The Triad of Love...in the Dark Mirror..of Queztalcoatal

[vic bonds]

The Throne Triad...

The Camelot Promise..

In reflecting upon,
these Welsh Triads..
I saw three Fair Damsels,
one became
a Princess Diandem,
, another become a Lady Fair,
and, the other become a Mirror,
Dark and Pure,
reflecting only what is really there..
All of them....and, I love them so....
Kiss the Mirror...O three Loves
combined into One...at the End...
One is at Rest, in the Moment, Still,
while Lady Fair, she does Idly Kiss,
and, the Mirror, it does Enjoy..
Things like this, for,
A Country without a Kiss,
is Berift and Swift....
without a Throne like this.
.of Purest Love..
Planted deep in the Soil of
our Collective Humanity..

From the King Arthur Days...

vic bonds wrote:

> The Welsh Triads or Trioedd
> Ynys Prydein
>
> The Welsh Triads or Trioedd Ynys Prydein are a mixed collection of
> triadic sayings that recount personages, events, or places in Welsh
> history. They were probably designed as mnemonic structures for fast
> recollection of stories by the bards. Unfortunately, there are also
> numerous versions with differences in names, meaning, and the order
> in which they are written down. There are pieces and portions included
>
> in all of the early manuscripts including the Peniarth Manuscript, the
>
> Llfyr Gwyn Rhydderch (White Book of Rhyderrch), the Llyfr Coch
> Hergest (Red Book of Hergest), and also the Black Book of
> Caermarthon. The White Book is generally dated to the early 1300's
> and the Red Book to about a century later. Thirteen Triads are missing
>
> from the beginning of the White Book text which begins in the
> middle of Triad 53 but the order and grouping of the remainder is
> identical with that in the Red Book. Either the red Book is a direct
> copy or both stem from a common source which is not the Early
> Version.
>
> They have been collected on numerous occasions and all versions I
> have found differ. This grouping is based on a combination of several
> extant on the web that include the Peniarth manuscript 16, the White
> Book, and information from Lady Charlotte Guest's Mabinogion
> notes. Triads 38 to 46 are referred to as Trioed y Meirch (the Triads
> of
>
> the Horses). As four of these are found in the Black Book of
> Caermarthen the authority for these is older than for any other of the
>
> Triads. The Book of Taliesin also contains a poem Canu y Meirch
> which is similar in meter and has a triadic arrangement and references
>
> to some of the same horses. Triads 50, 56 to 58, and 66 together with
> several triads I do not have are grouped together in Peniarth MS. 47
> as
> Trioedd y Gwragedd (The Triads of the Women). Some of the later
> triads in my list are not numbered which I hope to rectify as soon as
> I
> can determine where they are generally placed in the list.
>
> I will continue to modify and add to the compilation provided here as
> time and their availability permits.
>
> i.Three Tribal Thrones of the Island of Britain:
> Arthur as Chief Prince in Mynyw, and Dewi as Chief Bishop, and
> Maelgwn Gwynedd as Chief Elder;
> Arthur as Chief Prince in Celliwig in Cornwall, and Bishop Bytwini
>
> as Chief Bishop, and Caradawg Strong-Arm as Chief Elder;
> Arthur as Chief Prince in Pen Rhionydd in the Morth, and
> Gerthmwl Wledig as Chief Elder, and Cyndeyrn Garthwys as Chief
> Bishop
> (This triad differs from others in the Peniarth MS 16. It may have
>
> been added by a monastic scribe to strengthen the claims of St.
> David's at Mynyw during the episcopal controversy of the early
> twelfth century).
> ii.Three Generous Men of the Island of Britain:
> Nudd the Generous, son of Senyllt,
> Mordaf the Generous, son of Serwan,
> Rhydderch the Generous, son of Tudwal Tudglyd.
> And Arthur himself was more generous than the three.
> (This was probably the original first triad. Unsurprisingly, it
> was
> particularly popular with the bards. The Arthur reference is from
> the later Peniarth MS. 50).
> iii.Three Fair Princes (Blessed Kings)of the Island of Britain:
> Owain son of Urien,
> Rhun son of Maelgwn,
> Rhufawn befr the son of Deorath (Dewarth) Wledig.
> iv.Three Well-Endowed (Learned) Men of the Island of
> Britain:
> Gwalchmai son of Gwyar,
> and Llachau son of Arthur,
> and Rhiwallawn Broom-Hair.
> (Deifnyawc here may mean "qualified by descent to rule")
> v.Three Pillars of Battle of the Island of Britain:
> Dunawd Fur son of Pabo Pillar of Britain,
> and Gwallawg son of Lleenawg,
> and Cynfelyn Drwagl.
> vi.Three Bull-Protectors of the Island of Britain:
> Cynfawr Host-Protector, son of Cynwyd Cynwydion,
> and Gwenddolau son of Ceidiaw,
> and Urien son of Cynfarch.
> vii.Three Bull-Chieftains of the Island of Britain:
> Elinwy son of Cadegr,
> and Cynhafal son of Argad,
> and Afaon son of Taliesin.
> The three of them were sons of bards (White Book Version).
> viii.Three Prostrate Chieftains of the Island of Britain:
> Llywarch Hen the son of Elidir Llydanwyn,
> and Manawydan son of Llyr Half-Speech,
> and Gwgon Gwron son of Peredur son of Eliffer of the Great
> Retinue.
> And this is why those were called "Prostrate Chieftains": because
> they would not seek a dominion, which nobody could deny to
> them. (The original meaning of the Triad was probably "subdued
> by misfortune". The later White Book explanation interprets
> Lledyf in the sense of a person who does not resist when others
> forcibly deprive him of his rights.)
> ix.Three Sovereigns (Chieftains) of Arthur's Court:
> Goronwy (Gobrwy) son of Echel Vorddwytwll (Mighty-Thigh),
> Cadr(i)eth ('Fine-Speech') son of Porthawr Gadw,
> and Fleudur Fflam ('Flame') the son of Godo.
> (This is the only Early Version Triad which uses llys arthur in
> place of ynys prydein.)
> x.Three Chieftains of Deira and Bernica:
> Gall son of Disgyfdawd,
> and Ysgafnell son of Disgyfdawd,
> and Diffydell son of Disgyfdawd.
> The three of them were sons of bards.
> xi.Three Red-Speared Bards of the Island of Britain:
> Tristfardd, bard of Urien,
> and Dygynnelw, bard of Owain son of Urien,
> and Afan Ferddig, bard of Cadwallawn son of Cadfan.
> xii.Three Frivolous Bards of the Island of Britain:
> Arthur,
> and Cadwallawn son of Cadfan,
> and Rahawd son of Morgant.
> xiii.Three Chief Officers of the Island of Britain:
> Caradawg son of Bran,
> and Cawrdaf son of Caradawg,
> and Owain son of Maxen Wledig.
> xiv.Three Who Had The Command Of The Fleets Of The
> Island Of Britain (Seafarers) of the Island of Britain:
> Geraint son of Erbin,
> and Gwenwynwyn son of Naf (Naw),
> and March son of Meirchiawn.
> Each of them had six score vessels with six score men in each.
> xv.Three Roving Fleets of the Island of Britain:
> The Fleet of Llawr son of Eiryf,
> and the Fleet of Divwng son of Alan,
> and the Fleet of Solor son of Murthach.
> (This may be a pair with Triad 14: Irish rovers as opposed to
> Britons. One of the names is Irish; others may be corruptions.)
> xvi.Three Powerful Shepherds of the Island of Britain:
> Riueri son of Tanwn,
> and Dunawd the Shepherd,
> and Pryder (=Care) son of Dolor (=Grief) of Deira and Bernica.
> (This may form a pair with Triad 26. Alternatively, it may mean
> shepherd in the sense of ecclesiastics.)
> xvii.Three Fettered Men of the Island of Britain:
> Cadwaladr the Blessed,
> and Rhun son of Maelgwn,
> and Rhiwallawn Broom-Hair.
> And this is why those men were called Fettered: because horses
> could not be obtained that were suited to them, owing to their
> size; so they put fetters of gold around the small of their legs,
> on
>
> the cruppers of their horses, behind their backs; and two golden
> plates under their knees, and because of this the knee is called
> 'knee-pan'. (The imaginative explanation is from the White
> Book version. The original meaning of Hualavc and elsewhere
> hual has been interpreted as the torque worn by a chief prince.
> Gildas reports Maelgwn's great stature").
> xviii.Three Battle-Horsemen of the Island of Britain:
> Caradawg Strong-Arm,
> and Me(n)waedd of Arllechwedd,
> and Llyr of the Hosts.
> xix.Three Enemy-Subduers of the Island of Britain:
> Griediawl Enemy-Subduer son of E(n)vael Adrann,
> and Gweir of Great Valour,
> and Drystan son of Tallwch.
> xx.Three Red Ravagers of the Island of Britain:
> Arthur,
> and Rhun son of Beli,
> and Morgant the Wealthy.
> xxi.Three Battle-Diademed Men of the Island of Britain:
> Drystan son of Tallwch,
> and Hueil son of Caw,
> and Cai son of Cenyr of the Fine Beard.
> And one was diademed above the three of them:
> that was Bedwyr son of Bedrawc.
> (Bedwyr may be a scribal interpolation but Cai and Bedwyr are
> nearly always named in together in Welsh sources.)
