Eldol

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Eldol is a legendary king in Celtic folklore, from Britain. Eldol (Welsh: Eidol mab Arthmael) is a legendary king of Britain recorded in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136). In Geoffrey's pseudo‑historical chronology he came to power in 155 BC and was succeeded by Redion; surviving sources treat him as a literary/regnal figure rather than a supernatural being.

Origin

Eldol appears as a named ruler within Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136), a 12th‑century pseudo‑historical chronicle that constructs an extended regnal history of Britain. Geoffrey's work places Eldol in a continuous sequence of British kings and assigns him an accession date of 155 BC. The surviving references treat Eldol as a literary/regnal entry in Geoffrey's chronology rather than as an origin myth or supernatural progenitor. A 6th‑century hero named Eidol is mentioned in The Gododdin, but the supplied sources state that this earlier figure is unlikely to be the source for Geoffrey's Eldol and caution against confusing Eldol with other similarly named characters in Geoffrey's work (for example, Eldol, Consul of Gloucester).

Appearance

The available sources do not provide any physical or anthropomorphic description of Eldol. No contemporary or later details of age, stature, dress, heraldry, or other visible markers are supplied in the cited excerpts; Eldol is attested only as a regnal name in Geoffrey's list of kings.

Abilities

Sources do not attribute supernatural powers or special abilities to Eldol. He is presented as a human monarch in a literary chronology; the only behavioural/regnal detail in the provided excerpts is that he 'came to power in 155 BC' and was succeeded by Redion. No deeds, laws, battles, miracles, or moral character assessments are recorded in the supplied material.

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Sources
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    Eldol (Wikipedia). Wikipedia: Eldolwiki
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    Wikidata entry for Eldol. Wikidata: Q3721221other
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