Journey into the world of Welsh myths with actors Ioan Gruffudd and Ruth Jones, as they read our animated tales of magic and adventure. We asked some modern Welsh writers to write new stories ...

The story appears in both the White Book and Red Book. As with many early Welsh legends, parallels can be drawn with the 12th century poems of Chrétien de Troyes, in this case Erec and Enide.

It also had much of its poetry reproduced in the Four Ancient Books of Wales, William F Skene's 1868 anthology of dark-age Welsh bardic poetry. The red book also contains historical texts ...

The story appears in both the White Book and Red Book. As with many early Welsh legends, parallels can be drawn with the 12th century poems of Chrétien de Troyes, in this case Erec and Enide.