> xxii.Three Brave Men of the Island of Britain,
> three sons of Gleissiar Gogled and Haernwedd Vradawc (the
> Wily):
> Grudduei,
> and Henbrien (Henben),
> and Aedenawg (Edenawg)
> who returned from battle on their biers.
> xxiii.Three Arrogant Men of the Island of Britain:
> Sawyl High-Head,
> and Pasgen son of Urien,
> and Rhun son of Einiawn.
> (Sir Ifor Williams has argued that the verb traha has a meaning of
>
> over-weening pride to be followed by a fall)
> xxiv.Three Slaughter-Blocks of the Island of Britain:
> Gilbert son of Cadgyffro,
> and Morfran son of Tegid,
> and Gwgawn Red-Sword.
> (The Welsh is Ysgym(m)yd(d). There is not a very satisfactory
> English equivalent. Gilbert has been identified as one of the two
> Gilberts who as Counts of Clare ruled Ceredigion in the twelfth
> century and were father and grandfather to Strongbow).
> xxv.Three Battle-Leaders of the Island of Britain:
> Selyf son of Cynan Garrwyn,
> and Urien son of Cynfarch,
> and Afaon son of Taliesin.
> (this is why they were called aeruedogeon: because they avenged
> their wrongs from their graves. The Welsh is Aer(uedawc). The
> scribe who added the 'explanation' for the White Book was
> ignorant of the meaning).
> xxvi.Three Powerful Swineherds of the Island of Britain:
> Drystan son of Tallwch, who guarded the swine of March son of
> Meirchiawn, while the swineherd went to ask Essyllt to come to a
> meeting with him. And Arthur was seeking (to obtain) one pig
> from among them, either by deceit or by force, but he did not
> get it;
> and Pryderi son of Pwyll, Lord of Annwfn, who guarded the
> swine of Pendaran Dyfed in Glyn Cuch in Emlyn;
> and Coll son of Collfrewy, who guarded Henwen, the sow of
> Dallwyr Dallben, when about to bring forth her litter, went to
> Penrhyn Awstin in Cornwall, and from there she went into the
> sea. And at Aber Tarogi in Gwent Is Coed she came to land. And
> Coll son of Collfrewy with his hand on her bristles wherever she
> went, whether by sea or by land. And in Gwent she brought forth
> a grain of wheat and a bee; and therefore that place is the best
> for
>
> wheat and bees. And from there she went to Llonion in
> Pembroke, and there she brought forth a grain of barley and a
> bee. From thence she made for the Hill of Cyferthwch in Eryri;
> there she brought forth a wolf-cub and a young eagle. And Coll
> son of Collfrewy gave the eagle to Brennach the Irishman of the
> North, and the wolf he gave to Menwaedd son of Arllechwedd;
> and these were the Wolf of Menwaedd and the Eagle of
> Brennach. And from thence she went to the Black Stone in
> Llanfair in Arfon, and there she brought forth a kitten; and Coll
> son of Collfrewy threw that kitten into Menai. And she was
> afterwards Palug's Cat.
> xxvii.Three Enchanters of the Island of Britain:
> Coll son of Collfrewy,
> and Menw son of Teirgwaedd,
> and Drych son of Kibddar.
> xxviii.Three Great Enchantments of the Island of Britain:
> The Enchantment of Math son of Mathonwy (which he taught
> to Gwydion son of Don),
> and the Enchantment of Uthyr Pendragon (which he taught to
> Menw son of Teirwaedd),
> and the Enchantment of Gwythelyn the Dwarf (which he taught
> to Coll son of Collfrewy his nephew).
> xxix.Three Faithful War-Bands of the Island of Britain:
> The War-Band of Cadwallawn son of Cadfan, who were with him
> seven years in Ireland; and in all that time they did not ask him
> for anything, lest they should be compelled to leave him;
> and the second, the War-Band of Gafran son of Aeddan, who
> went to sea for their lord;
> and the third, the War-Band of Gwenddolau son of Ceidiaw at
> Ar(f)derydd, who continued the battle for a fortnight and a
> month after their lord was slain.
> The number of the War-Band of each of those men was
> twenty-one hundred men.
> xxx.Three Faithless War-Bands of the Island of Britain:
> The War-Band of Goronwy the Radiant of (Penllyn), who
> refused to receive the poisoned spear from Lleu Skilful-Hand on
> behalf of their lord, at the Stone of Goronwy at the head of
> Cynfal;
> and the War-Band of Gwrgi and Peredur, who abandoned their
> lord at Caer Greu, when they had an appointment to fight the
> next day with Eda Great-Knee; and there they were both slain;
> and the War-Band of Alan Fyrgan, who turned away from him
> by night, and let him go with his servants to Camlan. And there
> he was slain. (The meaning of Anyweir later became confined to
> the sense of unchaste and finally indecent. Alan Fyrgan is an
> anachronism; he was a twelfth-century Duke of Brittany. His
> name may have replaced another which it resembled).
> xxxi.Three Noble Retinues of the Island of Britain:
> The Retinue of Mynyddawg of Eiddyn,
> and the Retinue of Melyn son of Cynfelyn,
> and the Retinue of Dryon son of Nudd.
> (The distinction between teulu (war-band) and gosgordd
> (retinue) is unclear. Noble could refer to valour).
> xxxii.Three Men Who Performed The Three Unfortunate
> Assassinations:
> Gall son of Dysgyfdawd who slew the Two Birds of Gwenddolau.
> And they had a yoke of gold on them. Two corpses of the Cymry
> they ate for their dinner, and two for their supper;
> and Ysgafnell son of Dysgyfdawd, who slew Edelfled king of
> Lloegr;
> and Diffydell son of Dysgyfdawd who slew Gwrgi Garwlwyd
> ('Rough Grey'). That Gwrgi used to make a corpse of one of the
> Cymry every day, and two on each Saturday so as not to slay on
> a Sunday. (Possibly a facetious adaptation of Triad 10 to form a
> new triad pair with Triad 33. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records
> that Ethelfrith was killed by Raedwald of East Anglia.)
> xxxiii.Three Unfortunate Assassinations of the Island of Britain:
> Heidyn son of Enygan, who slew Aneirin of Flowing-Verse,
> Prince of Poets,
> and Llawgad Trwm Bargod Eidyn ('Heavy Battle-Hand of the
> Border of Eidyn') who slew Afaon son of Taliesin,
> and Llofan Law Ddifo ('Ll. Severing Hand') who slew Urien son of
> Cynfarch.
> xxxiv.Three Unfortunate Hatchet-Blows of the Island of Britain:
>
> The Blow of Eidyn on the Head of Aneirin,
> and the Blow on the Head of Golydan the Poet,
> and the Blow on the head of Iago son of Beli.
> xxxv.Three Levies That Departed From This Island, And Not
> One Of Them Came Back:
> The first went with Elen of the Hosts and Cynan her brother,
> The second went with Yrp of the Hosts, who came here to ask
> assistance in the time of Cadial son of Eryn. and all he asked of
> each Chief Fortress was twice as many (men) as would come with
> him to it; and to the first fortress there came only himself and
> his
>
> servant. (And it proved grievous to have given him that.)
> Nevertheless that was the most complete levy that ever went
> from this Island, and no (man) of them ever came back. The
> place where those men remained was on two islands close to the
> Greek sea; those islands are Gals and Avena.
> The third levy went with Caswallawn son of Beli, and
> Gwenwynwyn and Gwanar, sons of Nwyfre, and Arianrhod
> daughter of Beli their mother. And those men came from
> Arllechwedd. They went with Caswallawn their uncle across the
> sea in pusuit of the men of Caesar. The place where those men
> are is in Gascony. And the number that went in each of those
> Hosts was twenty-one thousand men. And those were the Three
> Silver Hosts: they were so called because the gold and silver of
> the
>
> Island went with them. And they were picked men.
> xxxvi.Three Oppressions That Came To This Island, And Not
> One Of Them Went Back:
> One of them (was) the people of the Coraniaid, (The Coraniaid
> (y Corr(y)anyeit) may be the Tylwyth Teg) who came here in
> the time of Caswallawn (=Lludd?) son of Beli: and not one of
> them went back. and they came from Arabia.
> The second Oppression : the Gwyddyl Ffichti (The Gwyddyl
> Ffichti are the Picts). And not one of them went back.
> The third Oppression: the Saxons, with Horsa and Hengist as their
> leaders.
> xxxvii.Three Concealments and Three Disclosures of the Island of
> Britain:
> The Head of Bran the Blessed, son of Llyr, which was buried in the
>
> White Hill in London. and as long as the Head was there in that
> position, no Oppression would ever come to this Island;
> The second: the Bones of Gwerhefyr the Blessed which were
> buried in the Chief Ports of this Island;
> The third: the Dragons which Lludd son of Beli buried in Dinas
> Emrys in Eryri.
> (the text of the Early Version Triad is incomplete. The Red
> Book's version includes the disclosures: the Bones (for the love
> of a woman) and the Dragons by Gwrtheyrn the Thin
> (Vortigen); the Head by Arthur because it did not seem right to
> him that this Island should be defended by the strength of
> anyone other than him).
