The Tale of Taliesin

Take a little parsley, a touch of ivy, lots of garlic, and a few other ingredients, boil them together in a huge cauldron for a year and a day, and you have the perfect spell. What spell? One to make the stupid wise and the one that Ceridwen the witch uses for her ugly, obnoxious and thoroughly unpleasant son in the hopes of turning him into the world’s wisest wizard, a man so skilled that he will be accepted into the court of any king.
Unfortunately for Ceridwen, things do not go according to plan and the benefit of the bubbling brew fall on Gwion. Feeling Ceridwen’s wrath, Gwion turns into a seed, only to be eaten by the enraged witch. Nine months later, Taliesin is born, wisest of the wise and an adept poet and trickster. He is soon called upon to prove his skills in the court of the conceited King Maelgwn. And then the fun really begins…