Pwyll's Mythological Superpower? Respecting women.

Pwyll spend a year with a super gorgeous lady, pretended to be her husband yet DIDN'T sleep with her(unlike Zeus). That ALONE makes him a hero and now we all want him as our friend.

The thought of the penance is hilarious. "Hi, welcome to the city, I'm the queen and I'm legally required to tell you that I ate my baby."

"It this a Pull door?" "No, it's a Pwush door." "But it says 'Pwyll'." "Hate to break it to you, my guy."

Didn’t sleep with the kings wife, didn’t kill anyone, loyal to his wife. He’s actually a pretty cool guy when Pwll comes to shove. 😎

I.....I can't even fully process the level of broness here. And I'm not just talking about not banging someone's wife when you have the chance. Two guys that met randomly while hunting and on the wrong foot, talk it out and switch lives. Both of them, with full control over the other's reputation and free to ruin the other's reputation without any immediate blame on them, do their absolute BEST to make the life the other will return to better. Pwyll, not only rules well for Arawn, not only refuses to make any moves on his wife but gets him out of a life or death duel and gets him ALL of Annwyn. Meanwhile Arawn goes over to Pwyll's kingdom and sees to it that it prospers and is even better than when Pwyll left and doesn't leave any kind of trouble for him. Us mere mortals can only aspire and aim towards that level of broness. The tragedy here is that Pwyll is so obscure. He should have gone down as the patron saint of the Bro Code for that alone.

Pwyll's feats so far: earned a ticket to godhood for when he dies by following the bro code, got his future wife to slow her magical horse down simply by asking nicely, secured his marriage by listening to his fiance, stands by his wife when everyone accuses her of baby-eating. Turns out you don't need do something as hard as slay a dragon to be a legendary hero. Sometimes all it takes is being an upstanding, righteous dude who has a few cases of good luck.

Red: "Arawns wife is a beautiful and interesting lady, thats loads of fun to talk to." Next scene, said wife: "Chug! Chug! Chug!"

*hi welcome to Dyved wanna hear about the time i ate an entire baby in my sleep*

Arawn: Hello human. May I ask how you arrived at my domain? Pwyll: Well, I was going hunting, and I kinda...got lost. Arawn: ...You got lost going hunting, and ended up in the Other-world?! Pwyll: I am not a clever man.

Pwyll: yeah no I respected Arawn and his unassuming wife in my disguise and didn’t sleep with her The Greeks, sweating profusely: wh-what?

Pryderi, possible meanings: -worry -concern -I'm the one going to strangle those handmaids for telling everyone I ate you

We regret to inform you that you ate the baby

Pwyll: "Thou shalt not sleep with thine best friend's wife." Rhiannon: Pwyll, what are you doing up this late? Pwyll: I'm writing my life's work. It will be my legacy, my gift to future generations! I will call it: "The Bro Code!"

"You ate the baby in your sleep" "You were responsible for the baby's safety, why didn't you stop me?" "..." (Maids huddle together and start whispering among each other)

I'd like to take a moment to appreciate the greatest love story: "I'm glad I found you. I was actually hoping we could get married. Yeah, there's this guy - gwawl, son of clud - and if I don't marry you I have to marry him. Interested?" "Sure, you seem cool" "Yuss!"/*fistpump*

[Narrator Voice] When Red saw these Gaelic names, she was hesitant to speak them. "But then," she murmured to herself, "When Pwyll comes to shove..."

WHAT??? A hero who isn't Mr. Steal-yo-girl??? We need more Bro-hero like him

Pwyll spent an entire YEAR with a hot, interesting lady, and DIDNT sleep with her even as he was disguised as her husband. AND stood up for his own woman when assholes wanted to butt into their relationship. this dude is an absolute chad.

Maids: boy, they've been in there for quite a while, we're gonna have an heir soon! *Meanwhile, what's actually happening* Rhiannon and Pwyll: *cuddling for like 3 hours*

Wow that’s one of the more healthy mythological relationships.

"Is she pregnant NOW?" *holds up baby* "had a son" lmaoooo

The thought of Pwyll dying makes me sad. He’s so cute and also a wonderful person. Like damn. I might be just overly impressed because this is ancient mythology but like damn. He be literally respecting everyone and just being a wonderful person. I love

Is it just me or Celtic heroic figures display a lot more traits that would be considered heroic with modern standards than greek ones? From where I stand, Pwyll seems to be a waaaay better role model than Herakles.

