Bran

Bendigeidfrân or Bran was the son of Llŷr who was once the King of Britain and his mother, Penarddun who was a fairy. He was the oldest sibling of five, which means he took the title as king of Britain. Because his mother was a fairy Bran, like his brothers was magic and had the power to change from man to giant. He was said to have never been able to be contained in a house or ship. He lead his whole army except seven men to battle with Ireland after agreeing to marry away his Sister Branwen the the king of Ireland and later finding out that she was being treated cruelly. He won the battle but paid the price of death to himself, his family, and nearly his entire army.


The Voyage of Bran

Bendigeidfrân is a symbol of strength/power, protection, and peace. He symbolizes strength and power because he is the King the Britain which gives him power over the people. And strength because he controls the army, and because he has super strength as a giant. He protects his sister after she is married away to the king of Ireland and finds out she is being treated bad and comes for her. He then continues to protect his people after he is dead by having them cut off his magic head and bury it to shield them from being attacked. Even though he declared war on Ireland he is still a man who likes to keep peace. When Matholwch, king of Ireland comes to Wales to ask to marry his sister and Bendigeidfrân's trouble making brother, Efnysien killes Matholwch's horses Bendigeidfrân makes it up to him by presenting him with gifts including the Couldron of Ressurection in order to keep peace between them.

I think Bran is a great king and brother. He presents the king of Ireland with many nice gifts to apologize for his brother. And he protects his sister and his people by giving his life in battle for them. He then tells them to cut off his magic head so they can use it for happiness and protection. All of these things show that he was a very noble and caring king and sibling.

Bran is used as a simile to a mountain. When he is walking across the water they said he looked like a moving mountain and his fleets of ships looked like a moving forest because there was so many of them.