Lludd

or Ludd

[ Welsh. lyth ]

noun

, Welsh Legend.

1. a king of Britain who rid his kingdom of three plagues and was famous for his generosity: sometimes regarded as a god.

Example Sentences

Page 275—Llud amended to Lludd—"... the daughter of Lludd Llaw Ereint."

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Here may be cited the Mabinogi of Kilhwch and Olwen, where it speaks of the daughter of Lludd Llaw Ereint.

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In the ‘Mabinogion,’ the dragon which fights in Lludd’s dominion is mentioned as a plague, whose shriek sounded on every May eve over every hearth in Britain; and it ‘went through people’s hearts, and so scared them, that the men lost their hue and their strength, and the women their children, and the young men and maidens lost their senses.’

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We meet, for instance, a personage called Nudd or Lludd, evidently a solar deity.

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The Story of Lludd and Llevelys This tale is associated with the former one in the section entitled Romantic British History.

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