Note 11 — Chapter XII · Race in Folklore and Myth
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In Welsh eli means ‘ointment,’ probably so called from spells pronounced over it when used as a remedy. In the Twrch Trwyth story (Oxford Mabinogion, p. 138) one of Arthur’s men bears the curious designation of Reidỽn uab Eli Atuer, which might be Englished ‘R. son of the Restoring Ointment,’ unless one should rather say ‘of the Restoring Enchantment.’ ↑