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	Olwen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Welsh mythology, Olwen is the daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden.
		She is the heroine of the story Culhwch and Olwen in the Mabinogion.
		Her father is fated to die if she ever marries, so when Culhwch comes to court her, he is given a series of immensely difficult tasks he must complete before he can win her hand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olwen (145 words)

	CM Magazine: The Isis Series.
		The friendship Olwen develops with Mark turns to romance only to be terminated cruelly when he sees her without her protective disguise and reacts with shock and horror.
		Olwen determines to avoid their prejudices and inability to see beyond appearances by moving the base further up the mountains into isolation from the colony.
		Olwen is a well-developed, strong, and appealing character who, despite her painful coming of age, faces her disillusionment with humans in a dignified and admirable manner.
	www.umanitoba.ca /cm/vol7/no9/isis.html (1201 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Queensblade [Heirs to Byzantium Book 3] by Susan Shwartz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Olwen shook her head, as if the dying bear could understand this talk of the Bearmaster who would come in the spring and might bring Olwen a young, virile bear to replace the one that faded now, hour by hour.
		Olwen could see questions rising in those eyes like fish in a green pool, the speculation and the curiosity that were even more Alexa's heritage than the crown that she had renounced half a lifetime ago.
		Olwen very much suspected that it slept in her son Mor (as the royal magic sometimes did for a generation), and she knew that his father was relieved.
	www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/eBook1101.htm (3672 words)

	BROMLINK - Gold Coast Succulent and Bromeliad Society - Tribute Olwen Ferris
		Olwen loved to grow seed - she would have seed sent to her from a number of different collectors, overseas and local, she would grow that on, as well as the seed from her own plants.
		Olwen was involved in starting the Gold Coast Succulent and Bromeliad Society Inc, she has been an Honorary Trustee of the Bromeliad Society International, a Life Member of the Bromeliad Society of Australia Inc., and most recently, patroness and Life Member of the Gold Coast Succulent and Bromeliad Society Inc.
		Olwen carried a big range for the period and growers near and far were introduced to species and hybrids previously known only in books.
	www.bromlink.org.au /tribute.html (1282 words)

	§5. "Kulhwch and Olwen". XII. The Arthurian Legend. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kulhwch and Olwen, however, is the only one of these tales that need detain us here, embodying, as it does, in common with the Welsh poems already quoted, Arthurian traditions far transcending in age the appearance of the Arthur of chivalry.
		All the same, he is the lord of what is to the story-teller, in many places, a very determinate realm; for one of the most remarkable features of Kulhwch and Olwen, as compared with the later Arthurian tales, is the precision of its topography.
		This feature, suggesting as it does the Arthurian court of the age of chivalry, might be taken as evidence of the late redaction of the tale as we have it, were it not that the story-teller gives details about most of these strange characters which are evidently drawn from the remnants of some lost saga.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/211/1205.html (820 words)

	SoMA
		It is typical of Olwen’s tenacity and lack of self-pity that contrary to medical opinion she not only survived but regained the use of her legs within a couple of years of the accident.
		Olwen’s friendship with Judy Birmingham brought her back to historical archaeology in 1994, and she spent many hours bossing around students in the Transient Building, helping with cataloguing and data-entry.
		We have dedicated this scholarship in Olwen’s memory because her opened minded approach to life and research reflects the broad regional and chronological scale of the scholarship’s frame of reference.
	www.aaia.chass.usyd.edu.au /olwen.htm (683 words)

	axle7: Morchainth's SourceSparsely occupied, X'
		Olwen's expression remains carefully devoid of emotion, but once the slap is administered, she leans slightly away, returning her attention to the notes; appearing for all intensive purposes as if nothing at all were amiss.
		Olwen sighs, leaning against one bare wall as she studies the empty ledge.
		Olwen covers the distance between herself and X'ian in three strides, hand raised as she readies to slap him again.
	www.livejournal.com /users/axle7/25398.html (7464 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Keeper of the Isis Light (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Olwen tries to make friends with the colonists, but they are unable to accept her as she is and, ultimately, she decides to withdraw from any further contact with them.
		Olwen fears these new inhabitants may ruin her world forever, and at first, it appears she is right.
		Olwen Pendennis was born on the planet Isis ten years ago (sixteen by Earth's sun).
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0613258592 (1269 words)

	Mabinogion
		Olwen refused to marry him unless her father agreed.
		Olwen knew that when she marries her father would die.
		Olwen advised Culhwch that he must go to his father and ask for her hand in marriage.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/mabinogion.html (11386 words)

	Olwen's vision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Olwen, an aged priestess of the Triple Goddess, is speaking to the novitiates about her own experience of the Goddess:
		I am the universal Mother, mistress of all the elements, primordial child of time, sovereign of all things spiritual, queen of the dead, queen also of the immortals, the single manifestation of all gods and goddesses that are.
		The younger and livelier ones were first to leave; some of the older and more serious women remained hovering in the hope that Olwen would say something further, but, keeping her silence, she followed their younger sisters towards the sanctuary.
	www.iol.ie /~mazzoldi/dnd/col08.htm (2140 words)

