Bendigeidfran, the Giant King

[Peter Freeman]

This story has always fascinated me since I heard it as a child. As I got older I came to realise that this was a story about being a bridge between worlds. The Welsh proverb used today "Tra bod ben bid bont" To be a leader be a bridge originated with this tale. It also talks about the cauldron of re-birth that features in Arthurian tales as well as this one. There are some deep ramifications to this legend that give many clues to the ancient mysteries. Unravelling those hidden secrets is a challenge and my personal quest. It's also a damn good yarn,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frlMIgOiuAI

[DJ Droood]

wow...what synchronicity...not a moment ago, I was reading an op-ed piece about Ireland's economy and the author mentioned their "Bendigeidfranian debt" and I wondered what the heck that meant...then I came on here to cleanse my mind and here was an explaination!

[Somniferia]

Giants are Giants, they usually keep to them selves and are very rich and advanced. Now days Giants of earth in the Somniparallel no wonder intersecting with other otherworlds as well have Giants advanced as well, to the point of about 500 000 years into the future where space science is very advanced and healing is not a problem.

[Welsh Mythology]

Yes, he points to a teaching on death that's sometimes hard to grasp on a first reading. I think there is much more to Bendigeidfran than the Second Branch reveals on the surface. He appears to be an ancestral guardian of the Dead in some ways, and a figure of great benevolence also.