Three Golden-Tongued Knights, Whom No One Could Refuse Whatsoever They Might Ask

• Drudwas mab Tryffin;
• and Gwalchmai ap Gwyar,
• and Eliwlod ab Madawc ab Uthur.

For there was neither King, nor Earl, nor Lord, to whom these came, but would listen to them before all others; and whatever request they made, it would be granted them, whether willingly or unwillingly; and thence were they called the Golden Tongued.

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Of Gwalchmai, we know he is considered the equivalent to Sir Gawain; however, unlike the French romances, in English and Welsh literature, Gawain is shown to be an orator and peacemaker, not the hot-headed womanizer.

Of Eliwlod, he is then the nephew of Arthur on his father's side; however, this is curious, as only in a few Welsh poems and triads are there references to the otherwise unknown Madawc ap Uthyr, the brother of Arthur.

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