Peredur son of Efrawg

Peredur fab Efrawg
"Peredur son of Efrawg"
The mysterious severed head being shown to Peredur by the King in T. W. Rolleston's Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race (1910)
Also known asHistoria Peredur ab Efrawg
Author(s)Anonymous author
LanguageMiddle Welsh
Date12th or 13th century
Manuscript(s)White Book of Rhydderch, MS Peniarth 7, MS Peniarth 14 and the Red Book of Hergest
GenreProse, Three Welsh Romances of the Mabinogion
PersonagesPeredur son of Effrawg, King Arthur, Gwalchmai, Owain, Cei, Nine Sorceresses, Angharad

Peredur son of Efrawg is one of the Three Welsh Romances associated with the Mabinogion. It tells a story roughly analogous to Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished romance Perceval, the Story of the Grail, but it contains many striking differences from that work, most notably the absence of the French poem's central object, the grail.


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