and Branwen, and the second husband of Rhiannon: he rescued Pryderi from enchantments cast upon him by Llwyd.

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"See yonder," said their leader Manawydan; "that is the door we may not open."

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Queen Rhiannon married for her second husband a person named Manawydan.

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"Go not," said Manawydan; "whoever has cast a spell over this land and deprived us of our dwelling has placed this castle here."

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Manawydan waited for him until evening, but hearing nothing either of him or of the dogs, he returned home.

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No one was left on the island but Manawydan and herself.

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