Maid 1: "The baby's gone. Oh dang it we are SO screwed." Maid 2: "Or are we? Why not just frame a random person?" Maid 3: "You're right Maid 2, we'll just frame someone else...but who?" Maid 2: "Why not Rhiannon?" Maid 3: "Perfect!" Maid 1: "You can't be serious." Rhiannon: "WHERE'S MY BABY!" Maids: "..." Maid 1 "You ate him. You just gobbled him up. It was terrifying. How could you, you monster."

"Pwyll, you paragon of self-control, I would _die_ for you!" This is why I love Pwyll and Arawn's friendship in the myths. What's interesting is that Arawn had actually said that it was cool if Pwyll slept with his wife, but Pwyll had the self-control to not do so.

As a native Welsh speaker, I’m really impressed at your attempts at pronunciation. Being from a different language family, it has several sounds that simply don’t exist in English. Here are my (completely unasked for) notes on pronouncing. Mabinogi was done well, except the ‘o’ in welsh is pronounced as a monophthong like in the word ‘raw’ in a standard (British) English accent. Pwyll is pronounced like the word ‘pull’ but with the ɬ sound. The ‘ll’ started edging towards a ‘sh’ sound, understandably, and thanks so much for giving it a go, because when people just pronounce it as it would be in English it sounds so strange. Arawn was well pronounced, but roll the ‘r’, only once (like a tap rather than a trill), and ‘w’ in Annwn is pronounced ‘oo’, so like ‘Anoon’. Hafgan was pretty much spot-on! Rhiannon was pretty well done, but the ‘h’ after an ‘r’ means that it has a little burst of air, which doesn’t happen in English, it’s an alveolar tap that is stopped by a burst of air. Otherwise perfect, as was gwawl (except that’s only one syllable). Clud isn’t pronounced ‘cleed’ as much as it’s pronounced ‘clid’. The cute sign in the back at 4:31 should be spelt ‘does dim unman i debyg i gartre. Teyrnon is pronounced more like ‘tay-r-non’. Pryderi was spot on, but make sure to roll both ‘r’s. Dyfed has emphasis on the first syllable rather than the second, but otherwise was good. Thanks for giving such a difficult language for an English speaker a try, and doing it so successfully. Also, I’ve never heard Welsh names pronounced by an American before. Da iawn, a Cymru am Byth!

I love how Red drew Rhiannon fist pumping when Pwyll says he'll marry her! Also, who wants to get greeted to city by a supposed baby murderer!? "Hi! Welcome to the city where the best door greeter is someone who ate their own child! Enjoy the gift shop!"

I would make a joke about pwyll coming to shove, but that's been milked more than necessary. Instead I'm going to say this: this guy is one great role model! Reason 1: he doesn't bang the King's wife while in disguise. Zeus could learn a thing or two from this guy. Reason 2: he only kills one person in this story. Reason 3: he isn't an asshole to his wife, just a little clueless. Reason 4: he doesn't kill the guy who tries to steal his wife. Reason 5: he actually remains faithful to his wife. This guy is an absolute bro. Edit: this is mostly in comparison to other "heroes" of various mythologies Edit the second: I honestly didn't expect to be a top commenter on one of my favorite videos on KZfaq, thanks guys! Really appreciate ya work!!!!

Pwyll is the best bro, king and husband in mythology I have ever heard of.

The name “I’m gonna strangle those maids for saying I ate you” is truly a beautiful name

Pwyll’s bro move of not sleeping with Arwan’s wife for an entire year while disguised as him is the best and most amazing bro move I’ve ever heard of

3:19 Pwyll invited Arawn to the party? Pwyll, truly is the best of all the heroes you’ve discussed.

Pwyll: So, I was the King of half of the Underworld for a year and I had this beautiful loving woman as my "wife" but I didn't let her sleep with me for a year for my boi Arawn. It's what heroes do. Lancelot: Heroes do what now!? They don't sleep with other people's wives? Pwyll: Of course! What would *you* do in my place? Lancelot: Well... (A few minutes later) Pwyll: Lancelot, you piece of garbage of a knight!

Arawn to Pwyll: "So hey, kid, do you like proving yourself?" Pwyll: "Do I?!" 😃

I'll use that next time. "I'm sorry Mrs. Johnson, I ate my homework in my sleep. All of it. Even the entire textbook."

