Who is Dai and Cyfartha from How Green Was My Valley and what is their importance? How_Green_Was_My_Valley English & Literature Dai and Cyfartha | How Green Was My Valley

Devoted to their friendship with one another, Dai and Cyfartha are huge, burly coal miners who are also both prize fighters. They teach Huw at a young age how to box, and beat Huw's teacher for hurting Huw. They are good men and hard workers who enjoy their drink. At a traveling stage play they fight back the self-righteous protestors, as well as protecting Huw from trouble. After Dai is blinded by a mining accident, the two buy the Three Bells public house, which Dai tends while Cyfartha continues to work in the colliery.