_Cassek Gwenwyn_ (Vol. iv., p. 269.).--I learn from the dictionaries of
Walters and Owen, that _casec gwanwyn_, mare of spring, means a
woodpecker. And the more curious part of the name is confirmed by Llwyd,
who calls a woodpecker _casec drychin_, mare of storms. But here I read
that _casec gwenwyn_, mare of poison, means a screech-owl. Of this I
have not elsewhere found anything. Therefore I ask for more information;
to save me from the heresy of thinking that that woman was turned into a
woodpecker. In what country and language does _mara_ mean a screech-owl?