6/4/2023 0 Comments Book the owl service![]() ![]() Yet though Blodeuwedd was made specifically to be his wife she does not love Llew, instead desiring Gronw Pebr, Lord of Penllyn. Llew then marries this maiden who is called Blodeuwedd, which means 'flower face'. After a series of adventures his uncle, and Aranrhod's brother, the powerful wizard Gwydion takes pity on him, and gathers the flowers of the oak and the flowers of the broom and the flowers of the meadowsweet, and from those the called forth the very fairest and best endowed maiden that mortal ever saw. This curse prevented him from ever marrying a human. The tale tells of Llew Llaw Gyffes, meaning 'Llew with a skilful hand', who was cursed by his mother, virgin goddess Aranrhod, because she had given birth to him during a magical virginity test. ![]() The legend of Lleu and Blodeuwedd is a small part of the collection of Welsh legends known as Y Mabinogi or the Mabinogion 1. The Mabinogion: The Legend of Lleu and Blodeuwedd ![]() It inspired a 1969 television adaptation that soon gained a reputation for being one of the scariest children's television serials ever made, a Welsh folk horror based on the legend of Blodeuwedd and a service of spooky, owl-patterned plates. First published in 1967, Alan Garner's The Owl Service is a Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning novel. ![]()
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