Cabal
Also called Cavall, Cafal, Cafall.
Cabal is Arthur's hunting hound in early Welsh tradition, remembered chiefly for the great boar hunt and for a footprint he left in a stone that cannot be carried away.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Welsh folklore
- Region
- Wales (place of origin)
Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Behaviour
- Draws band of heroes to hunt it
why
The first is the long hunt for a monstrous boar, a chase that crosses whole regions and in which the hound plays a part alongside a large company of named men and animals.
Sight and sound
- Large footprints left behind
why
a footprint he left in a stone
Utility powers
- Keen scent
why
The first is the long hunt for a monstrous boar, a chase that crosses whole regions and in which the hound plays a part alongside a large company of named men and animals.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Trickster carries
2 citations
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Cabal."
- Wirt Sikes, British Goblins, p. 4.
- Hero meets
2 citations
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Cabal."
- Wirt Sikes, British Goblins, p. 4.