THE MATTER OF BRITAIN: - damowords

conquered Tintagel, & could well have taken Dyfed in the
same period. The idea that he was not a flawless king goes
against the the squeaky-clean, Norman-sponsored knight of
noble-born chivalry. Yet, before his medievil make-over, the
older Saints Lives (& triads) generally paint a picture of a
rather unpleasant man. To them he was a slightly barbaric
man; a bloody conqueror, a greedy & deceitful bully, foulmouthed,
vulgar, a man lacking in seriousness & an adulterer
to boot;
Three Red Ravagers of the Island of Britain:
Arthur,
and Rhun son of Beli,
and Morgant the Wealthy.
Three Frivolous / Scurrilous Bards of the Island of Britain:
Arthur,
and Cadwallawn son of Cadfan,
and Rahawd son of Morgant.
Three Powerful Swineherds of the Island of Britain:
Drystan son of Tallwch, who guarded the swine of March son of
Meirchiawn, while the swineherd went to ask Essyllt to come to a
meeting with him. And Arthur was seeking (to obtain)one pig from
among them, either by deceit or by force, but he did not get it;
And his Three Mistresses were these:
Indeg daughter of Garwy the Tall,
and Garwen ("Fair Leg") daughter of Henin the Old,
and Gwyl ("Modest") daughter of Gendawd ("Big Chin").
CONSTANTINE
According to the HKB, a certain Constantinus inherited Arthur's
kingship on the field of Camlann, being given the crown by a
mortally wounded Arthur himself.