Arianrhod ferch Dôn
Welsh deity-mother of Lleu Llaw Gyffes and Dylan ail Don in the canonical-Mabinogion Fourth Branch. Her name "silver-wheel" (arian "silver" + rhod "wheel") and the medieval-Welsh stellar-toponym Caer Arianrhod ("Castle of Arianrhod" — the medieval-Welsh name for Corona Borealis) anchor her cosmic-feminine deity-figure. The canonical-Welsh magic-wand magical-conception scene: Math's magic-wand virginity-test caused her to "drop" two children — Dylan ail Don (who immediately swam into the sea) and a small object (Lleu) which Gwydion gathered up and raised. Per the canonical-scholarly reading per Gruffydd 1928 and Williams 1951, the dropping reflects implicit-incestuous union with her brother Gwydion; the Fourth Branch text keeps this implicit-not-explicit. When Gwydion brought Lleu to her court, refused to recognize him; placed three tyngedau on him (no name unless she names him; no arms unless she arms him; no wife of any race on this earth) — all three circumvented by Gwydion and Math's combined trickery and conjuration. The canonical-Welsh cursing-mother-of-the-rejected-son narrative-paradigm. Her canonical-Mabinogion deity-mother role classifies her as deity-tier and makes her the divine parent for Lleu's strict ½-demigod classification.
Children
Domains
- mother of Lleu and Dylan
- stellar toponym Caer Arianrhod Corona Borealis
- three tyngedau cursing mother
Powers
- Lays binding fate-curses (tynghedau) on Lleu
Epithets
- Arianrhod ferch Dôn 'Silver-wheel, daughter of Dôn'; cf. the fortress Caer ArianrhodMath fab Mathonwy (Fourth Branch) (primary)
Relations
- mother: Dôn (canonical-Welsh divine matriarch of the Children-of-Dôn deity-cluster; sister of Math fab Mathonwy per the Fourth Branch uterine-nephew structure; not registered as standalone entry per the registry's deity-only-as-required-parent-anchor principle) · WelshMabinogion Fourth Branch — "Arianrhod ferch Dôn" matronymic (primary)
- sibling: Gwydion fab Dôn (canonical-Welsh deity-magician of the Fourth Branch; per the canonical-scholarly Gwydion-paternity reading of Triads/Cad Goddeu/Gruffydd 1928, also the implicit-incestuous father of Lleu through the magic-wand magical-conception scene; not registered as standalone entry per the registry's deity-only-as-required-parent-anchor principle, and the Gwydion-paternity reading is canonical-scholarly variant rather than registry-primary) · WelshMabinogion Fourth Branch (primary)
- sibling: Gilfaethwy fab Dôn, Amaethon fab Dôn, Gofannon fab Dôn (canonical-Welsh Children-of-Dôn deity-cluster siblings) · WelshMabinogion Fourth Branch; Cad Goddeu (primary)
- mother of: Lleu Llaw GyffesMabinogion Fourth Branch — the magic-wand magical-conception scene (primary)
- mother of: Dylan ail Don ("Dylan, second son of the Wave"; canonical-Welsh sea-figure who immediately took the sea's nature; killed by his uncle Gofannon by accident; canonically childless, no demigod offspring attested, not registered) · WelshMabinogion Fourth Branch (primary)