Gwydion

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

Parentage

• parent: 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 latin · Gwydion · literarySon of Dôn; the great magician who conjures Blodeuwedd and an army of treesMath fab Mathonwy (primary)
• Gwydion fab Dôn Welsh · Gwydion fab Don · nameGwydion son of DonMath fab Mathonwy (Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi) (primary)

Relations

• sibling: AmaethonFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Dôn) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: GilfaethwyFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Dôn) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: GofannonFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Dôn) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

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