TALIESIN
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/mab/mab32.htm Taliesin was a 6th Century poet and one of the five chief bards of the Isle of the Mighty. Twelve poems attributed to him have survived to the present day, some of which are thought to be authentic. Although it is considered too late to be Taliesin's, the poem the Spoils of Annwfn connects him with Arthur and the raid on Annwn. As with his contemporaries, fantastic tales have naturally grown up around Taliesin. One story begins with the bard as a young boy named Gwion. The great witch Ceridwen assigned him the task of tending her cauldron. For a year and a day he was to stir the magical brew. Ceridwen he was to stir teh magical brew. Ceridwen would then give the mixture a source of great knowledge, to her son as compensation fo hsi hideous appearance. As the fateful day drew near, Gwion accidentally splashed himself with the brew. In licking three drops off his fingers, he became the unintended recipient of teh All ...