Bleiddwn

Bleiddwn (from the Welsh blaidd, "Wolf") appears in the fourth of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi and is one of the three sons of Gwydion and Gilfaethwy. As punishment for the rape of Goewin, Math banished his nephews, turning them into a breeding pair of deer for a year, then wolves, and finally pigs. They had three children over the three years: Hyddwn, Hychddwn, and Bleiddwn. Bleiddwn is the offspring of the wolf pairing. Math took him and transformed him into a human being, baptising him Bleiddwn ("Wolf-man").

References

Ifans,Dafydd & Rhiannon, Y Mabinogion (Gomer 1980) ISBN 1-85902-260-X

Celtic mythology series

Welsh mythology

Texts and tales

Four Branches of the Mabinogi	Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed Branwen ferch Llŷr Manawydan fab Llŷr Math fab Mathonwy

Arthurian	Culhwch ac Olwen Preiddeu Annwfn Iarlles y Ffynnon Geraint ac Enid Peredur fab Efrog Breuddwyd Rhonabwy Gereint filius Erbin

Other	Ystoria Taliesin Cad Goddeu Trioedd Ynys Prydain Breuddwyd Macsen Englynion y Beddau Giant tales Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys

Characters

Animals and
creatures

Locations

Annwn
Cornwall (Celliwig)
Caer Sidi
Cantre'r Gwaelod
Dyfed (Arberth, Gwales)
Gwynedd (Aberffraw, Arfon, Ardudwy, Caer Dathyl)
Ireland
London (Ludgate)

Miscellaneous

Excalibur (Caledfwlch)
Cauldron of rebirth
Llech Ronw
Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain

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