Arthur

THIS IS THE WELSH ARTHUR AND THE RECORD SAYS SO. There is no Round Table on it, no sword in a stone, no Lancelot, no Grail and no Avalon: those are French and later English, and this record is built from Culhwch ac Olwen, the Triads and the figures around them. The record carries no dates and does not assert that he existed. The corpus has no Arthurian tradition key and this batch does not create one; the tradition-key question this programme has raised in eight lanes applies here as sharply as anywhere, because Arthur is held in Welsh, Cornish, Breton, French and English traditions and the registry currently has him in none.

Domains

• warband leadership
• arbitration

Relations

• lord of: CaiIn-batch.Reference treatment of Kay among Arthur's band in Culhwch and Olwen. (secondary)
• lord of: BedwyrIn-batch.Reference treatment of Kay and Bedwyr seeking the oldest animals for Arthur's band. (secondary)
• spouse: GwenhwyfarReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment: Gwenhwyfar, wife of Arthur, whose sister's slap is one of the Three Harmful Blows. (secondary)
• arbitrated between: Gwythyr ap GreidawlIn-batch.Reference treatment of Arthur's intervention and the May Day arrangement. (secondary)
• arbitrated with: Gwyn ap NuddNon-symmetric, so nothing is written onto the pre-existing Gwyn ap Nudd record. The corpus held a god whose one story is this feud, with no feud in his relations.Reference treatment of Arthur's intervention between Gwyn and Gwythyr. (secondary)
• rebelled against by: MedrawdReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment of Triad 51: Medrawd rebels against Arthur and usurps the throne, instigating the battle of Camlann. (secondary)

Sources

• Arthur is the warband leader of Culhwch ac Olwen whose men perform Ysbaddaden's tasks, the arbitrator of the Gwyn and Gwythyr feud, and the king whose Camlann the Welsh Triads explain two ways.: Reference treatments of Culhwch and Olwen, of Gwyn ap Nudd and Creiddylad, and of the Welsh Triads and the battle of Camlann. (secondary)