Gwydion

Magician son of Dôn, foster-father of Lleu, who with Math shapes Blodeuwedd from flowers.

Parentage

• Dôn

Children

• Blodeuwedd

Domains

• magic enchantment

Powers

• Conjure illusions, beasts and flower-women
• conjures illusory armies, ships and horses to deceive his enemies
• with Math conjures Blodeuwedd, a woman, from the flowers of oak, broom and meadowsweet
• sings the englyn that recalls the wounded eagle Lleu from the oak and restores his human form

Epithets

• the enchanter of Gwynedd
• Gwydion fab Dôn

Relations

• sibling: Amaethon
• sibling: Gilfaethwy
• sibling: Gofannon

Sources

• Pedair Cainc y Mabinogi, Fourth Branch (Math); Trioedd Ynys Prydein