> xxxviii.An Alternate Variation
>
> Three Closures and Disclosures of the Island;
> First the head of Bendigeid Vran ab Llyr, which Owain
> the son of Maxen Wledig buried under the White
> Tower in London, and while it was so placed no
> invasion could be made upon this Island;
> the second was the bones of Gwrthevyr the Blessed
> [Vortimer], which were buried in the chief harbour of
> the Island, and while they remained there hidden all
> invasions were ineffectual.
> The third was the dragons buried by Lludd ab Beli, in
> the city of Pharaon, in the rocks of Snowdon. And the
> three closures were made under the blessing of God and
> his attributes, and evil befel from the time of their
> disclosure.
> Gwrtheyrn Gwrtheneu [Vortigern], disclosed the
> dragons to revenge the displeasure of the Cymry
> against him, and he invited the Saxons in the guise of
> men of defence to fight against the Gwyddyl Ffychti;
> and after this he disclosed the bones of Gwrthevyr the
> Blessed, through love of Ronwen [Rowena], the
> daughter of the Saxon Hengist.
> And Arthur disclosed the head of Bendigeid Vran ab
> Llyr, because he chose not to hold the Island except by
> his own strength. And after the three disclosures came
> the chief invasions upon the race of the Cymry.
>
> xxxix.Three Bestowed Horses of the Island of Britain:
> Slender Grey, horse of Caswallawn son of Beli,
> and Pale Yellow of the Stud, horse of Lleu Skilful-Hand,
> and Host-Splitter, horse of Caradawg Strong-Arm.
> xl.Three Chief Steeds of the Island of Britain:
> Tall Black-Tinted, horse of Cynan Garrwyn,
> and Eager Long Fore-Legs, horse of Cyhored son of Cynan,
> and Red ... Wolf-Tread, horse of Gilbert, son of Cadgyffro. (The
> third horse is Rudvreon Tuthvleid or Ruthir ehon tuth bleit in the
>
> Black Book version of Triad 42 and its rider is the same
> interloper
> as in Triad 24).
> xli.Three Plundered Horses of the Island of Britain:
> Cloven-Hoof, horse of Owain son of Urien,
> and Long-Tongue, horse of Cadwallawn son of Cadfan,
> and Bucheslom, horse of Gegawn of the Red-Sword.
> xlii.Three Lover's Horses (Beloved Horses) of the Island of
> Britain:
> Grey Fetlock, horse of Dalldaf son of Cunin Cof,
> and Spotted Dun, horse of Rahawd son of Morgant,
> and Pale White Lively-Back, horse of Morfran son of Tegid.
> xliii.Three Lively Steeds of the Island of Britain:
> Grey, horse of Alser son of Maelgwn,
> and Chesnut Long-Neck, horse of Cai,
> and Roan Cloven-Hoof, horse of Iddon son of Ynyr Gwent.
> (There is much confusion between the different versions of this
> triad, both as to the names of the horses and of their owners).
> xliv.Three Pack-Horses of the Island of Britain:
> Black, horse of Brwyn son of Cunedda,
> and Huge-Yellow, horse of Pasgen son of Urien,
> and Dun-Grey, horse of Rhydderch Hael.
> xlv.Three Horses who carried the Three Horse-Burdens:
> Black Moro, horse of Elidir Mwynfawr, who carried on his back
> seven and a half people from Penllech in the North to Penllech in
> Mon. These were the seven people: Elidir Mwynfawr, and Eurgain
> his wfe, daughter of Maelgwn Gwynedd, and Gwyn Good
> Companion, and Gwyn Good Distributor, and Mynach Naomon
> his counsellor, and Prydelaw the Cupbearer, his butler, and Silver
>
> Staff his servant, and Gelbeinevin his cook, who swam with his
> two hands to the horses crupper - and that was the half person.
> and Corvan, horse of the sons of Eliffer, bore the second
> Horse-Burden: he carried on his back Gwrgi and Peredur and
> Dunawd the Stout and Cynfelyn the Leprous(?), to look upon
> the battle-fog of the (host of) Gwenddolau (in) Ar(f)derydd.
> (And no one overtook him but Dinogad son of Cynan Garwyn,
> (riding) upon Swift Roan, and he won censure and dishonour
> from then till this day.)
> and Heith, horse of the sons of Gwerthmwl Wledig, bore the
> third Horse-Burden: he carried Gweir and Gleis and Archanad up
> the hill of Maelawr in Ceredigion to avenge their father.
> xlvi.Three Prominent Oxen of the Island of Britain:
> Yellow Pale-White,
> and Chestnut, ox of Gwylwylyd,
> and the Speckled Ox.
> xlvii.Three Prominent Cows of the Island of Britain:
> Speckled, cow of Maelgwn Gwynedd,
> and Grey-Skin, cow of the sons of Eliffer of the Great War-Band,
> and Cornillo, cow of Llawfrodedd the Bearded.
> xlviii.Three Men Who Received The Might Of Adam:
> Hercules the Strong,
> and Hector the Strong,
> and Samson the Strong.
> They were, all three, as strong as Adam himself.
> xlix.Three Men Who Received The Beauty Of Adam:
> Absalom son of David,
> and Jason son of Aeson,
> and Paris son of Priam.
> They were, all three, as comely as Adam himself.
> l.Three Men Who Received The Wisdom Of Adam:
> Cato the Old,
> and Bede,
> and Siblo the Wise.
> They were, all three, as wise as Adam himself.
> li.Three Women Who Received The Beauty Of Eve in three
> third-shares:
> Diadema (=Dido?), mistress of Aeneas White-Shield,
> and Elen the Magnificent, the woman on whose account was the
> destruction of Troy,
> and Polixena, daughter of Priam the Old, king of Troy.
> (Eve was as fair as all of the three.)
> lii.Three Dishonoured Men of the Island of Britain:
> liii.Three Supreme (Exalted) Prisoners of the Island of Britain:
>
> Llyr Llediaith, in the prison of Euroswydd Wledig, (Lady Guest
> believes this name to probably be Ostorius, the Roman
> commander)
> and Mabon (Madoc) the son of Modron,
> and Geyr (Geiryoed) the son of Geyrybed,
> and one more exalted than the three, and that was Arthur,
> who was for three nights in the Castle of Oeth and Anoeth,
> and three nights in the prison of Wen Pendragon,
> and three nights in the dark prison under the stone -
> And one youth released him from these three prisons; that
> youth was Goreu the son of Custennin, his cousin.
> (The Castle of Oeth and Anoeth is spoken of in the Mabinogion
> and in another series of the Triads it is named as the prison of
> the
>
> above-mentioned Geyr. In this version, Arthur is not alluded to,
> but all the members of the families of the other prisoners are
> said
> to have shared their captivity, which is designated as the most
> complete ever known to have taken place).
> liv.Three Harmful Blows of the Island of Britain:
> lv.Three Unrestrained Ravagings of the Island of Britain:
> lvi.Three Quests that were obtained from Powys:
> lvii.Arthur's Three Great Queens:
> Gwenhwyfar daughter of (Cywryd) Gwent,
> and Gwenhwyfar daughter of Gwythyr son of Greidiawl,
> and Gwenhwyfar daughter of Gogfran the Giant.
> lviii.And his Three Mistresses were these:
> Indeg daughter of Garwy the Tall,
> and Garwen ("Fair Leg") daughter of Henin the Old,
> and Gwyl ("Modest") daughter of Gendawd ("Big Chin").
> lix.Three Amazons of the Island of Britain:
> The first of them, Llewei daughter of Seitwed,
> and Rore(i) daughter of Usber,
> and Mederi Badellfawr ("Big Knee"?).
> lx.Three Unfortunate Counsels of the Island of Britain:
> To give place for their horse's fore-feet on the land to Julius
> Caesar and the men of Rome, in requital for Meinlas (Meinlas is
> the horse bestowed on Caswallawn in triad 38);
> and the second: to allow Horse and Hengist and Rhonwen into
> this Island;
> and the third: the three-fold dividing by Arthur of his men with
> Medrawd at Camlann.
> lxi.Three Gate-Keepers at the Action of Bangor Orchard:
> Gwgon Red Sword,
> and Madawg son of Rhun,
> and Gwiawn son of Cyndrwyn.
> And three others on the side of Lloegr: (This may be a reference
> to the Battle of Chester in 616).
> Hawystyl the arrogant,
> and Gwaetcym Herwuden,
> and Gwiner.
> lxii.Three Golden Corpses of the Island of Britain:
> Madawg son of Brwyn,
> and Cengan Peilliawg,
> and Rhu(f)awn the Radiant son of Gwyddno.
> lxiii.Three Fettered War-Bands of the Island of Britain:
> lxiv.Three Bull-Spectres of the Island of Britain:
> The Spectre of Gwidawl,
> and the Spectre of Llyr Marini,
> and the Spectre of Gyrthmwl Wledig.
> lxv.Three Wild-Spectres of the Island of Britain:
> The Spectre of Banawg,
> and the Spectre of Ednyfedawg the Sprightly,
> and the Spectre of Melen.
> lxvi.Three Unrestricted Guests of the Arthur's Court, and
> Three Wanderers:
> Llywarch Hen,
> and Llemenig,
> and Heledd.
> lxvii.Three Faithful Women of the Island of Britain:
> Ardd(u)n wife of Cadgor son of Gorolwyn,
> and Efeilian wife of Gwydyr the Heavy,
> and Emerchred wife of Mabon son of Dewengan.
