Editing Pryderi (section)

===Appearances in other texts===

The [[Welsh Triads]] name Pryderi as one of the 'Three Powerful Swineherds of the Island of Britain', referring to an occasion on which he guarded the pigs of his foster-father, Pendaran Dyfed at [[Dyfed|Glyn Cuch]]. An obscure reference is also made of Pryderi and his father in the cryptic early medieval poem ''[[Preiddeu Annwfn]]'':

:"bu kyweir karchar gweir yg kaer sidi
: trwy ebostol [[pwyll]] a phryderi.
:Neb kyn noc ef nyt aeth idi.
:yr gadwyn trom las kywirwas ae ketwi.
:A rac preidu annwfyn tost yt geni.
: Ac yt urawt parahawt yn bardwedi."<ref>[http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/t30w.html ''Preiddeu Annwfn''.]</ref>
 
This section of the poem suggests an enmity between Pryderi and a certain Gweir ap Gwystyl, who has been imprisoned in an otherworldly fortress through the "ebestol" of Pwyll and Pryderi. The exact meaning of the word "ebestol" is unclear, but has been variously translated as "epistle", tales", "account", "spite" and "lies."<ref>[http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/t30.html ''Preiddeu Annwfn''.]</ref><ref>[http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/annwn.htm ''Preiddeu Annwfn''.]</ref>

Pryderi is named once in the [[Welsh Triads]], as one of the three powerful swineherds<ref>Bromwich, Rachel. ''Trioedd Ynys Prydein''</ref> while the [[Englynion y Beddau|Stanzas of the Graves]] refer to his final resting place as: "Aber Gwenoli...where the waves beat against the land."<ref>[http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/bbc19.html ''Stanzas of the Graves''.]</ref> The [[Book of Taliesin]] poem ''Song before the sons of Llyr'' also mentions Pryderi and, as in other texts, associates him both with [[Manawydan|Manawydan fab Llyr]] and with the otherworldly fortress of [[Caer Sidi]]:
:Complete is my chair in Caer Sidi,
:No one will be afflicted with disease or old age that may be in it.
:It is known to [[Manawydan|Manawyd]] and Pryderi.
:Three utterances, around the fire, will he sing before it,
:And around its borders are the streams of the ocean.
:And the fruitful fountain is above it,
:Is sweeter than white wine the liquor therein.<ref>[http://www.celtic-twilight.com/camelot/skene/book_taliessin_xiv.htm Song Before the Sons of Llyr]</ref>

The character is also referred to in the works of a number of bards, including Einion fab Gwalchmai, Howel Foel ap Griffri and [[Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr]]. The famous fourteenth century poet [[Dafydd ap Gwilym]] referred to [[Dyfed]] as ''Pryderi Dir'' (The Land of Pryderi.)<ref>Bromwich, Rachel. ''Trioedd Ynys Prydein''.</ref>

The children's fantasy series ''[[The Chronicles of Prydain]]'' features a character named [[King Pryderi]]. The character appears in the final book of the series, ''[[The High King]]''. King Pryderi is a powerful monarch and warlord who betrays his liege lord, High King Math son of Mathonwy, and the House of Don, to side with Arawn Death-Lord. However, King Pryderi succumbs to his pride and ambition. When he ventures to Caer Dallben in an attempt to murder Dallben the enchanter and steal the Book of Three, he is killed by an enchantment protecting the book.