Pwyll Prince of Dyfed
	Pwyll and Arawn Pwyll was out hunting in the woods one day, when he came upon a stag being attacked by a pack of strange-looking dogs with snow-white hair and red ears. Pwyll drove them off and set his own hounds on to the stag, but then another hunter rode up, the owner of the red-eared pack. He was angry that Pwyll had driven his dogs off and taken his rightful quarry. Pwyll apologised, and asked if he could offer any compensation for his discourtesy. The hunter introduced himself as Arawn, a King from Annwvyn, and he asked if Pwyll would make amends by taking his place for a year, and fighting one of his neighbours. Pwyll agreed to this, and it was arranged that Arawn would look after Dyfed while Pwyll was away. Before they parted, Arawn used his magical powers to swap their appearances so that no one would know of the substitution.	Notes
	In Annwvyn, Pwyll marvelled that no one saw through his disguise, not even the Queen. Although she was the fairest woman that Pwyll had met, when it came time to sleep, he did not touch or speak to her throughout the night. By day there was friendly affection between them, but each night Pwyll was as chaste as on the first.
	Pwyll's time in Annwvyn passed in hunting and minstrelry, but eventually the time came to fight Havgan, Arawn's fractious neighbour. They met in the middle of a ford, and Pwyll felled him with one mighty blow. As Havgan lay dying, he reproached Pwyll, asking him to at least complete his work with a death stroke. Pwyll knew that this was a trick - Arawn had warned him that Havgan would gain magical strength at a second blow - and so he refused. In this way, Pwyll was victorious and united all of Annwvyn under his kingship.	Notes
	At the year's end, Pwyll and Arawn met as they had agreed, and Arawn changed them back to their original forms. They bade each other farewell, and rode back to their own realms, eager to see how the year had passed. On returning to his kingdom, Arawn noticed that the Queen seemed very surprised when he made love to her. He asked her about this, and she said that it was unexpected, since he hadn't touched her for the last year. "I have a firm friend in Pwyll," Arawn thought, as he explained the substitution to the Queen. Likewise, Pwyll found that his country had benefited greatly from Arawn's rule. Thereafter Pwyll was known as the Chief of Annwvyn.	Notes
	Pwyll and Rhiannon There was a mound near Pwyll's palace, which had a strange reputation: anyone who sat on the mound, it was said, would either suffer wounds and blows, or see visions. One day Pwyll decided to visit this mound, and as he sat on it he saw a beautiful lady in golden robes ride past on a white horse. She went past before Pwyll could ask her name, so he sent a rider to pursue her. But no matter how fast the rider went, he couldn't reach the lady, although her horse didn't seem to be moving at all quickly.
	The next day Pwyll returned to the mound, hoping to meet the beautiful lady, and although she appeared again, still the rider could not catch up with her. On the third day, Pwyll himself pursued the lady, but he did no better in reaching her. In desperation he called out to her, and asked her to wait. "I will gladly", she said, "and it would have been better for your horse if you had asked before!" She introduced herself as Rhiannon, and explained that she was trying to avoid a marriage arranged against her will. She said that she wanted to marry Pwyll, and they agreed then and there to marry in a year's time.	Notes
	Their wedding feast was held at the palace of Rhiannon's father, and Pwyll sat next to Rhiannon as they greeted the guests. One of the guests, a stranger to Pwyll, came up to him and asked if he would grant a favour. Generous Pwyll said he would, and then Rhiannon groaned, for this man was Gwawl her suitor, and the favour he wanted was Rhiannon herself. Pwyll could not break his word, and so a wedding feast for Gwawl and Rhiannon was set for year's time. But before Pwyll left her, Rhiannon gave him a small bag, and told him how he could thwart Gwawl.	Notes
	Pwyll came secretly to Gwawl's wedding feast, disguised as beggar. He asked Gwawl for a bagful of food, and held out the bag that Rhiannon had given him. Gwawl granted his request, but no matter how much food was put into the bag, it never became full. Exasperated, Gwawl asked whether it would ever be filled, and Pwyll admitted that it would not, unless a nobleman were to tread down the contents of the bag with both of his feet. Gwawl got up and stepped into the bag, and Pwyll quickly pulled up the sides of the bag around Gwawl and tied it off, trapping Gwawl within. Pwyll then called his knights in from outside the palace to imprison Gwawl's men, and each of Pwyll's knights struck the bag a blow, which was the origin of the game ‘badger in the bag’. Gwawl begged for mercy, and Pwyll released him, after making him promise to leave without taking revenge. After he left, the wedding feast continued, but with Pwyll in his rightful place.	Notes
	Rhiannon's Child Pwyll took his new bride back to Dyfed where they lived happily and ruled well. Several years passed until Rhiannon was with child, so there was great rejoicing when she eventually gave birth to a baby boy. But on the very night of his birth, he mysteriously disappeared whilst Rhiannon and her women slept. The women woke first, and were terrified to find the baby gone. Fearing punishment for having let the child disappear, they decided to make it look as if Rhiannon had killed and eaten him. They killed a young dog, and laid its bones by Rhiannon, rubbing blood onto her face and hands. Rhiannon woke to find her baby gone, and the women accusing her of killing it. Despite the advice of his courtiers, Pwyll would not send his wife away, but she took on a penance, sitting each day outside the castle, telling all strangers the terrible tale, and offering to carry them on her back.
	The same night that Rhiannon was giving birth, another strange birth was taking place nearby. Teirnyon, the Lord of Gwent Is Coed, had an excellent mare, and every year on the first of May, the mare would foal, but the colt would immediately disappear. Annoyed by these disappearances, Teirnyon had taken the mare into his house to let her foal there. She bore a large and beautiful colt, but then there was a tumult outside, and a clawed arm came in by the window, attempting to drag the colt away. Teirnyon jumped up and cut off the arm, and then ran outside to see what was trying to steal his colt. He could not see it in the darkness, but he followed the sounds it made. Suddenly, he remembered that he had left the door of his house open, so he rushed back. To his surprise, he found an infant boy lying on the doorstep. Teirnyon and his wife decided to raise the boy as their own.
	The boy quickly grew into a strong lad, and Teirnyon began to see in him a resemblance to Pwyll. Thinking back on the news of Rhiannon and her punishment, it came to him that this must be their child. He and his wife decided that the child must be returned, and so the next day they set out, with the child riding the colt that had been born on that same night. Great was the joy of Rhiannon and Pwyll when they told the story, and returned the child to his true parents. They named him Pryderi, son of Pwyll, Chief of Annwvyn.