Matter of Britain Figure
Cai / Kay
- Summary
- In Culhwch he is a superhuman marvel - nine days underwater, heat radiating from his hands, able to be as tall as a tree. The romances demote him to a sarcastic seneschal who gets unhorsed. A clean index of what the courtly tradition did to the Welsh one.
- Kind
- legendary
Worldviews
Arthur of the Welsh, Chretien's Courtly Romance
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research (Culhwch ac Olwen)
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH