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
Welsh mythology in popular culture woman, who chooses Pwyll, prince of Dyfed (west Wales), as her consort: Welsh mythology in popular culture This is a list of elements of Welsh mythology that have appeared in popular culture. Afanc, a lake monster: Arawn, king of the otherworld realm of Annwn: Arianrhod, daughter of Dôn, important in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi: Blodeuwedd, wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes: Cantre'r Gwaelod, legendary ancient sunken kingdom: Although not as famous as Atlantis, with which it has been compared by some modern authors, Cantre'r Gwaelod has featured in fiction with a Welsh flavour, notably the alternate universe Louie Knight