	The Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen
		She cast a spell on him so that he desired Olwen, daughter of Ysbaddaden, chief of the giants, even though they had never met.
		However, Olwen often visited the shepherd and his wife, and they agreed to invite her to their cottage.
		Whatever Culhwch had imagined a giant's daughter to look like, well, it wasn't like Olwen: she had the rosiest cheeks in the fairest face, framed by the yellowest hair; around her neck was a golden torque, and a robe of flaming silk flowed to her feet.
	www.valleystream.co.uk /culhwch.htm (1481 words)

	Llys Olwen, Pwllheli, Snowdonia Guest House
		An early Victorian Sea Captains home, Llys Olwen was established in 1972 by the present owners Ann and David Middleton.
		Llys Olwen stands in its own grounds approximately 500 metres from a beautiful cliff walk overlooking the two bays of Nefyn and Morfa Nefyn.
		At Llys Olwen we have information and maps of walks on the Lleyn, so that you can explore hideaway coves or ramble along coastlines protected by the National Trust.
	www.llysolwen.co.uk (259 words)

	BBC - Wales History - Mabculwch - Culhwch and Olwen - Welsh myths and legends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Culhwch refuses to marry the queen's daughter and she curses him for foiling her plan: he'll never marry until he marries Olwen, the daughter of Ysbaddaden, king of Giants.
		Unfortunately, Arthur doesn't even know who Olwen is, but he sends out scouts to find her.
		Culhwch won't be dissuaded and the shepherd's wife tells him that every Saturday Olwen comes to their house to wash her hair.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/history/sites/myths-customs/pages/myth-mabculwch.shtml (1014 words)

	The Grand Whirligig
		Olwen's fellow human settles in as far from _her_ as she can manage, making herself comfortable near the surly dwarf.
		Olwen, smiling happily due to the excitement of their method of travel, doesn't seem to mind the jibe.
		Olwen looks over, startled at the scrutiny, and straightens her shoulders, as if by doing that she might make a better impression upon her.
	www.geocities.com /talegiver/Nexus/The_Grand_Whirligig.html (8288 words)

	Celtic Fairy Tales: The Wooing of Olwen
		She foretold to her stepson, Kuhuch, that it was his destiny to marry a maiden named Olwen, or none other, and he, at his father's bidding, went to the court of his cousin, King Arthur, to ask as a boon the hand of the maiden.
		So Olwen came, clothed in a robe of flame-coloured silk, and with a collar of ruddy gold, in which were emeralds and rubies, about her neck.
		More golden was her hair than the flower of the broom, and her skin was whiter than the foam of the wave, and fairer were her hands and her fingers than the blossoms of the wood anemone amidst the spray of the meadow fountain.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/celt/cft/cft16.htm (3307 words)

	The story of Kylhuk and Olwen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When Olwen is won, he must kill her lover, or be killed, as part of a geisa that he carries, but he is keen to live and has no intention of letting his daughter go.
		Olwen's father is a giant of a man, and will be hard to kill, though I can do it, I'm in no doubt about that.
		But Olwen herself is half again as tall as me, and though she is certainly shapely, I have heard that her thighs are like Greek columns and can easily crush an ox; when her teeth chatter it might be rocks falling from a mountain.
	robertholdstock.com /kylhuk.html (3036 words)

	The Welsh Pendragon! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Olwen is musing about the man of her dreams in Granny-O's house.
		Olwen rushes off to Mikado where she works, along with most other girls from the valley.
		Olwen says she will love him too, for ever, but Cul is more cautious.
	www.adrianwilliamsmusic.com /stage.htm (1836 words)

	Olwen Wymark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Olwen Wymark has been a great supporter of our London Radio Playwrights' Festival for many years, and has now become the Festival's new Patron.
		Her judging abilities are second to none and her comments on the plays submitted to the competitions are always precise, clear and extremely constructive and helpful.
		Olwen adapted Zola's Nana for Shared Experience which ran at the Almeida Theatre and subsequently transferred to the Mermaid Theatre, and Brezhnev's Children - an adaptation of The Women's Decameron by Julia Voznenskaya, presented at the ICA.
	www.irdp.co.uk /olwen.htm (401 words)

	CULHWCH AND OLWEN
		Angered by his refusals, she laid a curse on him that he should have no woman but Olwen, daughter of Ysbaddaden the giant.
		Culhwch took himself to Arthur's court to ask his cousin the king for assistance in winning Olwen away from her father.
		Culhwch's aunt summoned Olwen so that Culhwch might plead with her to run away with him, but she explained, "My father has asked me to pledge not to leave without his counsel, because there is life for him only until I go off with a husband.
	www.uidaho.edu /student_orgs/arthurian_legend/origins/olwen.html (902 words)

	Olwen Shaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her parents didn’t think it was anything so they ignored the changes.
		Olwen practiced constantly with her powers, trying to control them.
		Then when she was 14 she turned cat-like, growing a tail, fur, cat-ears, and whiskers.
	www.geocities.com /the2020rp/neutral/olwen.html (373 words)

