An old theory of mine I'd completely forgotten...
Not even quite sure why I abandoned it. Happened to stumble across it as I was double-checking for anything I may have missed when it comes to the 'Marwnat Vthyr Pen'.
I wrote a great many articles on the subject, only a few of which are listed in this particular post.
Seems I will have to search through my own material to try and find why I discarded the idea. In brief, I had attempted to show that the Uther Pen who fights with Gwythur ( = Gwythyr) in the elegy was the same as the Penn son of Nethawc who fought with Gwythyr in CULHWCH AND OLWEN. It was rather elegant idea, and even provided an alternative interpretation for the 'pen kawell' of the elegy, viz. Kincavil in West Lothian.
Thus before I commit to what I have in my current books, I need to refresh my memory on why this theory proved unworkable. Probably I jettisoned it when I realized the whole Gwythyr episode takes place in Pictland (see https://mistshadows.blogspot.com/2020/04/creiddylad-not-goddess-welsh.html). But this is not sufficient justification, as a Nethawc of the Scottish Lowlands could easily have become confused with a similarly named figure in the Highlands.
Stay tuned!
NOTE:
Ah ha! I found why I decided against this notion...
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