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Bendigeidfran's head was one of the Three Fortunate concealments; what are the other two?

Bendigeidfran's head was one of the Three Fortunate concealments (emphasis mine): 'Shame on my beard,' said he 'if I don't open the door and find out whether it is true what is said about it. [So] he ...
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Why is there a long list of names in the story "Culhwch and Olwen"?

In the story Culhwch (sometimes spelled Kilhwch) and Olwen, the story is interrupted by a seemingly endless list of character's names: I seek it from Kai, and Bedwyr, and Greidawl Galldonyd, and ...
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