	The Olwen Font Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Olwen is a family of free fonts based on the Bitstream Vera fonts.
		Olwen's additional glyphs have been merged into the DejaVu fonts, another extension of Vera.
		This means that Olwen supports the Welsh language.
	muse.19inch.net /~daf/olwen (188 words)

	ProjectPulp.com: Culhwch & Olwen
		The story of Culhwch and Olwen, first committed to paper around 1100 A.D., is one of the oldest writings of King Arthur and his knights.
		This audio version of Culhwch and Olwen was designed to bring the story to modern audiences much as it was originally intended.
		Culhwch and Olwen: A Tale of King Arthur and His Warriors is adapted by David Lee Summers and is often backed by original music written by Kevin Schramm and performed by Kevin Schramm and Nancy McCallion.
	www.blindside.net /smallpress/read/Exclusives/Culhwch&Olwen (241 words)

	BBC - Mid Wales Aberystwyth - Olwen Davies
		BBC - Mid Wales Aberystwyth - Olwen Davies
		In October 2004, former opera singer Olwen Davies took over the Great Hall and persuaded some well-known names to perform for charity.
		Olwen's 80th Fund Raising Party was held on Monday 4 October 2004 at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/mid/sites/aberystwyth/pages/olwen_davies.shtml (824 words)

	Culhwch and Olwen
		The king said, "I will do so no longer." And he sent messengers for his son, and he was brought to the Court.
		Then she said unto him, "I declare to thee, that it is thy destiny not to be suited with a wife until thou obtain Olwen, the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr."
		And the youth blushed, and the love of the maiden diffused itself through all his frame, although he had never seen her.
	www.missgien.net /arthurian/mabinogion/culhwch2.html (692 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
		She foretold to her stepson, Kilhuch, that it was his destiny to marry a maiden named Olwen, or none other, and he, at his father's bidding, went to the court of his cousin, King Arthur, to ask as a boon the hand of the maiden.
		They entered the house, and after meat she told them that the maiden Olwen came there every Saturday to wash. [103] They pledged their faith that they would not harm her, and a message was sent to her.
		Yspathaden said it was necessary that he should consult Olwen's four great-grandmothers and her four great-grandsires.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=jacobs&book=celtic&story=olwen (3283 words)

	The Winning of Olwen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But he did not tell her about his son; indeed he hardly remembered that he had one till she heard it at last from an old woman whom she had gone to visit.
		And the new queen was very pleased, and sent messengers to fetch the boy, and in his father's court he stayed, while the years went by till one day the queen told him that a prophecy had foretold that he was to win for his wife Olwen the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr.
		More yellow was her head than the flower of the broom, and her skin was whiter than the foam of the wave, and fairer were her hands than the blossom of the wood anemone.
	www.rickwalton.com /folktale/lilac33.htm (4495 words)

	How Culhwch Won Olwen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		My first introduction to the tale of Culhwch and Olwen was at the Hilary storytelling in 1990.
		His stepmother prophesies that he must marry Olwen, daughter of the chief giant Ysbaddaden.
		Culhwch and Olwen can't honestly be said to have had much influence on later Arthurian works either in terms of characters or incidents.
	arthsoc.drruss.net /Cauldron/culhrev.html (1492 words)

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	www.essaytown.com /topics/olwen_essays_papers.html (884 words)

	Culhwch ac Olwen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Culhwch ac Olwen is one of the earliest tales contained in the so-called ‘Mabinogion’ collection preserved in the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest.
		It is the earliest surviving tale in any language in which King Arthur and his warriors play a prominent role.
		Apart from a very few minor corrections the text of the tale is exactly as printed in the Welsh edtion, but this English edition provides an extended introduction, full notes on the text and an enlarged glossary.
	www.uwp.co.uk /book_desc/1127.html (382 words)

	Culhwch and Olwen
		Then she said to him, "I declare to you, that it is your destiny not to be suited with a wife until you obtain Olwen, the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr." And the youth blushed, and the love of the maiden diffused itself through all his frame, although he had never seen her.
		And that night Olwen became Kilhwch's bride, and she continued to be his wife as long as she lived.
		And thus did Kilhwch obtain Olwen, the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr.
	www.druidry.org /obod/lore/texts/culhwch_olwen.html (13181 words)

	Mystical-WWW - The Arthurian A 2 Z listing O
		'Culhwch' (See Culhwch) desired the love of Olwen according to legend, but her father set thirty-nine virtually impossible tasks, known as 'anoethu' for Culhwch to achieve before he could take her hand.
		According to folklore, it was said that if she were to marry this would cause the death of her father.
		In the story of 'Culhwch (See Culhwch) and Olwen' (See Olwen) this is the knife, belonging to Osla, that is placed over the divide allowing 'Arthur' (See Arthur) to cross the river.
	www.mystical-www.co.uk /arthuriana2z/o.htm (1224 words)

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