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The Mabinogion by Anonymous
page 166 of 334 (49%)
"Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get.
Garselit the Gwyddelian is the chief huntsman of Ireland; the Twrch
Trwyth can never be hunted without him."

"It will be easy for me to compass this, although thou mayest think
that it will not be easy."

"Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get. A
leash made from the beard of Dillus Varvawc, for that is the only one
that can hold those two cubs. And the leash will be of no avail
unless it be plucked from his beard while he is alive, and twitched
out with wooden tweezers. While he lives he will not suffer this to
be done to him, and the leash will be of no use should he be dead,
because it will be brittle."

"It will be easy for me to compass this, although thou mayest think
that it will not be easy."

"Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get.
Throughout the world there is no huntsman that can hold those two
whelps except Kynedyr Wyllt, the son of Hettwn Glafyrawc; he is nine
times more wild than the wildest beast upon the mountains. Him wilt
thou never get, neither wilt thou ever get my daughter."

"It will be easy for me to compass this, although thou mayest think
that it will not be easy."

"Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get. It
is not possible to hunt the boar Trwyth without Gwynn the son of
Nudd, whom God has placed over the brood of devils in Annwvyn, lest
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