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1990 Number 12 of 100 This was a fierce boar, a king whom God had transformed for wickedness. He corresponds to Torc Triath, the king of the boars in Irish mythology. He was originally almost certainly some kind of boar deity. The boar was a cult animal amongst the Celts. One of the tasks set Culhwch was to obtain the comb and shears from between the ears of Twrch Trwyth. The boar had slain many of Arthur's men and, when Arthur's band caught up with it, Mabon obtained the razor and Cyledyr the Wild the shears. It escaped, but Arthur and his followers came upon it once more and procured the comb. It was then forced into the sea and swam off, no man knew whither. |
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