. He is also named as part of Arthur's court in Culhwch ac Olwen. Creiddylad: She is betrothed to Gwythyr ap Greidawl, only to be abducted by her brother Gwyn, thus initiating a war between the two in which Gwyn is victorious. Arthur settles the feud by arranging a duel for her hand every Calan Mai (Kalends of May) until Doomsday. Owain ap Nudd: A member of Arthur's court, mentioned fleetingly in Geraint ac Enid. Others Arawn Ceridwen Mabon ap Modron Modron Taliesin Tegid Foel Arthurian characters Ambrosius (Ambrosius Aurelianus) Arthur (King Arthur) Bedwyr (Bedivere) Cai (Sir Kay) Cadwr (Cador) Caradoc Culhwch Drystan (Tristan) Essyllt (Iseult) Geraint Gwalchmai (Gawain) Gwalchavad (Galahad) Gwenhwyfach Gwrtheyrn (Vortigern) Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) Mabon ap Modron and Modron Macsen Wledig (Magnus Maximus) Medrawd Myrddin Emrys and Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin) Olwen Owain mab Urien (Ywain) Peredur (Percival) Urien Uther Pendragon King Arthur While Arthurian literature grew to become a broadly European phenomenon, the Welsh can claim the earliest appearances of Arthur. Before Arthur became an international figure, writings and oral tales concerning him were more or less restricted to the Brythonic nations of Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. These tales in turn are divided roughly into Pre-Galfridian Traditions and those of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Wales also contributed to the Arthur of the Romance Tradition after the titular heir became an international sensation. Pre-Galfridian texts Y Gododdin includes a brief reference of a description of a warrior: "he was no Arthur" Several poems of Taliesin: ("The Chair of the Prince"), which refers to "Arthur the Blessed", ("The Spoils of the Annwn"), which recounts an expedition of Arthur to the Otherworld, and ("The Elegy of Uthyr Pen[dragon]"), which refers to Arthur's valour and is suggestive of a father-son relationship for Arthur and Uthyr that pre-dates Geoffrey of Monmouth. From The Black Book of Carmarthen: ("What man is the gatekeeper?") This takes the form of a dialogue between Arthur and the gatekeeper of a fortress he wishes to enter, in which Arthur recounts the names and deeds of himself and his men, notably Cei and Bedwyr. The Welsh prose tale Culhwch and Olwen (c. 1100), included in the modern Mabinogion collection. Arthur is referenced numerous times in the Welsh Triads, a collection of short summaries of Welsh tradition; Arthur's court has started to embody legendary Britain as a whole, with "Arthur's Court" sometimes substituted for "The Island of Britain" in the formula