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Pwyll

American  
[pool] / pul /

noun

Welsh Legend.
  1. a prince who stole his wife, Rhiannon, from her suitor, Gwawl, and was the father of Pryderi.


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The school boasts three notable composers – Pwyll ap Siôn, Andrew Lewis and Guto Puw – and works by them made up the challenging first half.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2010

She tells him that the auburn-haired young man is Gwawl, son of Clud, and is the suitor to escape from whom she had fled to Pwyll.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

And as the lad grew up he scanned his face closely and saw that he had the features of Pwyll Prince of Dyfed.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Pwyll, the Prince, was at Narberth, where was his chief palace, when he went one day to a wood in Glyn Cych.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

One day when all his lords were assembled at Narberth for a feast Pwyll declared that he would sit on the mound and see what would befall.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)