the Danish settlements in Ireland, taken from the Norse pukí. It also went into Welsh as pwca and into English as Puck.

Pursuit

In Irish, toruidheacht. A class of tales that were popular with audiences. The most famous is Toruidheacht Dhiarmuda is Ghráinne (The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne).

Pwyll

[W] Lord of Dyfed whose chief court is at Arberth. He has to repay Arawn, king of Annwn, for a discourtesy by taking his form for a year and meeting Arawn’s enemy Hafgan in combat. During the year he is in Arawn’s image he is invoked not to make love with Arawn’s wife even though he shares her bed. Pwyll carries out his task, slaying Hafgan, and becomes head of Annwn. He wins the hand of Rhiannon, although she is taken by a rival suitor, Gwawl, by a trick. Using a similar trick, Pwyll gets her back. In the third year of marriage, Rhiannon bears his son Pryderi. The child is stolen and Rhiannon’s maids cause her to be suspected of killing the child. Pwyll treats her badly but eventually the child is found.