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CAER
- Caer Brythwch
A city, probably in Wales, but lost to modern geographers. The only Arthurian association with the city comes in Culhwch and Olwen, where Arthur’s chief gatekeeper, Glewlwyd, says that he was in Caer Brythwch, and possibly implies some Arthurian involvement. The larger legend to which this remark likely refers is lost to history.
- Caer Dathal
Home of Arthur’s warriors Teregud, Caradawg, Sulyen, Bradwen, Moren, and Siawn - all sons of Iaen.
- Caer Fanddwy
An alternate name for Annwn, the Celtic Otherworld. The meaning of fanddwy is unknown.
- Caer Feddwid
'Fortress of Carousal'
Caer Feddwid, Caer Rigor, Caer Siddi
The Fort of Carousal, which is located in the Welsh Otherworld realm of Annwfn. Caer Feddwidd is a paradisiacal realm in which a fountain runs with wine and no one ever knowns illness or old age. Later tradition says it was visited by King Arthur and his retinue.
- Caer Gai
Caergai
A location on the river Dee in Merioneth, Wales, where, according to bardic tradition, Arthur and Kay was raised.
- Caer Goludd
An alternate name for Annwn, the Welsh otherworld. K. Jackson (Loomis, Romance, 16) suggests "Inward City" as a translation.
- Caer Greu
In Welsh oral tradition, Peredur and Gwrgi were killed fighting Eda Great-Knee at Caer Greu, after their warriors abandoned them. The name may be a variation of Caer Creu, meaning "city of blood".
- Caer Nefenhyr Nine-Teeth
A city, probably in Wales, but lost to modern geographers. The only Arthurian association with the city comes in Culhwch and Olwen, where Arthur’s chief gatekeeper, Glewlwyd, says that he was in Caer Nefenhyr, and possibly implies some Arthurian involvement. The larger legend to which this remark likely refers is lost to history.
- Caer Ochren
An alternate name for Annwn, the Celtic otherworld.
- Caer Oeth
A city probably in Wales. Welsh oral tradition had it that Arthur was imprisoned in Caer Oeth for three days by Gwen Pendragon before he was transferred to another prison.
- Caer Pedryfran
A nickname for Annwn, the Celtic otherworld. It may signify a four-cornered fortress.
- Caer Rigor
Caer Feddwid, Caer Feddwidd, Caer Siddi
An alternative name for Caer Feddwidd, which is also known as Caer Siddi, or the Fort of Carousal. Though Welsh tradition states that Caer Feddwidd contains a fountain that runs with wine, and no one there knows old age, this variant would seem to suggest a realm of the dead from which there is no return.
- Caer Se
A British city, once inhabited or visited by Arthur’s chief gatekeeper Glewlwyd.
- Caer Seint
The Welsh name for the Roman fort of Segontium.
- Caer Siddi
'Fairy Fortress'
Caer Feddwid, Caer Feddwidd, Caer Rigor
In the Welsh poem The Spoils of Annwn and a non-Arthurian poem in the Book of Taliesin - an alternative name for Caer Feddwidd, the Otherworld Fort of Carousal, which shares the same attribute of having a fountain that runs with wine. Welsh tradition makes Arianrhod the ruler of Caer Siddi, though Arthurian legend does not seem to mention the name of the ruler on the occasion when Arthur and his men visited the mysterious fort.
- Caer Wydyr
'Fortress of Glass'
Caer Wydr
A glass fort that is located in Annwfn, the Welsh Otherworld. Later tradition says that, like Caer Feddwidd, this fort was visited by King Arthur and his company, but they were unable to make its watchman talk to them.
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