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Afagddu (from the Welsh y fagddu, "Utter darkness"), also spelled Avagddu in Middle Welsh. In the Book of Taliesin he's also called Morfran (Morvran in Middle Welsh, from the Welsh mawr, "Big", and bran, "Crow") but named Afagddu because of the darkness of his skin and his hideousness. He was the extremely ugly son of Ceridwen and Tegid Foel. Afagddu's mother, Ceridwen, tried to help her son make his way in the world by creating a potion whose first three drops would give him knowledge of the future. Unfortunately, she gave Gwion Bach the job of stirring the brew; he splashed three drops on his fingers and licked them, whereupon he gained the knowledge, and Afagddu remained ugly and despised. He is mentioned in the tale Culhwch and Olwen as being one of only three men to survive the Battle of Camlann. No one dared strike him in the battle because he was so hairy and hideous that everyone supposed him to be a "demon helping". In this he's the yin to Sanddef Pryd Angel's yang. He is the son of Tegid Foel and brother to Afagddu in the Mabinogion. In the Book of Taliesin Morfran and Afagddu are one and the same.

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