> lxviii.Three Golden Shoemakers of the Island of Britain:
> lxix.Three Kings who were (sprung) from Villeins:
> lxx.Three Defilements of the Severn:
>
> lxxxv.Three Tribal Herdsmen Of The Island Of Britain
> Llawnrodded Varvawc who tended the kine of Nudd Hael, the son
> of Senyllt, in whose herd were twenty-one thousand milch cows;
> and Bennren, who kept the herd of Caradawc the son of Bran and
> his tribe, in Gorwenydd in Glamorganshire;
> and Gwdion the son of Don, who kept the herd of the tribe of
> Gwynedd, above the Conwy.
>
> xc.Three Principal Enchanters: (who are styled "Men of Illusion
> and Phantasy")
> Math ab Mathonwy, who declared his illusion to Gwdion the son
> of Don;
> and Menyw the son of Teirgwaedd, who taught his illusion to
> Uthyr Pendragon;
> and Rhuddlwm the Giant, who learnt his illusion from Eiddilig
> the Dwarf, and Coll the son of Collfrewi.
>
> xcvii.The Three Great Exploits Of The Island Of Britain :
> The ship of Nevydd Nav Neivion, which carried in it a male and
> female of all things living, when the Lake of floods burst forth;
> and the horned oxen of Hu the Mighty, which drew the Avanc of
> the Lake to land, so that the Lake burst forth no more;
> and the stones of Gwyddon Ganhebon, on which were read all
> the arts and sciences of the world.
>
> cxiii.Three Compeers of the Court of Arthur
> Dalldav The Son Of Kimin Cov;
> and Trystan mab March,
> and Rhyhawd mab Morgant ab Adras
>
> cxv.Three Golden-Tongued Knights, Whom No One Could
> Refuse Whatsoever They Might Ask
> Drudwas mab Tryffin;
> and Gwalchmai ab Gwyar,
> and Eliwlod ab Madawc ab Uthur.
> For there was neither King, nor Earl, nor Lord, to whom these
> came, but would listen to them before all others; and whatever
> request they made, it would be granted them, whether willingly
> or unwillingly; and thence were they called the Golden Tongued.
>
> cxxv.Three Baptismal Bards of the Isle of Britain:
> Merddin Emrys,
> And Taliesin, Chief of Bards,
> and Merddin, son of Madoc Morvryn.
> cxxvi.Three Blissful Rulers of the Island of Britain:
> Bran the Blessed, the son of Llyr Llediaith, who first brought the
>
> faith of Christ to the nation of the Cymry from Rome, where he
> was seven years a hostage for his son Caradawc, whom the
> Romans made prisoner through the craft, and deceit, and
> treachery of Aregwedd Foeddawg [usually supposed to be
> Cartismandua].
> The second was Lleurig ab Coel ab Cyllyn Sant, who was called
> Lleufer Mawr, [the great Light], and built the ancient church at
> Llandaff, which was the first in Britain, and who gave the
> privileges of land, and of kindred, and of social rights, and of
> society to such as were of the faith of Christ.
> The third was Cadwaladyr the Blessed, who gave refuge, with his
> lands, and with all his goods, to the believers who fled from the
> Saxons without faith, and from the aliens who would have slain
> them.
>
> Three Knights Of Battle Were In The Court Of Arthur;
> Cadwr, the Earl of Cornwall;
> and Lancelot du Lac;
> and Owain the son of Urien Rheged.
> and this was their characteristic, that they would not retreat
> from
> battle, neither for Spear, nor for Arrow, nor for Sword, and
> Arthur never had shame in battle, the day he saw their faces
> there, and they were called the Knights of Battle.
>
> Three Counselling Knights Were In The Court Of Arthur,
> Cynon the son of Clydno Eiddin,
> and Aron the son of Kynfarch ap Meirchion gul,
> and Llywarch hen the son of Elidir Lydanwyn.
> and these three knights were the Counsellors of Arthur, and
> whatever dangers threatened him in any of his wars, they
> counselled him, so that none was able to overcome Arthur; and
> thus he conquered all the nations through three things which
> followed him; and these were, Good hope, and the consecrated
> arms which had been sent him, and the virtue of his warriors; and
> through these he came to wear twelve crowns upon his head, and
> he became Emperor of Rome.
>
> The Three Ardent Lovers Of The Island Of Britain,
> Caswallawn the son of Beli for Flur the daughter of Mugnach
> Gorr,
> and Trystan the son of Talluch for Yseult the wife of March
> Meirchawn his uncle,
> and Kynon the son of Clydno Eiddin for Morvyth the daughter
> of Urien.
>
> Gordd Cymru 5/6/98

vic bonds wrote:

> Subject: green men and the welsh triads..of thrones of beingness in
> humanity
>
> the triad of the new king arthur THRONE TRIAD..
> Date:
> Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:11:59 -0700
> From:
> vic bonds <vbo...@worldnet.att.net>
> Organization:
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>
> WHAT A MODERN DAY DRUID THRONE
> WOULD BE..
> (inspired with Maharishi breathing down my neck..ha..
> he does get around..he is the return of Rama Krishna
> of the ancient Eagle Kingdom of the Great Spirit
> Ways of Peace or Jain...)
>
> the abyssal day thrones of heaven and the underground
> or the diealong dialog between zues force and hades force..
>
> Or ...how a hive sorciety is put together..
> in actuality on the earth..
>
> the one we are looking at is camelot
> today in progress..
> we are a pyramidal esp sorciety
> organically coming into fruition
> for the latter days...of earth.
> to restore the balance of great spirit
> and the greatest spirit here on earth..
> the great spirit being the druids green man
> green seed...
> and the greater spirit being the abrahamic seed.
> this horned twin syndrome is prevalent
> in all religions and green man sorcieties..
> one needs the other.
> their is no fight, or war..between the druids
> seeds of green..underground.hades..
> philosophical and physics sciences..
> creations dream..the sun..material life.
> in baal the underground..
>
> and the abrahams seeds of red..overground..zues.
> gods dream..the eclipse...moon..spiritual immortal life..
> in heaven..
>
> the earth according to don juan...is the new
> heaven come down to the new earth
> and they agree..in perfect baalance and
> joy..they have peace.
> the next 1000 we can be sad and scared
> or we can be tranquil power sources of
> spirit and watch the miracle of great and greater
> spirit intertwining like two Lovers come together
> at the end of their sacrificial life...at this end of time..
> the child man and woman that are picked
> for merlins..in the future..
> are harassed from the day they are born..
> by the very gabrielian angels of prophecy
> they teach ethics and justice and truth
> to the young un..and punish them for what
> their sleeping people do that is wrong..
> on the other side of the fence to balance
> the harsh training given out of the green
> or earth to this little angel..is..the fact
> that ..the big angel..abraham returned
> soul landed on her and stayed as a guardian
> and teacher ..of defense methods of angels
> regarding the wheels of hell ..that are
> sorely hurting...the green wheels of green
> men dying everywhere desparately
> wondering if there is a god in heaven
> or is there a heaven..up there.
>
> what the zues factor of the red seed
> does is the prophet...trains a heavenly divine
> seed of red...perhaps a returned luminary..
> of the past like abraham..as don juan trained
> carlos..
> carlos castaneda is abraham..red seed
> and his twin is the green man..the horned twin..
> both born in 33...
> they always come together to give and actuate
> a revelation to their sector the white aryan race
> that has so wronged the earth with their
> god dreams that were out of reality with the
> actually condition of the reality of man and
> the very earth...
>
> the green man is an ancient race that is
> scattered among the stars and has had many
> deaths, too many in its collective memory
> to even weep at...
> it is the brave Luciferian race..that has
> to do things their way in order to survive.
> god does love them
> i do believe that the michealians have misunderstood
> the trend of the bible.
> for a while the green man was predominant
> but now the red man is too strong
> so we need to baalance for 1000 years..
> this new revelation of bahaullah
> brought such an influx of energetics
> that the renaisance has been too too fast
> and all the sins of the white man has
> been flushed out in front of the world
> for all to see plainly..
> we are a selfish race..
> now..the green man must step in ..
> the aboriginals of australia are an excellent
> source to study of excellent unselfishness
> and communal well being...
> and they are starting to really relate well
> to the red seeds sons who would be king
> kong on the outside in political laws
> of australia
> the aboriginals just got their first legal
> rights to have their first abriginal church
> in australia and it is legal to meet..
> they are esp sorciety
> and the stickmen as cc has called them can
> be dangerous to a selfish white man..
> for they have been killed off and cut
> down ruthlessly
> in many countries including the americas
> north and south..and central..
> don juan will testify to this..
> so..
> it is fun to look at celtic myth law
> and syn of the bards of wisdom
> and connect the dots to maharishi
> and his ancient venerable past as rama
> in his line of prophets that he is..
> and then connect it to don juan
> carlos and the bahai revelation
> it blows my mind continually
>
> get this.
> i am in an essene community
> which is a nice word for
> aboriginal
> green man style
> of the ancient celts..on long island
> and connected to the throne..on high..
> bardos.
> each throne all over the world
> has a god bardos or stomach of the whale
> where truthing and revelation is done..
> where holy grailing is done.
> i have been in and out of tummies
> of whales of jonah
> all my life...