Pwyll is like Mwindo and Perseus in that he’s the only mythological figure who goes his whole life without doing some shady shit

*Pwyll and Rhiannon going up to a door marked 'pull'* Rhiannon: *thinks,* *pushes door* Pwyll: you think you're so funny don't you

"I didn't eat the damn baby." In what context can you actually successfully frame someone of eating their own baby?... Especially when you're just peasants-

4:16 "And Pywll immediately shoves him into the bag" missed the opportunity to say he pushed him in

This was pretty wholesome. Pwy’ll was a bro and Rhiannon is one cool lady.

"Is she Pregnant yet?" "No" "How about now?" "No" "Now?" "Nope" "Now?" "Mm-mm" "Now??" "NOW*?*" "Nah" "Is she pregnant *NOW*???" "Had a son." "HUZZAH!" .... Priceless!

I live in Wales and I love the mabinogion, I just wish it weren't one of the more obscure books of myth and I put that down to the name alone, it would've been widely regarded as one of the greatest texts in western canon if it'd been renamed to "The Bro Codex".

Honestly, I full on expected Pwyll to refuse to turn the kingdom back over to Arawn. Not only did he turn it over without a fuss, but he kept the Bro Code that whole time? **Applause**

"Well, this is a suprise!" "Uh, how?" "I just mean it's been a while, you know?" "Pwyll, you paragon of self control, I would die for you." QwQ

"Anything." Honestly that word screws over more things than it should.

This man got to be a stand in king , DIDN'T let the power go to his head, seemingly NEVER broke character, and DIDN'T sleep with the prior king's wife. FOR A YEAR! I know it can be cringe to call someone or something pog or poggers, but this man was literally the most POG MYTH HERO, you can't convince me otherwise.

Can we talk about the fact that the king was totally willing to let some random dude bang his wife for a *year* without the wife knowing and was surprised that he didn't? Then again, despite having many conversations with him, the wife never realized her husband wasn't actually her husband and was completely fine with *not* sleeping with him for a year.

Huh, Pwyll doesn't actually do much that on his own initiative, but he's such a good bloke I can't help but like him. I mean especially with the wife thing. He basically stood his ground and went "BUGGER OFF. I trust my wife!"

There's no internal logic needed for being grateful to the guy who never touched your wife despite living with her for a year. Pwyll is the ultimate bro and deserves all the divine gifts he can get.

I can't stop laughing at how outragous the whole missing baby thing. How the hell did everyone buy that baby eating story with no blood or anything there?

I just wanted to say how Cool of a husband Pwyll was to Rhiannon when she was accused of eating their kid and how he called out the peoples BS when they wanted him to divorce her. (Also, screw those maids for lying)

Huh... an ancient Myth that has a happy ending, that was fulfilling

I love how at 3:08-3:16 they’re just like “Wanna get married?” “Eh,sure.Why not?”

I howled and cackled at "I should've taken that left turn at Aberystwyth!" Thank you for that

I love the picture of Rhiannon just casually holding the baby out in front of the window to shut the peasants up with one hand without even stopping reading her book. XD (I *KNEW* YOU WERE GONNA END WITH THAT SONG! :D)

"Sorry Wales baby" Me: Its ok

The myths are awesome, but I gotta say one thing. . . I LOVE ALL THE GORGEOUS HAIR YOU GIVE EVERYONE THAT IS LITERALLY WHAT SOLD ME TO THIS CHANNEL. Though I do love your humor and snark as well which are both AMAZING

Rhiannon: I didn’t eat the baby! Tarrare: can’t relate

Red's characterization of Rhiannon in the drawings is really fun.

Red's singing is always so lovely. It's such a cozy and pleasant way to cap off the videos.

Pwyll is a wonderful friend his self control is godly

I love the fact that Pwyll is completely chill and okay with everything. Riiiight up until his subjects start talking about him maybe divorcing his wife and suddenly FIRE.

As a welsh person looking to find some representation of our history and stories and myth it is so incredible to find you have done a video on it!

This is my favorite story from any mythology, and for me that's saying a whole lot. It has everything -- a protagonist who's actually a positive role model, female characters with personality and agency, humor, and best of all EPIC LEVELS of magical shenanigans.

Holy crap! This is a mythological character that I wouldn't mind being involved with! His life is actually really good! Plus, he's not a dick, like 95% of the mythological people out there *coughZeuscough* so this one's an A in my book. Also the Prince of Egypt soundtrack in the background made my heart do funny things and also it's now playing on repeat in my head, so thanks.

