#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: “Ye cannot compensate me my shame, setting aside the death of Pryderi,” king Māth of Gwynedd said, “but since ye come hither to be at my will, I shall begin your punishment forthwith.”

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#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: “Ye cannot compensate me my shame, setting aside the death of Pryderi,” king Māth of Gwynedd said, “but since ye come hither to be at my will, I shall begin your punishment forthwith.” …
Finally he transformed his nephews Gwydion and Gilvaethwy sons of Dōn both into wolves. A year passed; they came back again with a young wolf as before, and this time their penance was deemed complete, and their human nature was restored to them, and Māth gave orders to have them washed and anointed, and nobly clad as was befitting.`
Source: Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. Rolleston, Gutenberg eBook