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Gods of Wales

House of Dôn

Anna – father: Joseph of Arimathea, partner: Beli Mawr, sons: Affalach, Caswallawn, Llefelys, Llud Llaw Eraint, daughter: Penarddun.

Amaethon – god of agriculture; father: Beli Mawr, mother: Dôn, brothers: Gilfaethwy, Govannon, Gwydion, half-brothers: Affalach, Caswallawn, Llefelys, Llud Llaw Eraint, sister: Arianrhod, half-sister: Penarddun.

Affalach – king of Avalon; father: Beli Mawr, mother: Anna, daughter: Modron (and nine others).

Arianrhod – goddess of stars and moon; father: Beli Mawr, mother: Dôn, brothers: Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, Govannon, Gwyion, partners: Gwydion, Lliaws, sons: Dylan ail Don, Lleu Llaw Gyffes, Gwanar, Gwenwynwyn.

Afarwy – one of the dishonoured men of Britain; father: Llud Llaw Eraint, son: Aregwed Foedawg.

Beli Mawr – ancestor of the house of Dôn, legendary king of Britain, god of death, light and recovery; father: Manogan, partners: Anna, Dôn, sons: Affalach, Caswallawn, Llefelys, Llud Llaw Eraint, Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, Govannon, Gwydion, daughters: Penarddun, Arianrhod; equivalent to: Bolgios.

Bleiddwn – sons of the wolves Gwydion and Gilfaethwy.

Blodeuwedd – goddess of spring; partners: Lleu Llaw Gyffes, Gronw Pebr.

Caswallawn – god of crafts and warfare; father: Beli Mawr, mother: Anna, brothers: Affalach, Llefelys, Llud Llaw Eraint, half-brothers: Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, Govannon, Gwydion, sister: Penarddun, half-sister: Arianrhod, partner: Fflur; equivalent to: Cassivellaunus.

Creiddylad – father: Llud Llaw Eraint, brothers: Avarwy, Edern ap Nud, Gwyn ap Nudd, partners: Gwyn ap Nudd, Gwythr ap Greidawl.

Dôn  mother goddess; father: Mathonwy, brother: Math ap Mathonwy, partner: Beli Mawr, sons: Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, Amaethon, Gofannon, daughter: Arianrhod; equivalent to: Dana.

Dylan Ail Don - god of sea and darkness; father: Gwydion, mother: Arianrhod, brother: Lleu Llaw Gyffes, half-brothers: Gwanar, Gwenwynwyn; killed by Govannon.

Edern ap Nudd - father: Llud Llaw Eraint, brother: Gwyn ap Nudd

Efnisien - god of discord; father: Euroswydd, mother: Penarddun, brother: Nisien, half-brothers: Bran, Manawydan, half-sister: Branwen

Euroswydd - partner: Penarddun, sons: Nisien, Efnysien .

Gilfaethwy - father: Beli Mawr, mother: Don, brothers: Amaethon, Gwydion, Govannon, half-brothers: Caswallawn, Llud Llaw Eraint, Llefelys, sister: Arianrhod, half-sister: Penarddun, partner: Gwydion, sons: Hyddwn, Hychddwn, Bleiddwn.

Govannon - god of blacksmiths; father: Beli Mawr, mother: Don, brothers: Gwydion, Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, half-brothers: Caswallawn, Llud Llaw Eraint, Llefelys, sister: Arianrhod, half-sister: Penarddun; equivalent to: Goibniu.

Gronw Pebr – lover Blodeuwedd.

Gwanar – son of Arianrhod en Lliaws

Gwenwynwyn – son of Arianrhod en Lliaws 

Gwydion ap Don – god of magic; father: Beli Mawr, mother: Dôn, brothers: Govannon, Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, half-brothers: Caswallawn, Llud Llaw Eraint, Llefelys, sister: Arianrhod, half-sister: Penarddun, partner: Gilfaethwy, sons: Hyddwn, Hychddwn, Bleiddwn, foster-son: Lleu Llaw Gyffes.

Gwyn ap Nudd – king of the underworld  / other world, conducted the dead, king of the elves; father: Llud Llaw Eraint, sister: (Creiddylad), partner: (Creiddylad); equivalent to: (Fionn mac Cumhail).

Gwythr ap Greidawl – rival of Gwyn ap Nudd; father: Greidawl, partner: Creiddylad

Hyddwn – son of the deer Gwydion and Gilfaethwy.

Hychddwn – son of the boars Gwydion en Gilfaethwy.

Llefelys – king of France, god of speech and wisdom; father: Beli Mawr, mother: Anna, brothers: Caswallawn, Llud Llaw Eraint, half-brothers: Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, Govannon, Gwydion, sister: Pereddun, half-sister: Arianrhod; equivalent to: (Ogma) (Lugh).

Lleu Llaw Gyffes - mother: Arianrhod, brother: Dylan Ail Don, half-brothers: Gwanar, Gwenwynwyn, partner: Blodeuwedd; equivalent to: Lugh.

Llud (/Nudd) Llaw Eraint – king of Britain, god of war, the Tames ; father: Beli Mawr, mother: Don, brothers: Llefelys, Caswallawn, half-brothers: Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, Govannon, Gwydion, sister: Penarddun, half-sister: Arianrhod, sons: Gwyn ap Nudd, Edern ap Nudd, (Nwyfre), (Avarwy), (Afleth), daughter: Creiddylad; equivalent to: Nuada.

