Ceridwen
Welsh · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Enchantress who brews the cauldron of Awen and, after a shapeshifting chase, gives rebirth to Taliesin.
Children
Domains
- inspiration transformation
Powers
- Brew the cauldron of poetic inspiration
- Shapeshift through beast forms in pursuit
Epithets
- keeper of the Cauldron of Awen The enchantress whose cauldron brews the draught of poetic inspiration (awen); mother of TaliesinYstoria Taliesin (Hanes Taliesin) (primary)
Relations
- spouse: Tegid FoelReciprocal of welsh_tegid_foel.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
- ancestor of: TaliesinEnchantress of the cauldron of Awen; mother (by rebirth) of Taliesin, who already lists her as parent. Her husband Tegid Foel is unregistered.Ystoria Taliesin / Hanes Taliesin (Ceridwen swallows Gwion Bach and rebears him as Taliesin) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Ystoria Taliesin (Hanes Taliesin); Llyfr Taliesin (primary)