Gwythr Hot!

Use him in stories about cyclical time, ritual combat, or the cost of divine judgment.

Their yearly combat on May Day mirrors the ancient Holly King and Oak King mythologies, where two forces battle for supremacy as the wheel of the year turns. The fact that neither can truly "win" until the end of time emphasizes the necessity of both seasons in the natural order. Gwythr in the Mabinogion gwythr