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Olwen C670-20-2b Gold-plated
case, Ladies Diam:1.1"(27mm) Zoomorphic
bird based on the Irish 2p coin.
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Daughter of the giant Yspaddaden, Olwen was loved by Culhwch, one of King Arthur's warriors. However the giant was upset by this match and set his daughter's lover a series of tasks to prevent the marriage. Culhwch had to uproot a forest, burn the wood for fertilizer and plough the cleared land in a day; force the god of agriculture, Amaethhon, to nourish its crops; make the smith god, Govannon, forge tools for the work; obtain magic seed; provide honey nine times sweeter than that of a virgin swarm; borrow the magic harp that played itself from Teirtu; capture the birds of Rhiannon, whose song could wake the dead and lull the living to sleep; obtain a boar's tusk for the giant to shave and shaving cream made from witch's blood. He did all these things, and more, to win Olwen. |
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