Ysbaddaden
Ringkasan
Ysbaddaden Bencawr ("Ysbaddaden, Kepala Para Raksasa") adalah raksasa kejam dan tokoh antagonis utama roman Wales Culhwch and Olwen, ayah Olwen.
Ysbaddaden Bencawr ('Ysbaddaden, Chief of Giants') is the vicious giant and main antagonist of the Welsh romance Culhwch and Olwen, father of Olwen.
Kisah dan tradisi
Ysbaddaden Bencawr, "Ysbaddaden, Kepala Para Raksasa" (dari akar kata yang berarti "hawthorn" atau "mandul", atau mungkin keduanya), adalah antagonis utama roman Wales (Welsh) Culhwch and Olwen. Ia raksasa kejam yang tinggal di kastel yang hampir tak terjangkau, ayah Olwen dan paman Goreu fab Custennin. Ibu tiri Culhwch mengutuknya agar hanya dapat menikahi Olwen, putri Ysbaddaden, sehingga Culhwch mencari bantuan sepupunya Arthur. Ysbaddaden telah merampas tanah saudaranya, gembala Custennin, dan membunuh dua puluh tiga anaknya karena kekejaman. Ketika Culhwch dan kawan-kawannya memasuki aulanya, Ysbaddaden mencoba membunuh Culhwch dengan anak panah beracun tetapi dikalahkan dan dilukai oleh Bedwyr, penyihir Menw, dan Culhwch sendiri. Akhirnya ia setuju menyerahkan putrinya dengan syarat Culhwch menyelesaikan sejumlah tugas mustahil (anoethau), termasuk memburu Twrch Trwyth. Menurut artikel de, kelopak matanya begitu berat sehingga seorang pelayan harus mengangkatnya dengan garpu bila ia ingin melihat seseorang (bandingkan Balor), dan kastelnya bergerbang sembilan.
Known as Ysbaddaden Bencawr, 'Chief of Giants', a name whose roots may mean 'hawthorn', 'infertile' or both, he is the chief villain of the Welsh romance Culhwch and Olwen. A cruel giant in a castle almost impossible to reach, he is Olwen's father and uncle of Goreu fab Custennin. Culhwch's stepmother curses him to wed no one but Olwen, Ysbaddaden's daughter, so Culhwch seeks help from his cousin Arthur. Ysbaddaden had seized the lands of his brother, the shepherd Custennin, and out of cruelty killed twenty-three of his children. When Culhwch and his companions enter his hall, Ysbaddaden tries to kill Culhwch with a poisoned dart but is outwitted and wounded by Bedwyr, the enchanter Menw and Culhwch himself. At last he agrees to give up his daughter if Culhwch completes a series of impossible tasks (anoethau), among them hunting Twrch Trwyth. According to the de article his eyelids are so heavy that a servant must lift them with a fork when he wants to look at someone (compare Balor), and his castle has nine gates.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Wales
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Negara / Country
- GB
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Giant
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Kekuatan raksasa
Nama lain / Alternate names
Ysbaddaden Bencawr, Ysbaddaden Pengawyr
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Kelopak mata Ysbaddaden begitu berat sehingga seorang pelayan harus mengangkatnya dengan garpu agar ia dapat melihat.
Ysbaddaden's eyelids are so heavy that a servant must lift them with a fork so he can see.