Lliaws ap Nwyfre – partner: Arianrhod, sons: Gwenwynwyn en Gwanar.

Mabon ap Modron – god of hunt, (music, love, fertility, the seasons); mother: Modron, (half-brother: Owain, half-sister: Morvydd,); equivalent to: Aengus mac Og.

Math ap Mathonwy – god of the (rich people of the) underworld, magic, king of Gwynedd in the Mabinogion; father: Mathonwy, sister: Don, partner: Goewin.

Mathonwy – (god of the underworld); son: Math ap Mathonwy, daughter: Dôn.

Modron – mother goddess; father: Affaloch, partner: (Meldos / Mellt, Urien), son(s): Mabon, (Owain), (daughter: Morvydd); equivalent to: Morgan le Fay, (Morrigan), (Rhiannon).

Nisien - god of harmony; father: Euroswydd, mother: Penarddun, brother: Efnisien, half-brothers: Bran, Manawydan, half-sister: Branwen.

Penarddun – (goddess of the earth); father: Beli Mawr, mother: Anna, brothers: Affalach, Caswallawn, Llefelys, Llud Llaw Eraint, half-brothers: Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, Govannon Gwydion,, half-sister: Arianrhod, partner: Llyr, Euroswyd, sons: Bran, Manawydan, Nisien, Efnisien, daughter: Branwen; equivalent to: Eriu.

House of Llyr

Bran the Blessed– a giant, king of Britain; father: Llyr, mother: Penarddun, brother: Manawydan, half-brothers: Efnisien, Nisien, sister: Branwen, son: Caradog ap Bran.

Branwen – goddess of love, beauty, (war); father: Llyr, mother: Penarddun, brothers: Bran, Manawydan, half-brothers: Efnisien, Nisien, partner: Matholwch, son: Gwern.

Caradog ap Bran – the leader of the seven stewards of Britain; father: Bran.

Cigva – partner: Pryderi.

Gwawl ap Clud – fiancé of Rhiannon.

Hefeyd – father of Rhiannon.

Llyr – god of the sea; partner: Penarddun, sons: Bran, Manawydan, daughter: Branwen; equivalent to: Lir (Llwyr).

Manawydan – king of Britain, god of sea, wisdom, patience; father: Llyr, mother: Penarddun, brother: Bran, half-brothers: Nisien, Efnisien, sister: Branwen, partner: Rhiannon; equivalent to: Manannan mac Lir; killed by: (Caswallawn).

Manogan: father of Beli Mawr.

Matholwch – king of Ireland; partner: Branwen, son: Gwern.

Pryderi – king of Dyfed (reincarnation of Mabon); father: Pwyll, foster-fathers: Teyrnon, Manawydan, mother: Rhiannon, partner: Cigva; killed by: Gwydion ap Don.

Pwyll pen Annwfn / Pwyll penduc Dyfed – king of Dyfed; partner: Rhiannon, son: Pryderi.

Rhiannon – goddess of horses (from the otherworld), (aspect of Modron / a mother goddess); father: Hefeyd, partners: Pwyll, Manawydan, son: Pryderi,; equivalent to: Macha, Epona.

Teyrnon – foster-father of Pryderi.

House of Tegid Foel

Afagddu (Morfran) – very ugly; father: Tegid Foel, mother: Ceridwen, brothers: (Morfran), Taliesin, sister: Crearwy, partner: Cyhyraeth; equivalent to: Donn

Ceridwen – sorceress; partner: Tegid Foel, Gwion Bach, sons: Afagddu, (Morfran), Taliesin, daughter: Crearwy.

Cyhyraeth equivalent to: Banshee

Elphin – king of Caredigion; father: Gwyddno Garanhir, foster-son: Taliesin.

Gwion Bach – partner: Ceridwen, son: Taliesin.

Gwyddno Garanhir – king of Cantref Gwaelod; son: Elphin.

Morfran (Afagddu) – very ugly; father: Tegid Foel, mother: Ceridwen, brother: (Afagddu), Taliesin, sister: Crearwy, partner: Cyhyraeth.

Taliesin – bard and seer; father: Gwion Bach, foster-father: Elphin, mother: Ceridwen, brother: Afagddu, (Morfran), zus: Crearwy; equivalent to: Fion mac Cumhail.

Tegid Foel – a giant; partner: Ceridwen, son: Afagddu, (Morfran), daughter: Crearwy.

Without a house

Arawn – lord of the otherworld, leader of the wild hunt.

Culwch – father: Cilydd, mother: Goleudydd, stepmother: the wife of king Doged, partner: Olwen.

Cymidei Cymeinfoll – keeps the cauldron of rebirth, goddess of war; partner: Llasar Llaes Gyfnewid.

Hafgan – king of the underworld; killed by: Pwyll.

Helen - father: Eudaf, brothers: Kynan, Adeon, partner: Macsen Wledig, sons: Cystennin, Peblig.

Llasar Llaes Gyfnewid – keeps the cauldron of rebirth; partner: Cymidei Cymeinfoll.

Llwyd ap Cil Coed – lord of the underworld.

Murigen (Morgan) – goddess of lakes, tide.

Myrddin Wyllt – prophet and madman; sister: Gwendydd; equivalent to: Merlijn.

Olwen - father: Ysbadadden, partner: Culhwch.

Ysbadadden – a giant; daughter: Olwen.

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