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How Culhwch Won Olwen is like if Perseus, Achilles, and Hercules merged into one guy — and then outsourced all their quests to King Arthur.

Culhwch does nothing. Arthur assembles the mythic Avengers.

Tasks include:

Fighting a giant boar with scissors in its ears

Rescuing a demigod from time itself

Borrowing a barber

Peak mythic sidequest energy.

#Mabinogion #Arthurian #CelticLore #Mythology #HimboEnergy #ArthurianMultiverse #WelshMyths

Well, considering I spent the last 6 days in a crisis center, I got the opportunity to catch up on my Mabinogion readings.

While trapped in my own Winterfell crypt, I read The Dream of Macsen — and I swear GRRM has read it front to back.

Roman emperor dreams a woman into power
Marries her
Her brothers get roads and kingdoms
Seven years pass like a spell

It’s Lannister-coded as hell.
Tywin would’ve built those roads himself.

#Mabinogion #Mythology #Arthurian #GameOfThrones #CelticLore