A passage describing this character riding his horse mentions two ruby-bedecked greyhounds who crisscross in front of him shortly before he hears about a porter who “goes upon his head rather than his feet.” This character’s father is told by his sick wife not to remarry until he sees a briar with two blossoms grow on her grave; that woman gives birth to this character upon being frightened by some pigs. This character is able to complete one of his quests after a salmon tells his crew about a water-logged prison housing the hound-tamer Mabon. After being cursed by his stepmother, this character and his cousin Arthur procure a comb and scissors from between the ears of the boar Twrch Trwyth (“toork truh-ith”) to cut the hair of his lover’s father, the giant Ysbaddaden (“EES-buh-DA-den”). For 10 points, a series of impossible tasks are carried out on behalf of what character who, in a namesake tale in the Mabinogion (“mah-bih-NOG-yun”), seeks to marry Olwen? ■END■
ANSWER: Culhwch (“cool-HOOK”) [or Kilhwch] (The tale is called Culhwch and Olwen.)
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