> waking up and being put back to sleep
> and being vastly tried and rid of all attachments.
> they kept making me fall in love with a certain
> engaging green man and then jaining or cutting
> it off..so that i could do this
> writing at the end of my life..i am 50 years
> young and he is 57 years younger..
> they always say he is married to the queen
> and ...i find out in the end i am the queen..
>
> she told me that she consumes me..
> she showed me where i will end up..
> with the magical wheat don juan man
> who is a rainbow god of fertility
> or his other name is Mars.
> i am Venus..his consort
> and we are actually each three people..
> i am three women
> plus the Throne.
>
> and he is three men.
> one of which is the throne also..
>
> i am all of these..that why i know these things
> so i guess i am a druid bardess of some sort.
>
> you know..in these days where mens foolishness
> of abstract thinking is so prevelent
> the Woman being on the Throne is a lovely
> Idea..
>
> EACH PERSONAGE IS ACTUALLY THREE..
>
> THERES A THRONE MAN WHO MARRIES A THRONE WOMAN..DI..
> GREEN SEED.
> very practical about the needs of humans and the earth..
>
> ..AND CHARLES..RED SEED..
> he is actually both but red seed by birth and green dropped on him
> and he become an environmentalist because of the needs of the times.
> perhap all the lines will be green and red
> but..
> the red will be the god aspect abraham carried through the father male
>
> seed.. for the Throne..
> it would be likened on a God reality..to the line of Lion Prophets
> of King Arthurs seed...
> every time there is a need for balance between the underworld
> and the heavens both seed lines come in to play and
> a great spirit dance of fire gets set into being
> like unto the maharabatica.
>
> when you have both seeds in action..you have ones that
> rule , and carry out the new holy city coming down..
>
> THEY MAKE THE RULERS OF THE NEW CAMELOT..
> in iran..
> similar workings of the heavens and the underworld
> come into being in 1844
> green seed and red seed...ones..and the bahai dispensation
> was started...
> a new heaven and new earth came into being..
> this same camelot way...
>
> A PERSON NAMED SHOGI EFFENDI WAS BOTH IN
> A BIG WAY..WORLDWIDE
> and did the most great spirit job of
> BUT THE CHILDREN HERE
> ARE THE ONES FOR GB CAMELOT
> AND ARE LITTLE EAGLES
> AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY ADMINSTER
> IN THE KINGDOM OF CAMELOT..ON EARTH..
> THEY WILL BE GIVEN GUIDANCE FROM ABOVE
> AND BELOW...AND BE JUST AND FAIR ..
> THEY WILL BE THE EMBODIMENTS OF PEACE...
> ===============
> That is their mark and their walk, it is their strength and the reason
>
> they are born..
> ---------------------
>
> THERES AN ELDER MAN WHO MARRIES A BISHOP WOMAN
> AND HAS LESSER GODS CHILDREN..
> they are eagles but they carry green seeds only..
> not red..
> father is green..
> they will be the workers for the children of the Throne..
> they should and will be trained in the arts of
> the parliment and law...ethics..
> -----
> the knights like mc cartney,wife, and children..
> they carry...
> GREENSEEDS FOR THE FUTURE...
> THE LINE OF THE GREEN MAN..MAGICAL MAN...
> they are the promise of the kingdom to continually
> refresh it self with evergreen Love...and they do
> marry the Throne..at times..
> they are the living examplar and are the
> SAINTS..FOR THE INFUSION OF THE NEEDS OF THE
> TIMES. AND WHAT IT DOES FOR THE PROPHECY
> IS GIVE LAWS AND ETHICS APPROPRIATE TO THE TIMES.
> IT IS GREAT SPIRIT LINE THE QUEZTALCOATAL LINE...
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> AND AN ELDER WOMAN WHO MARRIES A BISHOP MAN...
> FOR THE MERLIN PROPHETIC LINE...
> AND THAT IS THE RED SEED.
> THE HOLY SPIRIT SEED LINE...OF ABRAHAM...
> IT IS THE GOD STUFF LINE..of merlin and arthur..
> relatives of the throne..arthur seed..carried through
> the father...
> the children of this abraham red seed are usually
> chosen for the task at hand..
> why...circumstances of remote lands away from
> the heat and spiritual freedom to teach the teachings
> of absulute truth that is not always acceptable
> is needed..and sometimes born in a crippled
> or disabled child..that is seemly born of low
> caste...
>
> AND IN SYN OF NEED
> THEY ARE BOTH..
> THEY NEED TO HIDE SO THEY CANNOT CARRY
> THE GREENSEED VERY LONG..CAUSE EAGLES
> GET KILLED.
> THEY ARE EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT..
> THEY COME UP ONCE IN A THOUSAND YEARS..
> YOU DO KNOW THEM BY THEIR TEACHINGS AND
> FRUITS..
> THE GOOD AND BAD OF BEING
> ABRAHAMS CHILDREN OR SEED.
> IS
> THAT YOU REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE..
> YOU ARE RAISED FROM THE MOMENT
> AND BEFORE FOR THIS MOMENT
> CONT. IN YOUR LIFE.
> YOU ARE EMINATING GODS LIGHT
> ALL THROUGH YOUR LIFE
> TO SUSTAIN THE LITTLE ONES.
>
> ..GREEN SEED DROPS ON THEM
> AT THE RIGHT TIME..ONCE EVERY THOUSAND YEARS
> WHEN THEY NEED A LION PROPHET..
> but the abyssal days ahead
> may see a proliferation of green mating and
> green seeds galore..
> the end..
> wings
>
> The Welsh Triads or Trioedd
> Ynys Prydein
>
> The Welsh Triads or Trioedd Ynys Prydein are a mixed collection of
> triadic sayings that recount personages, events, or places in Welsh
> history. They were probably designed as mnemonic structures for fast
> recollection of stories by the bards. Unfortunately, there are also
> numerous versions with differences in names, meaning, and the order
> in which they are written down. There are pieces and portions included
>
> in all of the early manuscripts including the Peniarth Manuscript, the
>
> Llfyr Gwyn Rhydderch (White Book of Rhyderrch), the Llyfr Coch
> Hergest (Red Book of Hergest), and also the Black Book of
> Caermarthon. The White Book is generally dated to the early 1300's
> and the Red Book to about a century later. Thirteen Triads are missing
>
> from the beginning of the White Book text which begins in the
> middle of Triad 53 but the order and grouping of the remainder is
> identical with that in the Red Book. Either the red Book is a direct
> copy or both stem from a common source which is not the Early
> Version.
>
> They have been collected on numerous occasions and all versions I
> have found differ. This grouping is based on a combination of several
> extant on the web that include the Peniarth manuscript 16, the White
> Book, and information from Lady Charlotte Guest's Mabinogion
> notes. Triads 38 to 46 are referred to as Trioed y Meirch (the Triads
> of
>
> the Horses). As four of these are found in the Black Book of
> Caermarthen the authority for these is older than for any other of the
>
> Triads. The Book of Taliesin also contains a poem Canu y Meirch
> which is similar in meter and has a triadic arrangement and references
>
> to some of the same horses. Triads 50, 56 to 58, and 66 together with
> several triads I do not have are grouped together in Peniarth MS. 47
> as
> Trioedd y Gwragedd (The Triads of the Women). Some of the later
> triads in my list are not numbered which I hope to rectify as soon as
> I
> can determine where they are generally placed in the list.
>
> I will continue to modify and add to the compilation provided here as
> time and their availability permits.
>
> i.Three Tribal Thrones of the Island of Britain:
> Arthur as Chief Prince in Mynyw, and Dewi as Chief Bishop, and
> Maelgwn Gwynedd as Chief Elder;
> Arthur as Chief Prince in Celliwig in Cornwall, and Bishop Bytwini
>
> as Chief Bishop, and Caradawg Strong-Arm as Chief Elder;
> Arthur as Chief Prince in Pen Rhionydd in the Morth, and
> Gerthmwl Wledig as Chief Elder, and Cyndeyrn Garthwys as Chief
> Bishop
> (This triad differs from others in the Peniarth MS 16. It may have
>
> been added by a monastic scribe to strengthen the claims of St.
> David's at Mynyw during the episcopal controversy of the early
> twelfth century).
> ii.Three Generous Men of the Island of Britain:
> Nudd the Generous, son of Senyllt,
> Mordaf the Generous, son of Serwan,
> Rhydderch the Generous, son of Tudwal Tudglyd.
> And Arthur himself was more generous than the three.
> (This was probably the original first triad. Unsurprisingly, it
> was
> particularly popular with the bards. The Arthur reference is from
> the later Peniarth MS. 50).
> iii.Three Fair Princes (Blessed Kings)of the Island of Britain:
> Owain son of Urien,
> Rhun son of Maelgwn,
> Rhufawn befr the son of Deorath (Dewarth) Wledig.
> iv.Three Well-Endowed (Learned) Men of the Island of
> Britain:
> Gwalchmai son of Gwyar,
> and Llachau son of Arthur,
> and Rhiwallawn Broom-Hair.
> (Deifnyawc here may mean "qualified by descent to rule")
> v.Three Pillars of Battle of the Island of Britain:
> Dunawd Fur son of Pabo Pillar of Britain,
> and Gwallawg son of Lleenawg,
> and Cynfelyn Drwagl.
