Youth, Warriors, and Homoerotic Reproduction

A war results, during which the brothers rape Goewin, and when Math learns of this, he punishes the two brothers by changing them into alternating-sex pairs of animals who must produce offspring in the course of three years, the first year with Gwydion as a stag and Gilvaethwy a hind, the second wit...

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Published in:Foilsiú (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2004-04, Vol.4 (1), p.85
Main Author: Bernhardt-House, Phillip A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Children & youth
Folklore
Literary criticism
Sexuality
Siblings
Society
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Summary:A war results, during which the brothers rape Goewin, and when Math learns of this, he punishes the two brothers by changing them into alternating-sex pairs of animals who must produce offspring in the course of three years, the first year with Gwydion as a stag and Gilvaethwy a hind, the second with Gwydion as a sow and Gilvaethwy a boar, and the third year with Gwydion as a wolf and Gilvaethwy a she-wolf, producing three sons who are turned to human shape and given the names Hyddwn, Hychdwn, and Bleiddwn, meaning "Deer," "Pig" and "Wolf" respectively, who become great warriors (Gruffydd 1928:14-17; Gantz 1976:104-06; Ford 1977:96-98).
ISSN:1533-6980