Maelor Gawr
Ringkasan
Maelor Gawr adalah raja Kelt awal sekaligus raksasa dalam mitologi Wales yang tinggal di Castell Maelor dan kisahnya dicatat bersama tiga putranya dalam teks akhir abad ke-16.
Maelor Gawr, a giant and early Celtic king in Welsh mythology, lived at Castell Maelor; his tale, with his three sons, is preserved in a Welsh text of the late 1500s.
Kisah dan tradisi
Maelor Gawr dikenal sebagai raja Kelt awal dan raksasa dalam mitologi Wales. Kisahnya bersama tiga putranya, Cornippyn, Crygyn, dan Bwba, tercatat dalam teks Wales akhir abad ke-16; teks itu mengejanya Maylor Gawr dan menempatkannya di Aberteifi sebelum kedatangan Brutus. Menurut teks itu, Maylor ditawan di Cyfeilog, sekitar dua belas mil dari kastilnya, dan sebelum dihukum mati ia diizinkan meniup tanduknya tiga kali. Tiupan pertama merontokkan rambut dan jenggotnya, tiupan kedua merontokkan semua kukunya, dan pada tiupan ketiga tanduk itu pecah berkeping-keping. Cornippin, putranya, mendengar bunyi tanduk itu dan memacu kudanya demikian cepat hingga kepala anjing pemburunya terlepas; kudanya melompati Sungai Ystwyth dalam satu lompatan. Setelah bertarung, ia terbunuh. Dua putra lain, Crygyn dan Bwba, membunuh siapa pun yang mendekati benteng mereka. Cerita masa kini di Penparcau masih mengisahkan anjing tanpa kepala milik putra Raja Maelor.
Maelor Gawr is known as an early Celtic king and giant of Welsh mythology. His tale with his three sons, Cornippyn, Crygyn and Bwba, is recorded in a late sixteenth-century Welsh text; that text spells him Maylor Gawr and places him in Aberteifi before the coming of Brutus. According to the text, Maylor was taken prisoner at Cyfeilog, about twelve miles from his castle, and before being put to death was allowed to blow his horn three times. The first blast made his hair and beard fall out, the second his nails, and at the third the horn shattered into small pieces. His son Cornippin heard the horn and rode so fast that his hound's head was torn off; his horse cleared the Ystwyth River in a single bound. After fighting he was killed. The other two sons, Crygyn and Bwba, killed anyone who came near their strongholds. Present-day stories in Penparcau still tell of the headless dog of King Maelor's son.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Wales
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Negara / Country
- Wales
- Era
- According to a late sixteenth-century text, he lived before the coming of Brutus to this island
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Giant
Nama lain / Alternate names
Maylor Gawr