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as sacred weapons given to him by God: "the sacred weapons that God had given him: Rhongomiant his spear, Caledfwlch a sword, and
Carnwennan his dagger" (Bromwich's translation).
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Its name is sometimes given as "Carnwenhau" which comes from mistaken transcriptions of the handwritten texts.
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