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  • And it was I who threw the spell upon Pryderi to avenge Gwawl for the trick that had been played on him in the game of Badger in the Bag.

    The Lilac Fairy Book 2003

  • The first and the second nights it was the men of my own house that destroyed thy two fields, but on the third night my wife and her ladies came to me and begged me to change them also into the shape of mice, that they might take part in avenging Gwawl.

    The Lilac Fairy Book 2003

  • "Lord," said Gwawl, "it is meet that I have an answer to my request."

    The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

  • Then said Rhiannon unto Gwawl the son of Clud, "Rise up quickly."

    The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

  • "And he is Gwawl the son of Clud, a man of great power and wealth, and because of the word thou hast spoken, bestow me upon him lest shame befall thee."

    The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

  • So Gwawl went forth to his possessions, and Pwyll went also back to

    The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

  • And Pwyll turned up the sides of the bag, so that Gwawl was over his head in it.

    The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

  • And when he knew that the carousal after the meat had begun, he went towards the hall, and when he came into the hall, he saluted Gwawl the son of Clud, and his company, both men and women.

    The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

  • And they seized all the host that had come with Gwawl, and cast them into his own prison.

    The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

  • Then Gwawl the son of Clud set out to the feast that was prepared for him, and he came to the palace, and was received there with rejoicing.

    The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

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