Rhuawn Bebyr (''English: Rhuawn the Radiant'') is the son of Deorthach Wledig in early Arthurian literature and mythology. He appears as a member of
Arthur's retinue in two medieval tales, "
How Culwch won Olwen" and "
The Dream of Rhonabwy
''The Dream of Rhonabwy'' () is a Middle Welsh prose tale. Set during the reign of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys (died 1160), its composition is typically dated to somewhere between the late 12th through the late 14th century. It survives in ...
". In the latter, he is described as a "young lad with yellowish-red hair, without a beard or a moustache, and the look of a nobleman about him".
In ''
Trioedd Ynys Prydein
The Welsh Triads (, "Triads of the Island of Britain") are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, mythology and traditional history in groups of three. The triad is a rhetorical form whereby o ...
'', he is named as one of the ''"Three Fortunate Princes of the Island of Britain"''.
['' Welsh Triads/Peniarth MS 54'']
References
Arthurian characters
Welsh mythology
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