Ysgafnell son of Dysgyfdawd, who slew Edelfled king of Lloegr And Diffydell son of Dysgyfdawd who slew Gwrgi Garwlwyd ('Rough Grey'). He also appears under the heading 'These Three performed the Three Fortunate Assassinations': In the Red Book of Hergest the name is listed thrice, each time spelled Gwrgi: first under the heading 'Three Horses who carried the Three Horse-Burdens', where Gwrgi is listed alongside Peredur as one carried by Corvan, horse of the sons of Eliffer. Like so many other names in The Chronicles of Prydain, Gurgi's name can be found in Welsh legend, specifically in the Welsh Triads and the Mabinogion. The last items helped Prydain to make a new beginning after Arawn's defeat and the sunset of enchantment. He was first to spot the army of Cauldron-Born on the march near the Red Fallows, and in Annuvin he found the secrets of crafting stolen long ago by Arawn. In the course of the Chronicles, Gurgi found Hen Wen in the caverns of the Fair Folk, the Black Crochan in the Marshes of Morva, and the cows of Goryon and Gast.

Even before Taran met him, Prince Gwydion was aware of these skills, and sometimes employed Gurgi as a spy.

In addition to his physical attributes of fighting, climbing and riding, Gurgi's keen senses imparted him with a special gift for both spying on adversaries, and finding lost or hidden items. Later, after Taran had refused to strike him dead, Gurgi gave Taran his portion of the honey-comb. When, during the events of The Book of Three, Gurgi broke his leg trying to obtain a honeycomb from a high tree, he insisted that Taran should cut off his head so he would not slow down the Companions, who were being pursued by Cauldron-Born warriors. He was loyal even unto the peril of death. Gurgi could be ferocious he could wield a sword in battle, fire a bow and arrow, and ride a horse. Gurgi was generous with his bounty, doling the magical food out faithfully to friends and companion, but as Princess Eilonwy remarked, the stuff was rather tasteless. After his courageous part in the battle against the Horned King, Gurgi was rewarded with an enchanted wallet that never ran out of food, until magic itself passed out of Prydain.

And his performance is certainly not limited in excellence to that one character I just think it stands out above the others.Gurgi always referred to himself in the third person (such as 'Gurgi found a piggy!'), and often spoke in rhyming or twinned phrases (such as 'slashings and gashings'), or in a self-pitying concern for his 'poor, tender head.' His thoughts frequently turned to food, to which he referred as 'crunchings and munchings'. When you can drive down the highway the next day smiling and chuckling in recall of a character Imbued expressively with life by nothing more than a narrators voice Then you know you’ve been treated to a special performance.

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