ORIGIN: Celtic [Welsh]
TYPE: Chthonic god
INFORMATION: The so-called "lord of Dyfed" who, according to tradition, brought the pig to Wales having received it as a gift from Arawn, the Underworld god. He earned the reward by substituting for Arawn and fighting his enemy Hafgan, in payment for an unintended slight to Arawn, whom he met one day while out hunting. His consort is Rhiannon and his son id Pryderi.