Geraint son of Erbin through a variety of subsequent sources. Later genealogies associate him with southwestern Britain and South Wales in the late 6th century. The early poem "Y Gododdin" mentions a "Geraint before the South", conceivably a reference to Geraint mab Erbin. However, Geraint achieved his greatest fame as the hero of the prose romance "Geraint and Enid", a fictional tale that follows the narrative of Chrétien de Troyes' French work "Erec and Enide". "Geraint son of Erbin" makes heavy use of repetition in celebrating Geraint's deeds at Llongborth, which may be identified with Langport, Somerset, or Portsmouth, Hampshire though "llongborth" may refer
Geraint son of Erbin to a "ship harbour", akin to the Viking "longphort" in Ireland. Each englyn echoes the form of the others, with greater or lesser variation. One stanza contains a mention of King Arthur and refers to him as "amerauder", or emperor. This is the first known reference to Arthur as emperor, a title used frequently in later works but absent in the early material. Geraint son of Erbin Geraint son of Erbin (Middle Welsh "Geraint uab Erbin") is a medieval Welsh poem celebrating the hero Geraint and his deeds at the Battle of Llongborth. The poem consists of three-line "englyn" stanzas