Queen Rhiannon married for her second husband a person namedManawydan. One day they ascended a mound called Arberth which was wellknown for its wonders, and as they sat there they heard a clap of thunder,followed by mist so thick that they could not see one another. When itgrew light again, they looked around them and found that all dwellings andanimals had vanished; there was no smoke or fire anywhere or work of humanhands; all their household had disappeared, and there were left onlyPryderi and Manawydan with their wives. Wandering from place to place,they found no human beings; but they lived by hunting, fishing, andgathering wild honey. After visiting foreign lands, they returned to theirisland home. One day when they were out hunting, a wild boar of pure whitecolor sprang from a bush, and as they saw him they retreated, and they sawalso the Turning Castle. The boar, watching his opportunity, sprang intoit, and the dogs followed, and Pryderi said, "I will go into this castleand get tidings of the dogs." "Go not," said Manawydan; "whoever has casta spell over this land and deprived us of our dwelling has placed thiscastle here." But Pryderi replied, "Of a truth I cannot give up my dogs."So he watched for the opportunity and went in. He saw neither boar nordogs, neither man nor beast; but on the centre of the castle floor he sawa fountain with marble work around it, and on the margin of the fountain agolden bowl upon a marble slab, and in the air hung chains, of which hecould see no end.
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