> vi.Three Bull-Protectors of the Island of Britain:
> Cynfawr Host-Protector, son of Cynwyd Cynwydion,
> and Gwenddolau son of Ceidiaw,
> and Urien son of Cynfarch.
> vii.Three Bull-Chieftains of the Island of Britain:
> Elinwy son of Cadegr,
> and Cynhafal son of Argad,
> and Afaon son of Taliesin.
> The three of them were sons of bards (White Book Version).
> viii.Three Prostrate Chieftains of the Island of Britain:
> Llywarch Hen the son of Elidir Llydanwyn,
> and Manawydan son of Llyr Half-Speech,
> and Gwgon Gwron son of Peredur son of Eliffer of the Great
> Retinue.
> And this is why those were called "Prostrate Chieftains": because
> they would not seek a dominion, which nobody could deny to
> them. (The original meaning of the Triad was probably "subdued
> by misfortune". The later White Book explanation interprets
> Lledyf in the sense of a person who does not resist when others
> forcibly deprive him of his rights.)
> ix.Three Sovereigns (Chieftains) of Arthur's Court:
> Goronwy (Gobrwy) son of Echel Vorddwytwll (Mighty-Thigh),
> Cadr(i)eth ('Fine-Speech') son of Porthawr Gadw,
> and Fleudur Fflam ('Flame') the son of Godo.
> (This is the only Early Version Triad which uses llys arthur in
> place of ynys prydein.)
> x.Three Chieftains of Deira and Bernica:
> Gall son of Disgyfdawd,
> and Ysgafnell son of Disgyfdawd,
> and Diffydell son of Disgyfdawd.
> The three of them were sons of bards.
> xi.Three Red-Speared Bards of the Island of Britain:
> Tristfardd, bard of Urien,
> and Dygynnelw, bard of Owain son of Urien,
> and Afan Ferddig, bard of Cadwallawn son of Cadfan.
> xii.Three Frivolous Bards of the Island of Britain:
> Arthur,
> and Cadwallawn son of Cadfan,
> and Rahawd son of Morgant.
> xiii.Three Chief Officers of the Island of Britain:
> Caradawg son of Bran,
> and Cawrdaf son of Caradawg,
> and Owain son of Maxen Wledig.
> xiv.Three Who Had The Command Of The Fleets Of The
> Island Of Britain (Seafarers) of the Island of Britain:
> Geraint son of Erbin,
> and Gwenwynwyn son of Naf (Naw),
> and March son of Meirchiawn.
> Each of them had six score vessels with six score men in each.
> xv.Three Roving Fleets of the Island of Britain:
> The Fleet of Llawr son of Eiryf,
> and the Fleet of Divwng son of Alan,
> and the Fleet of Solor son of Murthach.
> (This may be a pair with Triad 14: Irish rovers as opposed to
> Britons. One of the names is Irish; others may be corruptions.)
> xvi.Three Powerful Shepherds of the Island of Britain:
> Riueri son of Tanwn,
> and Dunawd the Shepherd,
> and Pryder (=Care) son of Dolor (=Grief) of Deira and Bernica.
> (This may form a pair with Triad 26. Alternatively, it may mean
> shepherd in the sense of ecclesiastics.)
> xvii.Three Fettered Men of the Island of Britain:
> Cadwaladr the Blessed,
> and Rhun son of Maelgwn,
> and Rhiwallawn Broom-Hair.
> And this is why those men were called Fettered: because horses
> could not be obtained that were suited to them, owing to their
> size; so they put fetters of gold around the small of their legs,
> on
>
> the cruppers of their horses, behind their backs; and two golden
> plates under their knees, and because of this the knee is called
> 'knee-pan'. (The imaginative explanation is from the White
> Book version. The original meaning of Hualavc and elsewhere
> hual has been interpreted as the torque worn by a chief prince.
> Gildas reports Maelgwn's great stature").
> xviii.Three Battle-Horsemen of the Island of Britain:
> Caradawg Strong-Arm,
> and Me(n)waedd of Arllechwedd,
> and Llyr of the Hosts.
> xix.Three Enemy-Subduers of the Island of Britain:
> Griediawl Enemy-Subduer son of E(n)vael Adrann,
> and Gweir of Great Valour,
> and Drystan son of Tallwch.
> xx.Three Red Ravagers of the Island of Britain:
> Arthur,
> and Rhun son of Beli,
> and Morgant the Wealthy.
> xxi.Three Battle-Diademed Men of the Island of Britain:
> Drystan son of Tallwch,
> and Hueil son of Caw,
> and Cai son of Cenyr of the Fine Beard.
> And one was diademed above the three of them:
> that was Bedwyr son of Bedrawc.
> (Bedwyr may be a scribal interpolation but Cai and Bedwyr are
> nearly always named in together in Welsh sources.)
> xxii.Three Brave Men of the Island of Britain,
> three sons of Gleissiar Gogled and Haernwedd Vradawc (the
> Wily):
> Grudduei,
> and Henbrien (Henben),
> and Aedenawg (Edenawg)
> who returned from battle on their biers.
> xxiii.Three Arrogant Men of the Island of Britain:
> Sawyl High-Head,
> and Pasgen son of Urien,
> and Rhun son of Einiawn.
> (Sir Ifor Williams has argued that the verb traha has a meaning of
>
> over-weening pride to be followed by a fall)
> xxiv.Three Slaughter-Blocks of the Island of Britain:
> Gilbert son of Cadgyffro,
> and Morfran son of Tegid,
> and Gwgawn Red-Sword.
> (The Welsh is Ysgym(m)yd(d). There is not a very satisfactory
> English equivalent. Gilbert has been identified as one of the two
> Gilberts who as Counts of Clare ruled Ceredigion in the twelfth
> century and were father and grandfather to Strongbow).
> xxv.Three Battle-Leaders of the Island of Britain:
> Selyf son of Cynan Garrwyn,
> and Urien son of Cynfarch,
> and Afaon son of Taliesin.
> (this is why they were called aeruedogeon: because they avenged
> their wrongs from their graves. The Welsh is Aer(uedawc). The
> scribe who added the 'explanation' for the White Book was
> ignorant of the meaning).
> xxvi.Three Powerful Swineherds of the Island of Britain:
> Drystan son of Tallwch, who guarded the swine of March son of
> Meirchiawn, while the swineherd went to ask Essyllt to come to a
> meeting with him. And Arthur was seeking (to obtain) one pig
> from among them, either by deceit or by force, but he did not
> get it;
> and Pryderi son of Pwyll, Lord of Annwfn, who guarded the
> swine of Pendaran Dyfed in Glyn Cuch in Emlyn;
> and Coll son of Collfrewy, who guarded Henwen, the sow of
> Dallwyr Dallben, when about to bring forth her litter, went to
> Penrhyn Awstin in Cornwall, and from there she went into the
> sea. And at Aber Tarogi in Gwent Is Coed she came to land. And
> Coll son of Collfrewy with his hand on her bristles wherever she
> went, whether by sea or by land. And in Gwent she brought forth
> a grain of wheat and a bee; and therefore that place is the best
> for
>
> wheat and bees. And from there she went to Llonion in
> Pembroke, and there she brought forth a grain of barley and a
> bee. From thence she made for the Hill of Cyferthwch in Eryri;
> there she brought forth a wolf-cub and a young eagle. And Coll
> son of Collfrewy gave the eagle to Brennach the Irishman of the
> North, and the wolf he gave to Menwaedd son of Arllechwedd;
> and these were the Wolf of Menwaedd and the Eagle of
> Brennach. And from thence she went to the Black Stone in
> Llanfair in Arfon, and there she brought forth a kitten; and Coll
> son of Collfrewy threw that kitten into Menai. And she was
> afterwards Palug's Cat.
> xxvii.Three Enchanters of the Island of Britain:
> Coll son of Collfrewy,
> and Menw son of Teirgwaedd,
> and Drych son of Kibddar.
> xxviii.Three Great Enchantments of the Island of Britain:
> The Enchantment of Math son of Mathonwy (which he taught
> to Gwydion son of Don),
> and the Enchantment of Uthyr Pendragon (which he taught to
> Menw son of Teirwaedd),
> and the Enchantment of Gwythelyn the Dwarf (which he taught
> to Coll son of Collfrewy his nephew).
> xxix.Three Faithful War-Bands of the Island of Britain:
> The War-Band of Cadwallawn son of Cadfan, who were with him
> seven years in Ireland; and in all that time they did not ask him
> for anything, lest they should be compelled to leave him;
> and the second, the War-Band of Gafran son of Aeddan, who
> went to sea for their lord;
> and the third, the War-Band of Gwenddolau son of Ceidiaw at
> Ar(f)derydd, who continued the battle for a fortnight and a
> month after their lord was slain.
> The number of the War-Band of each of those men was
> twenty-one hundred men.
> xxx.Three Faithless War-Bands of the Island of Britain:
> The War-Band of Goronwy the Radiant of (Penllyn), who
> refused to receive the poisoned spear from Lleu Skilful-Hand on
> behalf of their lord, at the Stone of Goronwy at the head of
> Cynfal;
> and the War-Band of Gwrgi and Peredur, who abandoned their
> lord at Caer Greu, when they had an appointment to fight the
> next day with Eda Great-Knee; and there they were both slain;
> and the War-Band of Alan Fyrgan, who turned away from him
> by night, and let him go with his servants to Camlan. And there
> he was slain. (The meaning of Anyweir later became confined to
> the sense of unchaste and finally indecent. Alan Fyrgan is an
> anachronism; he was a twelfth-century Duke of Brittany. His
> name may have replaced another which it resembled).
