| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Manawyddan" | Welsh | A sea god |
| God name "Manawyddan" | Celtic / Welsh | Sea god. The counterpart of the Irish god MANANNAN. He is the consort of RHIANNON and is regarded as a skilled craftsman.... |
| Goddess name "Margawse" | British | Mother, aspect of the goddess British / Welsh |
| King name "Math fab Mathonwy" | Welsh | A king of Gwynedd who needed to rest his feet in the lap of a virgin unless he was at war, or he would die. Welsh |
| God name "Mathonwy" | Welsh | A benevolent ruler of the underworld akin to Beli, or perhaps that god himself under another title, for the name Math. Welsh |
| Goddess name "Modron" | Welsh | Divine Mother, one of the most powerful of the Celtic mother goddesses. She may have been the prototype of Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legend. Welsh |
| Goddess name "Modron (another)" | Celtic / Welsh | Mother goddess. The mother of MABON, whom she subsequently loses. Her cult is closely linked with that of Mabon and she may originally have been one of the aspects of the goddess(es) MORRIGAN. In Christian times some authors believe that she became St. Madrun.... |
| Goddess name "Morrigu" | British | Crone aspect of the goddesses who were a trinity responsible for war and ghosts British / Ireland / Welsh |
| Demon name "Morvran (sea crow)" | Celtic / Welsh | Local god of war. The son of CERIDWEN and TEGID FOEL. Legend has it that he was extremely ugly and that his mother tried to imbue him with wisdom by preparing a special brew of inspiration. It was drunk by Gwion. Morvran was invincible in battle because his enemies thought him a demon.... |
| God name "Nuada" | Irish | Silver Arm a king of the Tuatha De Danann. He is cognate with the Gaulish and British god Nodens. His Welsh equivalent is Nudd or Lludd Llaw Eraint. Irish |
| Hero name "Nudd or Lud Lludd Llaw Eraint" | Welsh | Nudd or Lud Lludd Llaw Eraint, "Lludd of the Silver Hand", son of Beli Mawr, a legendary hero. Welsh |
| Goddess name "Olwen" | Welsh | A daughter of the king of the Giants and goddess of summer and war. Welsh |
| God name "Pen Anniwen" | Celtic / Welsh | underworld god. Virtually synonymous with PWYLL and PRYDERI.... |
| God name "Pen Annwen" | Welsh | An underworld god almost synonymous with Pwyll & Pryderi |
"Pryderi" | Welsh | The personification of anxiety and a custodian of the cauldron of reincarnation in Caer Pedryfan in Annwn, the Welsh underworld. Welsh |
| God name "Pryderi" | Celtic / Welsh | Chthonic god. The son of PWYLL and RHIANNON. According to tradition, he was abducted as an infant from his cradle by a huge talon or claw, with the implication that the abduction was instigated by an adversary from the underworld, perhaps the family of Gwawl, a rejected suitor of Rhiannon. Pryderi was found in a stable and rescued by Teirnyon, who brought the child up as his son. Eventually the true parents of Pryderi were identified and he was returned to his family. His consort is Cigfa and he succeeded Pwyll to the title Lord of Dyfed.'... |
| King name "Pwyll" | Welsh | In the tale of Pwyll, the earliest reference to Annwn, the Welsh mythological otherworld, occurs. It is ruled by Arawn, at war with Hafgan. Arawn obtains the help of Pwyll by exchanging kingdoms with him for a year, and Pwyll defeats Hafgan. Welsh |
| God name "Pwyll" | Celtic / Welsh | Chthonic god. The so-called Lord of Dyfed who, according to tradition, brought the pig to Wales having received it as a gift from ARAWN, the underworld god. He earned the reward by substituting for Arawn and fighting his enemy Hafgan, in payment for an unintended slight to Arawn, whom he met one day while out hunting. His consort is RHIANNON and his son is PRYDERI.... |
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