Nightbringer | The Arthurian Online Encyclopedia

Spotted Ox


An ox owned by Gwlwlwyd Chestnut Hair in Culhwch and Olwen.

As one of his tasks, the warrior Culhwch had to obtain this ox and yoke it together with another of Gwlwlwyd’s oxen, the Yellow Pale-White Ox.

It may be related to the Speckled Ox mentioned in The Spoils of Annwn.


Source
Culhwch and Olwen | Late 11th century