> xxxi.Three Noble Retinues of the Island of Britain:
> The Retinue of Mynyddawg of Eiddyn,
> and the Retinue of Melyn son of Cynfelyn,
> and the Retinue of Dryon son of Nudd.
> (The distinction between teulu (war-band) and gosgordd
> (retinue) is unclear. Noble could refer to valour).
> xxxii.Three Men Who Performed The Three Unfortunate
> Assassinations:
> Gall son of Dysgyfdawd who slew the Two Birds of Gwenddolau.
> And they had a yoke of gold on them. Two corpses of the Cymry
> they ate for their dinner, and two for their supper;
> and Ysgafnell son of Dysgyfdawd, who slew Edelfled king of
> Lloegr;
> and Diffydell son of Dysgyfdawd who slew Gwrgi Garwlwyd
> ('Rough Grey'). That Gwrgi used to make a corpse of one of the
> Cymry every day, and two on each Saturday so as not to slay on
> a Sunday. (Possibly a facetious adaptation of Triad 10 to form a
> new triad pair with Triad 33. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records
> that Ethelfrith was killed by Raedwald of East Anglia.)
> xxxiii.Three Unfortunate Assassinations of the Island of Britain:
> Heidyn son of Enygan, who slew Aneirin of Flowing-Verse,
> Prince of Poets,
> and Llawgad Trwm Bargod Eidyn ('Heavy Battle-Hand of the
> Border of Eidyn') who slew Afaon son of Taliesin,
> and Llofan Law Ddifo ('Ll. Severing Hand') who slew Urien son of
> Cynfarch.
> xxxiv.Three Unfortunate Hatchet-Blows of the Island of Britain:
>
> The Blow of Eidyn on the Head of Aneirin,
> and the Blow on the Head of Golydan the Poet,
> and the Blow on the head of Iago son of Beli.
> xxxv.Three Levies That Departed From This Island, And Not
> One Of Them Came Back:
> The first went with Elen of the Hosts and Cynan her brother,
> The second went with Yrp of the Hosts, who came here to ask
> assistance in the time of Cadial son of Eryn. and all he asked of
> each Chief Fortress was twice as many (men) as would come with
> him to it; and to the first fortress there came only himself and
> his
>
> servant. (And it proved grievous to have given him that.)
> Nevertheless that was the most complete levy that ever went
> from this Island, and no (man) of them ever came back. The
> place where those men remained was on two islands close to the
> Greek sea; those islands are Gals and Avena.
> The third levy went with Caswallawn son of Beli, and
> Gwenwynwyn and Gwanar, sons of Nwyfre, and Arianrhod
> daughter of Beli their mother. And those men came from
> Arllechwedd. They went with Caswallawn their uncle across the
> sea in pusuit of the men of Caesar. The place where those men
> are is in Gascony. And the number that went in each of those
> Hosts was twenty-one thousand men. And those were the Three
> Silver Hosts: they were so called because the gold and silver of
> the
>
> Island went with them. And they were picked men.
> xxxvi.Three Oppressions That Came To This Island, And Not
> One Of Them Went Back:
> One of them (was) the people of the Coraniaid, (The Coraniaid
> (y Corr(y)anyeit) may be the Tylwyth Teg) who came here in
> the time of Caswallawn (=Lludd?) son of Beli: and not one of
> them went back. and they came from Arabia.
> The second Oppression : the Gwyddyl Ffichti (The Gwyddyl
> Ffichti are the Picts). And not one of them went back.
> The third Oppression: the Saxons, with Horsa and Hengist as their
> leaders.
> xxxvii.Three Concealments and Three Disclosures of the Island of
> Britain:
> The Head of Bran the Blessed, son of Llyr, which was buried in the
>
> White Hill in London. and as long as the Head was there in that
> position, no Oppression would ever come to this Island;
> The second: the Bones of Gwerhefyr the Blessed which were
> buried in the Chief Ports of this Island;
> The third: the Dragons which Lludd son of Beli buried in Dinas
> Emrys in Eryri.
> (the text of the Early Version Triad is incomplete. The Red
> Book's version includes the disclosures: the Bones (for the love
> of a woman) and the Dragons by Gwrtheyrn the Thin
> (Vortigen); the Head by Arthur because it did not seem right to
> him that this Island should be defended by the strength of
> anyone other than him).
> xxxviii.An Alternate Variation
>
> Three Closures and Disclosures of the Island;
> First the head of Bendigeid Vran ab Llyr, which Owain
> the son of Maxen Wledig buried under the White
> Tower in London, and while it was so placed no
> invasion could be made upon this Island;
> the second was the bones of Gwrthevyr the Blessed
> [Vortimer], which were buried in the chief harbour of
> the Island, and while they remained there hidden all
> invasions were ineffectual.
> The third was the dragons buried by Lludd ab Beli, in
> the city of Pharaon, in the rocks of Snowdon. And the
> three closures were made under the blessing of God and
> his attributes, and evil befel from the time of their
> disclosure.
> Gwrtheyrn Gwrtheneu [Vortigern], disclosed the
> dragons to revenge the displeasure of the Cymry
> against him, and he invited the Saxons in the guise of
> men of defence to fight against the Gwyddyl Ffychti;
> and after this he disclosed the bones of Gwrthevyr the
> Blessed, through love of Ronwen [Rowena], the
> daughter of the Saxon Hengist.
> And Arthur disclosed the head of Bendigeid Vran ab
> Llyr, because he chose not to hold the Island except by
> his own strength. And after the three disclosures came
> the chief invasions upon the race of the Cymry.
>
> xxxix.Three Bestowed Horses of the Island of Britain:
> Slender Grey, horse of Caswallawn son of Beli,
> and Pale Yellow of the Stud, horse of Lleu Skilful-Hand,
> and Host-Splitter, horse of Caradawg Strong-Arm.
> xl.Three Chief Steeds of the Island of Britain:
> Tall Black-Tinted, horse of Cynan Garrwyn,
> and Eager Long Fore-Legs, horse of Cyhored son of Cynan,
> and Red ... Wolf-Tread, horse of Gilbert, son of Cadgyffro. (The
> third horse is Rudvreon Tuthvleid or Ruthir ehon tuth bleit in the
>
> Black Book version of Triad 42 and its rider is the same
> interloper
> as in Triad 24).
> xli.Three Plundered Horses of the Island of Britain:
> Cloven-Hoof, horse of Owain son of Urien,
> and Long-Tongue, horse of Cadwallawn son of Cadfan,
> and Bucheslom, horse of Gegawn of the Red-Sword.
> xlii.Three Lover's Horses (Beloved Horses) of the Island of
> Britain:
> Grey Fetlock, horse of Dalldaf son of Cunin Cof,
> and Spotted Dun, horse of Rahawd son of Morgant,
> and Pale White Lively-Back, horse of Morfran son of Tegid.
> xliii.Three Lively Steeds of the Island of Britain:
> Grey, horse of Alser son of Maelgwn,
> and Chesnut Long-Neck, horse of Cai,
> and Roan Cloven-Hoof, horse of Iddon son of Ynyr Gwent.
> (There is much confusion between the different versions of this
> triad, both as to the names of the horses and of their owners).
> xliv.Three Pack-Horses of the Island of Britain:
> Black, horse of Brwyn son of Cunedda,
> and Huge-Yellow, horse of Pasgen son of Urien,
> and Dun-Grey, horse of Rhydderch Hael.
> xlv.Three Horses who carried the Three Horse-Burdens:
> Black Moro, horse of Elidir Mwynfawr, who carried on his back
> seven and a half people from Penllech in the North to Penllech in
> Mon. These were the seven people: Elidir Mwynfawr, and Eurgain
> his wfe, daughter of Maelgwn Gwynedd, and Gwyn Good
> Companion, and Gwyn Good Distributor, and Mynach Naomon
> his counsellor, and Prydelaw the Cupbearer, his butler, and Silver
>
> Staff his servant, and Gelbeinevin his cook, who swam with his
> two hands to the horses crupper - and that was the half person.
> and Corvan, horse of the sons of Eliffer, bore the second
> Horse-Burden: he carried on his back Gwrgi and Peredur and
> Dunawd the Stout and Cynfelyn the Leprous(?), to look upon
> the battle-fog of the (host of) Gwenddolau (in) Ar(f)derydd.
> (And no one overtook him but Dinogad son of Cynan Garwyn,
> (riding) upon Swift Roan, and he won censure and dishonour
> from then till this day.)
> and Heith, horse of the sons of Gwerthmwl Wledig, bore the
> third Horse-Burden: he carried Gweir and Gleis and Archanad up
> the hill of Maelawr in Ceredigion to avenge their father.
> xlvi.Three Prominent Oxen of the Island of Britain:
> Yellow Pale-White,
> and Chestnut, ox of Gwylwylyd,
> and the Speckled Ox.
> xlvii.Three Prominent Cows of the Island of Britain:
> Speckled, cow of Maelgwn Gwynedd,
> and Grey-Skin, cow of the sons of Eliffer of the Great War-Band,
> and Cornillo, cow of Llawfrodedd the Bearded.
