Three Welsh Romances ability. The couple is happily reconciled in the end, and Geraint inherits his father's kingdom. Enid does not appear in Welsh sources outside of this romance, but Geraint was already a popular figure. Some scholars hold that the Erec from Chrétien's poem is based on Geraint, but others think the Welsh author simply replaced an unfamiliar French name with one his audience would recognize and associate with heroism. Alfred, Lord Tennyson based two of his "Idylls of the King" on "Geraint and Enid". They were originally published as a single poem called "Enid" in 1859; he later split it into
Geraint Todd Geraint Todd Geraint Wyn Todd (born 8 August 1979) is a Welsh actor, originally from Pontypridd in the South Wales Valleys. He has played several major roles in Welsh dramas and comedies, most notably in "Cowbois ac Injans" (2006-2007), "Gwaith/Cartref" (2011-2012) and "Pobol y Cwm" from 2011 onward. Todd started his acting career when in school, with parts on television programmes such as "Halen yn y Gwaed" ("Salt in the Blood"), "Pam Fi, Duw?" ("Why Me, God?") and a small part in "Pobol y Cwm". From 1997 to 2000 he attended the University of Wales in Cardiff, where he pursued