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Welcome to the Celtnet Celtic section for Brythonic Legends and Folk-tales. Here you will find the folk version of the Tale of Taliesin. Many literary and bardic versions of this tale have been told, the most literary version being the Ystoria Taliesin from the Cronicl o Wech Oesoedd (Chronicle of the Six Ages) written by Elis Gruffudd circa 1550. On this site, you can find a facsimile version of the text of the Tale of Taliesin from this book as well a new translation of the Tale of Taliesin into English . The tale given here, however, though it may be based on Ellis' account and the legends surrounding Taliesin is a tale from my own childhood. I found the basic version in an old school exercise book written in Welsh. I have tidied this up somewhat and padded it out a little, but that childhood tale is still the backbone of what you will find below. Here you have a folk-tale version of the Tale of Taliesin that is still extant in North Wales. The translation of the tale follows, but because it is based on a Welsh oringinal I also give the Welsh version mythbusters duct tape of the tale at the bottom of this page.
A long time ago, during the age of Arthur, there dwelt in Penlly, in the region of Bala in the place known to us today as Llyn Tegid a giant of a man knon as Tegid Foel with his wife, Cerridwen. They were both magical beings and they had two children — Creirwy, a daughter who was the most beautiful maiden in all the Islands of Britain and a son, Morfarn. Morfran was one of the ugliest young men in the entire world. He was crooked of body and his skin was jet black. As a result mythbusters duct tape of this he was also called Afagddu (utter darkness).
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Because the nature of his son, Morfran, no one would converse with him and he stood apart from all other men. His mother, Cerridwen, saw this clearly. Of course, she felt for her son, and she knew full well that if he did not possess other skills then Morfran would never be accepted into the company of the noblemen of this land. As a result, and because she was knwledgeable in the arts of magic she decided to gift the boy with the arts of prophetic inspiration.
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The night before the contents of the cauldron was due to be ready, Cerridwen set her son, Morfran beside the caudron and she urged Gwion and Mordda to keep working all through the night. But Morfran was in Gwion's way as he attempted to add more wood onto the fire beneath the caudron. This final night, Cerridwen was so tired that, as she lay down to rest she fell into a deep slumber.
And as Gwion was adding more wood onto the fire three droplets jumped out of the cauldron before falling on Gwion's hand. The drops burnt his hand and, naturally, he licked the spot to ease the pain. The three droplets that escaped were the three magical droplets and as they were used up, the contents of the cauldron became a poison. With a bell-like note the cauldron exploded due to the pressure of the poison within. As the sound of the cauldron cracking echoed about them, Cerridwen was startled awake from her slumber. She strode towards the cauldron. With the magic droplets within him, Gwydion could clearly perceive what whould happen how. He knew that Cerridwen would be enraged because of what had happened and that she would instantly try to kill him. Cerridwen approached the cauldron and fell to her knees before her son. but, instead of the magical creature she was expecting, she saw only Morfran, mythbusters duct tape just as he had been before. In the end she coaxed the tale fro Morfran and she heard how Gwydion mythbusters duct tape had moved him aside, just as the magical droplets fell on Gwion's hand and burnt him.
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