The wonders1. These are either objects or marvellous helpers who can
aid in getting them. In most cases it is clear that the owners won't give their
possessions up, and can't be forced to do so, or won't participate. Still, Culhwch is cockiness personified2, so he gives it a go. The wonders sucessfully
gained or performed in the tale are in bold below3.
- 1) Harvestable food produced in one day from a cleared forest
- 2) Amathaon the ploughman
- 3) Govannon to deliver the irons
- 4) Gwlwlwyd Chestnut Hair's Oxen
- 5) Of these the reluctant Yellow Pale-White and Spotted Oxen
- 6) Nynnyaw and Peibyaw, who were turned to Oxen
7) Nine hestors of linseed in a field for the veil
8) Honey nine times sweeter than the first swarm for bragget (a honey drink)
9) The cup of Llwyr which can hold the world's strongest drink
10) The hamper of Gwyddno Long Shank, which gives you your favoured food
11) The horn of Gwlgawd of Gododdin to pour from
12) The harp of Teirtu
13) The Birds of Rhiannon, who wake the dead and lull the living
14) The cauldron of Diwrnach the Irishman, to boil the meat4
15) The tusk of the chief boar Ysgithyrwyn to shave with, taken while alive
- 16) Odgar to draw the tusk
- 17) Caw of Scotland to do the shaving
18) The blood of the Black Hag of the Valley of Distress in the Highlands of Hell (somewhere in the North of Britain) to straighten the beard
- 19) The thermos flask of Gwydolwyn the Dwarf, to keep it warm
20) The bottles of Rhynnon Stiff Beard to hold milk without going off
21) The comb and shears between the ears of Twrch Trwyth to cut his hair
- 22) Drudwyn the pup to hunt with
- 23) The leash of Cors Hundred Claws
- 24) The collar of Canhastyr Hundred Hands
- 25) The leash-chain of Kilydd Hundred Holds
- 26) Mabon the abducted and lost to hold the leash
- 28) Eiddoel, Mabon's emprisoned cousin, to help find him
- 27) Gweddw's horse Gwyhh Dun Mane, for Mabon to ride
- 36) Aned and Aethlem, dogs as swift as the wind
- 29) Garselid the Irish houndsman
- 31) Kynedyr the Wild (nine times wilder than the mountain beasts), to hold the pups
- 30) The beard of Dillus the Bearded to make leashes, tweaked out while alive
- 35) The son of Alun of Dyved to do the unleashing
- 32) Gwynn son of Nudd, who has contained safely in him the earth-destroying energy of the demons of Annwvyn, and cannot be freed
- 33) Du, the horse of Moro Battle Leader for Gwynn to ride
- 34) Gwilenhin, King of France
- 37) Arthur and his men, to do the hunting
- 38+) Bwlch, Kyvwlch and Syvwlch, to do the hunting (possibly also their spears, sheilds, swords, dogs, horses, wives, grandchildren, daughters, and maids).
- 39) The sword of Wrnach the giant, who can only be killed by his sword