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Creirwy
Cymric Heroine of the Ystoria Taliesin: The Purest
Creirwy is a Cymric (Welsh) heroine known from the Ystoria Taliesin where she is the daughter of Tegid Foel and Cerridwen and is the fairest maiden in the entire world. She forms the light half of a cosmic pair, where her brother, Morfran is her dark counterpart. |
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Cym: The Purest
Creirwy is known from the Ystoria Taliesyn (the tale of Taliesyn) where she is the daughter of Tegid Foel and Cerridwen. She is described as the fairest maiden in the entire world. By contrast her brother, Morfrân, was the ugliest and most ill-favoured man in the entire world.
Together, Creirwy and Morfrân form a cosmic pair – darkness and light embodied. Creirwy's name may be derived from the Cymric word creider meaning 'purity' whereas rhwy is an old term for 'purity' so that her name could mean 'The Purest'.
A single line in the ode of Hywel ab Einion to Myfanwy of Dinas Brên alludes to Creirwy being the mistress of the renowned lover Garwy Hir. Though other poems by the gogynfeirdd (ancient bards) such as Madog Benfras, Tudur Aled and Einion Offeriad refer to Creirwy as a figure of proverbial beauty.
If you would like to try the foods of the time of the ancient Celts, then why not have a look at the ancient recipes section of this site. For the foods of the time when some of these tales were written down, take a look at the Medieval recipes section of the site and, in particular, the recipes from The Forme of Cury.
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