> xlviii.Three Men Who Received The Might Of Adam:
> Hercules the Strong,
> and Hector the Strong,
> and Samson the Strong.
> They were, all three, as strong as Adam himself.
> xlix.Three Men Who Received The Beauty Of Adam:
> Absalom son of David,
> and Jason son of Aeson,
> and Paris son of Priam.
> They were, all three, as comely as Adam himself.
> l.Three Men Who Received The Wisdom Of Adam:
> Cato the Old,
> and Bede,
> and Siblo the Wise.
> They were, all three, as wise as Adam himself.
> li.Three Women Who Received The Beauty Of Eve in three
> third-shares:
> Diadema (=Dido?), mistress of Aeneas White-Shield,
> and Elen the Magnificent, the woman on whose account was the
> destruction of Troy,
> and Polixena, daughter of Priam the Old, king of Troy.
> (Eve was as fair as all of the three.)
> lii.Three Dishonoured Men of the Island of Britain:
> liii.Three Supreme (Exalted) Prisoners of the Island of Britain:
>
> Llyr Llediaith, in the prison of Euroswydd Wledig, (Lady Guest
> believes this name to probably be Ostorius, the Roman
> commander)
> and Mabon (Madoc) the son of Modron,
> and Geyr (Geiryoed) the son of Geyrybed,
> and one more exalted than the three, and that was Arthur,
> who was for three nights in the Castle of Oeth and Anoeth,
> and three nights in the prison of Wen Pendragon,
> and three nights in the dark prison under the stone -
> And one youth released him from these three prisons; that
> youth was Goreu the son of Custennin, his cousin.
> (The Castle of Oeth and Anoeth is spoken of in the Mabinogion
> and in another series of the Triads it is named as the prison of
> the
>
> above-mentioned Geyr. In this version, Arthur is not alluded to,
> but all the members of the families of the other prisoners are
> said
> to have shared their captivity, which is designated as the most
> complete ever known to have taken place).
> liv.Three Harmful Blows of the Island of Britain:
> lv.Three Unrestrained Ravagings of the Island of Britain:
> lvi.Three Quests that were obtained from Powys:
> lvii.Arthur's Three Great Queens:
> Gwenhwyfar daughter of (Cywryd) Gwent,
> and Gwenhwyfar daughter of Gwythyr son of Greidiawl,
> and Gwenhwyfar daughter of Gogfran the Giant.
> lviii.And his Three Mistresses were these:
> Indeg daughter of Garwy the Tall,
> and Garwen ("Fair Leg") daughter of Henin the Old,
> and Gwyl ("Modest") daughter of Gendawd ("Big Chin").
> lix.Three Amazons of the Island of Britain:
> The first of them, Llewei daughter of Seitwed,
> and Rore(i) daughter of Usber,
> and Mederi Badellfawr ("Big Knee"?).
> lx.Three Unfortunate Counsels of the Island of Britain:
> To give place for their horse's fore-feet on the land to Julius
> Caesar and the men of Rome, in requital for Meinlas (Meinlas is
> the horse bestowed on Caswallawn in triad 38);
> and the second: to allow Horse and Hengist and Rhonwen into
> this Island;
> and the third: the three-fold dividing by Arthur of his men with
> Medrawd at Camlann.
> lxi.Three Gate-Keepers at the Action of Bangor Orchard:
> Gwgon Red Sword,
> and Madawg son of Rhun,
> and Gwiawn son of Cyndrwyn.
> And three others on the side of Lloegr: (This may be a reference
> to the Battle of Chester in 616).
> Hawystyl the arrogant,
> and Gwaetcym Herwuden,
> and Gwiner.
> lxii.Three Golden Corpses of the Island of Britain:
> Madawg son of Brwyn,
> and Cengan Peilliawg,
> and Rhu(f)awn the Radiant son of Gwyddno.
> lxiii.Three Fettered War-Bands of the Island of Britain:
> lxiv.Three Bull-Spectres of the Island of Britain:
> The Spectre of Gwidawl,
> and the Spectre of Llyr Marini,
> and the Spectre of Gyrthmwl Wledig.
> lxv.Three Wild-Spectres of the Island of Britain:
> The Spectre of Banawg,
> and the Spectre of Ednyfedawg the Sprightly,
> and the Spectre of Melen.
> lxvi.Three Unrestricted Guests of the Arthur's Court, and
> Three Wanderers:
> Llywarch Hen,
> and Llemenig,
> and Heledd.
> lxvii.Three Faithful Women of the Island of Britain:
> Ardd(u)n wife of Cadgor son of Gorolwyn,
> and Efeilian wife of Gwydyr the Heavy,
> and Emerchred wife of Mabon son of Dewengan.
> lxviii.Three Golden Shoemakers of the Island of Britain:
> lxix.Three Kings who were (sprung) from Villeins:
> lxx.Three Defilements of the Severn:
>
> lxxxv.Three Tribal Herdsmen Of The Island Of Britain
> Llawnrodded Varvawc who tended the kine of Nudd Hael, the son
> of Senyllt, in whose herd were twenty-one thousand milch cows;
> and Bennren, who kept the herd of Caradawc the son of Bran and
> his tribe, in Gorwenydd in Glamorganshire;
> and Gwdion the son of Don, who kept the herd of the tribe of
> Gwynedd, above the Conwy.
>
> xc.Three Principal Enchanters: (who are styled "Men of Illusion
> and Phantasy")
> Math ab Mathonwy, who declared his illusion to Gwdion the son
> of Don;
> and Menyw the son of Teirgwaedd, who taught his illusion to
> Uthyr Pendragon;
> and Rhuddlwm the Giant, who learnt his illusion from Eiddilig
> the Dwarf, and Coll the son of Collfrewi.
>
> xcvii.The Three Great Exploits Of The Island Of Britain :
> The ship of Nevydd Nav Neivion, which carried in it a male and
> female of all things living, when the Lake of floods burst forth;
> and the horned oxen of Hu the Mighty, which drew the Avanc of
> the Lake to land, so that the Lake burst forth no more;
> and the stones of Gwyddon Ganhebon, on which were read all
> the arts and sciences of the world.
>
> cxiii.Three Compeers of the Court of Arthur
> Dalldav The Son Of Kimin Cov;
> and Trystan mab March,
> and Rhyhawd mab Morgant ab Adras
>
> cxv.Three Golden-Tongued Knights, Whom No One Could
> Refuse Whatsoever They Might Ask
> Drudwas mab Tryffin;
> and Gwalchmai ab Gwyar,
> and Eliwlod ab Madawc ab Uthur.
> For there was neither King, nor Earl, nor Lord, to whom these
> came, but would listen to them before all others; and whatever
> request they made, it would be granted them, whether willingly
> or unwillingly; and thence were they called the Golden Tongued.
>
> cxxv.Three Baptismal Bards of the Isle of Britain:
> Merddin Emrys,
> And Taliesin, Chief of Bards,
> and Merddin, son of Madoc Morvryn.
> cxxvi.Three Blissful Rulers of the Island of Britain:
> Bran the Blessed, the son of Llyr Llediaith, who first brought the
>
> faith of Christ to the nation of the Cymry from Rome, where he
> was seven years a hostage for his son Caradawc, whom the
> Romans made prisoner through the craft, and deceit, and
> treachery of Aregwedd Foeddawg [usually supposed to be
> Cartismandua].
> The second was Lleurig ab Coel ab Cyllyn Sant, who was called
> Lleufer Mawr, [the great Light], and built the ancient church at
> Llandaff, which was the first in Britain, and who gave the
> privileges of land, and of kindred, and of social rights, and of
> society to such as were of the faith of Christ.
> The third was Cadwaladyr the Blessed, who gave refuge, with his
> lands, and with all his goods, to the believers who fled from the
> Saxons without faith, and from the aliens who would have slain
> them.
>
> Three Knights Of Battle Were In The Court Of Arthur;
> Cadwr, the Earl of Cornwall;
> and Lancelot du Lac;
> and Owain the son of Urien Rheged.
> and this was their characteristic, that they would not retreat
> from
> battle, neither for Spear, nor for Arrow, nor for Sword, and
> Arthur never had shame in battle, the day he saw their faces
> there, and they were called the Knights of Battle.
>
> Three Counselling Knights Were In The Court Of Arthur,
> Cynon the son of Clydno Eiddin,
> and Aron the son of Kynfarch ap Meirchion gul,
> and Llywarch hen the son of Elidir Lydanwyn.
> and these three knights were the Counsellors of Arthur, and
> whatever dangers threatened him in any of his wars, they
> counselled him, so that none was able to overcome Arthur; and
> thus he conquered all the nations through three things which
> followed him; and these were, Good hope, and the consecrated
> arms which had been sent him, and the virtue of his warriors; and
> through these he came to wear twelve crowns upon his head, and
> he became Emperor of Rome.
>
> The Three Ardent Lovers Of The Island Of Britain,
> Caswallawn the son of Beli for Flur the daughter of Mugnach
> Gorr,
> and Trystan the son of Talluch for Yseult the wife of March
> Meirchawn his uncle,
> and Kynon the son of Clydno Eiddin for Morvyth the daughter
> of Urien.
>
> Gordd Cymru 5/6/98