#Artus` wizard #Menw ap y Teirgwaedd `the Spiritual` tried in the guise of a bird to catch the bristle comb between the ears of the boar #TwrchTrwyth. In doing so, he was so badly injured by a single one of these bristles, which were poisonous, that he never fully recovered.
Source: Ingeborg Clarus `#Keltische #Mythen`
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RT @MagpieMoonlight@twitter.com
Killing wild boars as a test of courage is a recurring theme in Celtic mythology.
In the #Welsh tale of Culhwch and Olwen, King Arthur is called upon to help slay the terrifying enchanted boar Twrch Trwyth - a huge, ferocious beast adorned with toxic bristles🐗
#MythologyMonday

#Artus` wizard #Menw ap y Teirgwaedd `the Spiritual` tried in the guise of a bird to catch the bristle comb between the ears of the boar #TwrchTrwyth. In doing so, he was so badly injured by a single one of these bristles, which were poisonous, that he never fully recovered.
Source: Ingeborg Clarus `#Keltische #Mythen`
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RT @MagpieMoonlight@twitter.com
Killing wild boars as a test of courage is a recurring theme in Celtic mythology.

#Celtic #Mythology: #Artus` wizard #Menw ap y Teirgwaedd `the Spiritual` tried in the guise of a bird to catch the bristle comb between the ears of the boar #TwrchTrwyth. In doing so, he was so badly injured by a single one of these bristles, which were poisonous, that he never fully recovered.
Source: Ingeborg Clarus `#Keltische #Mythen`

RT @MagpieMoonlight@twitter.com

Killing wild boars as a test of courage is a recurring theme in Celtic mythology.
In the #Welsh tale of Culhwch and Olwen, King Arthur is called upon to help slay the terrifying enchanted boar Twrch Trwyth - a huge, ferocious beast adorned with toxic bristles🐗
#MythologyMonday

#Artus` wizard #Menw ap y Teirgwaedd `the Spiritual` tried in the guise of a bird to catch the bristle comb between the ears of the boar #TwrchTrwyth. In doing so, he was so badly injured by a single one of these bristles, which were poisonous, that he never fully recovered.
Source: Ingeborg Clarus `#Keltische #Mythen`