Culhwch won Olwen's hand after Arthur's warband fulfilled the forty impossible tasks set by her father Ysbaddaden, whose death was foretold upon her marriage.
Culhwch came to Arthur's court and invoked his kinship to claim a boon — Arthur pledged his warband to help win Olwen, sending Cei, Bedwyr, and his finest warriors to fulfil the impossible tasks set by the Chief Giant Ysbaddaden.
When every impossible task was fulfilled and no excuse remained, Culhwch's kinsman Goreu fab Custennin seized Ysbaddaden by the hair and struck his head from his shoulders, ending the Chief Giant's life as the prophecy had foretold.
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