Gwydion
Welsh · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity
Magician son of Dôn, foster-father of Lleu, who with Math shapes Blodeuwedd from flowers.
Parentage
Children
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