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Manawydan

American  
[man-uh-wuh-dan] / ˌmæn əˈwʌ dæn /

noun

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

From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

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

From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

Then the clerk asked Manawydan what he was doing.

From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

"No, by my faith," said Manawydan, "not till I see Pryderi and Rhiannon free before my eyes."

From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

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

From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

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