Celtic Myth 3: Taliesin and Elphin
Channel: Snow Mountain
Date: 2020-10-12

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Celtic Myth 3: Taliesin and Elphin


The nobleman who was said to have rescued the infant Taliesin was Prince Elphin, the nephew of Maelgwyn, king of Dyfed. Later, when Taliesin had become the prince’s court bard, he was able to repay his patron’s kindness.

The Taliesin of Welsh myth is often identified with the real-life poet Taliesin Ben Beird,  who lived in the sixth century in the service of the historical king Urien of Rheged.  By the time the story of his life, the Book of Taliesin, was written 800 years later, many legends had gathered around his name.

It was said that he became bard to Prince Elphin, one of the local rulers who competed for favor at the court of King Arthur. The book also told how he came to his patron’s rescue when the prince was imprisoned for rashly boasting that he had a more faithful wife and a more gifted bard than any other knight at Arthur's court.

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