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In Celtic mythology, Gwydion was a son of Beli and Danu. He helped Gilfaethwy rape Goewin, Math ap Mathonwy's foot-holder. He accomplished this by stealing Pryderi of Dyfed's pigs, thus sending Math away to fight a war. Gwydion and Gilfaethwy were supposed to be with him, but they snuck back. Gwydion forced Goewin to stay with Gilfaethwy and he raped her. She told Math, and he turned them into animals. Gwydion was, for one year each, a stag, sow and wolf. Gilfaethwy was, for one year each, a hind, boar and she- wolf. Each year, they had a child together and Math turned the three children into people.During the Battle of Cath Godeau , Gwydion turned trees into warriors, thus winning the war begun by his brother, Amaethon.
Gwydion raised his nephew, who was born a blob. The blob was placed in a chest by Gwydion. Arianrhod, the blob's mother, created three geases: only she could give him a name; only she could give him weapons; he would have no human wife. Arianrhod denied him the three aspects of masculinity. Gwydion raised him anyway, even without a name. Later Arianrhod saw him killing a wren with a single stone. She said that he was a bright lion with a sure hand and he took the name Llew Llaw GyffesIn Celtic mythology, Llew Llaw Gyffes was born a blob, a son of Arianrhod and brother of Dylan. The blob was placed in a chest by Gwydion, Arianrhod's brother. Arianrhod created three geases: only she could give him a name; only she could give him weapons ("bright lion with a sure hand"). Gwydion then tricked her into arming him. Llew created his own woman out of flowers, BlodeuweddIn Celtic mythology, Blodeuwedd was a woman made by flowers by Llew Llaw Gyffes, who could not marry a human woman. Blodeuwedd had an affair with Goronwy and tricked the secret of his death out of him, since Llew could not be killed during the day or nigh. After Llew Llaw Gyffes was killed by Blodeuwedd, Gwydion resurrected Llew and turned her into an owlStrigidae Tytonidae An owl is any of some 200+ species of solitary nocturnal birds of prey in the order Strigiformes . Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found on all the Ear.
In Lloyd AlexanderLloyd (Chudley) Alexander (born January 30, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is the author of a number of fantasy books for children and adolescents, as well as several adult novels. Probably his most famous contribution to the field of children's fant's Chronicles of PrydainThe Chronicles of Prydain is a five volume series of children's fantasy novels by Lloyd Alexander. The stories follow the adventures of a young man named Taran, who has been awarded the honorific of Assistant Pig-Keeper but dreams of being a great hero, a, a series of fantasyFor other definitions of fantasy see Fantasy (psychology). In literature, fantasy is a form of fiction, usually novels or short stories, though fantasy role-playing games comic books and movies are also popular. In its broadest sense, "Fantasy Fiction" co novels inspired by Welsh myths, there is a character named Gwydion, who is based somewhat on the Gwdion of myth, but is markedly different in terms of moral character.
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