Peredur son of Efrawg is one of the three Welsh Romances associated with the Mabinogion. Versions of the text survive in four manuscripts from the 14th century The central character of the tale is Peredur, son of Efrawg. As in Percival , the hero's father dies when he is young, and his mother takes him into the woods and raises him in isolation. Eventually he meets a group of knights and determines to become like them, so he travels to King Arthur's court. There he is ridiculed by Cei and sets out on further adventures, promising to avenge Cei's insults to himself and those who defended him. While travelling he meets two of his uncles, the first educates him in arms and warns him not to ask the significance of what he sees. The second replaces Chrétien's Fisher King, but instead of showing
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