In some old Welsh texts, Eliwlod is a nephew of King Arthur.Morris, Lewis. Celtic Remains, Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1878, p.163 His father is Madoc, son of Uther Pendragon, an obscure brother of Arthur's mentioned a very few times in Welsh literature.
Arthur thought highly of Eliwlod's eloquence.Williams, David. The History of Monmouthshire, 1796 Eliwlod appears in the Welsh Triads, where he is called one of the three "Golden-Tongued Knights of Britain",Jones, Edward. Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh Bards, Office of Robes, St. James's Palace, 1808, p.10 alongside Gwalchmei ap Gwyar (Gawain) and Drudwas ap Tryffin. He pays a postmortem visit to his uncle in the form of an eagle in the poem Arthur and the Eagle.The Arthur of the Welsh: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Welsh Literature, University of Wales Press, 2020, p.57
Eliwlod figures in the works of Welsh poet Lewys Glyn Cothi.Cothi, Lewys Glyn. The Poetical Works of Lewis Glyn Cothi, Cymmrodorion, 1837, p.136 In the Hendregadredd Manuscript, the poet Bleddyn Fardd praises his patron Rhys ap Maredudd by likening him to Arthur's "beloved' nephew Eliwlod.Arthur in Early Welsh Poetry (Nerys Ann Jones, ed.) MHRA, Library of Medieval Welsh Literature, 2019, p.113
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External links Translation of Arthur and Eliwlod