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Arthur’s named spear in Welsh lists. Not the Holy Lance, not the Spear of Lugh, and not a generic staff.

Also known as Rhongomyniad

Celtic tradition

Rhongomiant appears in Celtic tradition.
Culhwch and Olwen in the Mabinogion names Rhongomiant among Arthur’s arms as the spear. A named Welsh Culhwch spear in that tale, not Gáe Bulg, not the Spear of Lugh, and not a generic lance dump.
from Anonymous (Welsh prose); Sioned Davies (translation) · The Mabinogion, medieval Welsh manuscripts; Davies trans. 2007
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The Mabinogion · Anonymous (Welsh prose); Sioned Davies (translation)
The Mabinogion, trans. Sioned Davies.