Chug Chug Chug! As someone of Celtic and Norse ancestry, I can say this would have certainly happened.

Fun fact: the guy Rhiannon was going to marry before pwyll was from Southern Scotland and might have been included as friendly rivalry with them

I feel obligated to come up with my own headcannon, where the 3 maids were branded on the face with the word "liar" and forced to guard the gate and tell everyone how cowardly and dishonest they were.

holy shit, this dude spent a year living in the skin of the king of the underworld but he didn´t take the chance to sleep with that guys wife? even though they slept in the same bed and had the perfect excuse? Jesus, I respect this man, that´s amazing

This was SO Wholesome!!! Pwyll was such an adorable guy who respected people and promises -> didn't touch his friend's wife, protected his own wife, loved his son. Best man. Nice art and quirky speech yet again Red! One of my favourites so far

"I knew I should have taken that left turn at Aberystwyth" - I AM DEAD 🤣🤣🤣

He Pwylled him into the bag?

“Pwyll ain’t afraid of no grievous bodily harm”

Pwyll: All women...are queens! (Bonus points for the woman he didn’t sleep with actually being a queen.)

I love the `nowhere like home` sign at 4:34. Beautiful touch.

Pwyll, *GOD OF THE BRO CODE*

:D Rhiannon is one of the goddesses/deities that often does not get her due in mythology canon. Thank you for covering her story here.

Yooooo you didn't even mention the best part! As a reward for being such a Bro, Annwn gifted Pwyll a bunch of pigs. The entire first half of the story is an explanation as to why bacon is so good

Pwyll' is an effing legend. We need more of him in, like, everything, dang it!

*We regret to inform you that you ate the baby.*

As a Welsh person, seeing a video about our culture with this much care and passion put into it means a lot to me. Thanks guys, keep up the good work!

Pwyll normally: Gee wilikers mister, that sounds pretty nifty! Pwyll when someone insults his wife: Give me ONE good reason I shouldn't introduce you to an old friend of mine!

4:00 Fellow D&D players, please rise to honor the owner of the original Bag of Holding.

Pwyll's trick with the Bag of Holding (or was it a Bag of Devouring?) was pretty slick. I need to keep that in mind for my next D&D session...

3:17 King Arawn came to the wedding :D

Love Rhiannon. She really is as sassy in the original, even in subtle jabs at others, almost imperceptible ones you kinda have to read again to see if it was sarcasm. The whole "for your horse's sake" thing, yeah, that's canon. 😂

2:38 As evidenced by him previously taking on a faery KING in single combat.

For a moment a thought Pwyll was going to be like “ all I ask is to have anything I can carry in this bag” and then he would just shove his wife in the bag and runaway

An all-good story for the hero??? This sounds so idyllic :O

It's great how nice everyone was in this. Pwyll pulls the total bro move of not sleeping with someone else's wife when he had the chance, and that childless couple let their child go as soon as they found out who's child it was.

I like how Arwyn 100% expected Pwyll to sleep with his wife.

Holy crap! A Miscellaneous Myth that actually left me feeling happy inside?? I think it had to do with the fact that the women in the story were actually freaking respected lol

I ship Pwyll & Rhiannon so hard.

Okay I love the story and Pwyll is awesome for not sleeping with another mans wife but he also refuses to dump his wife because of random people telling him too. THE PERFECT MAN.

Damn, what's weird is that Pwyll and his family are just, yknow, good people. Rare to see someone I'd just genuinly want to be friends with in these myths.

Rhiannon's smug smile and death glare are my spirit animals.

YAYYY I'm so happy to see someone covering Welsh myths! Yep, and "Pwyll" essentially translates to "caution" which is cute as it matches his son with "worry." N'awww. My country's stories are dumb. Also, kids that can make friends with horses unnaturally easy usually spell trouble.

Genuine Welsh citizen here! *Wave* I'm not going to criticise your pronunciations, Welsh is a notoriously tricky language and you got most of them right! Here's a neat trick for any Welsh word with 'LL' in them (Such as 'PwyLL') You know the hiss sound a cat makes when it's angry? Yeah that's the one... When the air comes out either side of your tongue? You got it! So just soften that sound a bit and you've made the Welsh LL sound! 'Pwy' sounds like "POY" add the LL and you get "POY *Hiss* " 0:07 Don't worry, we WILL take you back :)

So Rhiannon is also said to be veiled when Pwyll first sees her and I like to think she just left her fiance at the altar and Pwyll happened to find her as she was running away lol