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Dillus Farfog

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | 339 words | Copyright

Dillus Farfog, Dillus Farfawg, Dillus Varvawc [W, Dillus the Bearded]. Welsh giant; one of the tasks of Culhwch was to steal hair from Dillus's beard to make a leash for Twrch Trwyth and Drudwyn. Daunting though the task was, Culhwch accomplished it easily. See CULHWCH AC OLWEN. Cei and Bedwyr also make such a leash from Dillus's beard.

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