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250 the same manuscript, where, instead of Gweir son of Gweiryoed, we read Geir son of Geiryoed, and the probable identity of Geir with Gwydion will appear when the etymology of the latter name comes to be discussed later.

One of the most remarkable things in the Taliessin poem just cited, is the statement that, in consequence of what he went through in his captivity, Geir should for ever continue a bard or poet; but traces of a somewhat similar notion meet one in the once prevalent belief, that if a man spent a night on the Merioneth mountain, where the giant Idrys was thought to have