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{{Short description|Warrior in Welsh mythology}} '''Morfran''' ([[Middle Welsh]]: ''Moruran'' "cormorant"; literally "sea crow", from ''môr'', "sea", and ''brân'', "crow", from [[Common Brittonic]] *''mori-brannos'', as in [[French language|French]] ''cormoran'' < L ''corvus marinus'')<ref name="Zimmer2006">{{cite journal|last1=Zimmer|first1=Stephan|title=Some Names and Epithets in "Culhwch ac Olwen"|journal=Studi Celtici|date=2004|volume=3|page=176|url=https://www.academia.edu/4135527|access-date=14 February 2017}}</ref> is a figure in [[Welsh mythology]]. Usually portrayed as a warrior under [[King Arthur]], he is noted for the darkness of his skin and his hideousness. He appears in the narratives about the bard [[Taliesin]] and in the [[Welsh Triads]], where he is often contrasted with the angelically handsome [[Sanddef]].
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