Adaon ab Taliesin     Adaon or Avaon, son of the chief of the
bards, and a bard himself, was also celebrated for his valour.
The Triads state that he was one of those three dauntless
chieftains who feared nothing in the day of the battle and
strife, but rushed onwards regardless of death.    This courage
and daring supported him through all the dangers of war. He fell
at length by the hand of an assassin, Llawgad Trwm Bargawd or
Llawgad Trwm Bargawd Eiddyn, whose name is preserved only as the
perpetrator of this crime.    The bold and determined character
of Adaon appears to have continued even after death, for there
is a Triad in which Avaon is spoken of as one of the grave-
slaughtering ones, so called for their having avenged their
wrongs from their graves.    None of his poetry is known to be
preserved, except the following which is given in the Englynion
y Clyweid.-Myv. Arch. I. 173.  "Hast thou heard what Avaon sang,
The son of Taliesin, of the recording verse? The cheek will not
conceal the anguish of t