Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race - Knowledge Rush

323be weary. “Let us go into Lloegyr,” 237 then said Manawyddan, [374]“and seek out some craft to support ourselves.” So they went toHereford and settled there, and Manawyddan and Pryderi beganto make saddles and housings, and Manawyddan decorated themwith blue enamel as he had learned from a great craftsman,Llasar Llaesgywydd. After a time, however, the other saddlers ofHereford, finding that no man would purchase any but the workof Manawyddan, conspired to kill them. And Pryderi would havefought with them, but Manawyddan held it better to withdrawelsewhere, and so they did.They settled then in another city, where they made shieldssuch as never were seen, and here, too, in the end, the rivalcraftsmen drove them out. And this happened also in anothertown where they made shoes; and at last they resolved to go backto Dyfed. Then they gathered their dogs about them and lived byhunting as before.One day they started a wild white boar, and chased him invain until he led them up to a vast and lofty castle, all newly builtin a place where they had never seen a building before. The boarran into the castle, the dogs followed him, and Pryderi, againstthe counsel of Manawyddan, who knew there was magic afoot,went in to seek for the dogs.He found in the centre of the court a marble fountain besidewhich stood a golden bowl on a marble slab, and being struck bythe rich workmanship of the bowl, he laid hold of it to examineit, when he could neither withdraw his hand nor utter a singlesound, but he remained there, transfixed and dumb, beside thefountain.Manawyddan went back to Narberth and told the story toRhiannon. “An evil companion hast thou been,” said she, “and agood companion hast thou lost.” [375]Next day she went herself to explore the castle. She found237 Saxon Britain.