There is an old Welsh fable told of a dog that had belonged to Llywelyn the Great, a Prince of Gwynedd in the 13th century. He had been given the dog as a gift from King John of England.
Prince Llywelyn's wife had passed away and the dog was charged with watching the cradle of the Prince's baby when he went hunting.
After one particular hunting trip the prince had returned home to find the cradle of the baby overturned and the bedding and the floor covered in blood.
With the baby missing and seeing his dog with blood covering his mouth the Prince plunged his sword into the dog thinking that he had killed the baby.
The dog's dying yelp was answered by a child's cry. The prince searched and found the baby unharmed lying near the dead body of a mighty wolf. The dog had actually been protecting the baby as his owner had desired.
It is said that the Prince was filled with such remorse that he never smiled again.
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