Bleiddwn
Wolf-man of Welsh mythology
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 pigs, and finally wolves. 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
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- Afallach
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- Blodeuwedd
- Bedwyr
- Bendigeidfran
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- Cai
- Caradog ap Bran
- Caswallawn
- Ceridwen
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- Creiddylad
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- Cynon
- Dôn
- Drudwas
- Dylan ail Don
- Dywel fab Erbin
- Edern ap Nudd
- Efnysien
- Elen
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- Eliwlod
- Eufydd
- Euroswydd
- Geraint
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- Gwern
- Gwrhyr
- Gwyddno Garanhir
- Gwydion
- Gwyn ap Nudd
- Gwythyr
- Gwalchmei
- Hafgan
- Hefeydd
- Hueil mab Caw
- Hychddwn
- Hyddwn
- Iddog ap Mynio
- Idris
- Llefelys
- Lleu
- Llŷr
- Lludd
- Llwyd
- Mabon
- Madoc ap Uthyr
- Macsen Wledig
- Mallt-y-Nos
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- Matholwch
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- Olwen
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- Rhiannon
- Saint Cyllin
- Saint Eigen
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