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Ceridwen or Cerridwen (pronounced [kɛrˈɪdwɛn] ⓘ Ke-RID-wen) was an enchantress in Welsh medieval legend. She was the mother of a hideous son, Mordfran, and a beautiful daughter, Creirwy . Her husband was Tegid Foel and they lived near Bala Lake ( Llyn Tegid ) in north Wales .
Ceridwen becomes pregnant, and when she gives birth she throws the child into the ocean in a leather bag. The bag is found by Elffin , son of Gwyddno Garanhir , who sees the boy's beautiful white brow and exclaims " dyma dal iesin " ("this is a radiant brow") Taliesin, thus named, begins to recite beautiful poetry.
Ceredwen (pronounced ker-ED-wen) is or was a Welsh musical duo comprising Andrew Fryer and Renee Gray who performed Celtic / new age music. [1] The name comes from the Celtic goddess of inspiration and legendary mother of Taliesin, King Arthur's bard and "Keeper of the Cauldron".
Ceridwen by Christopher Williams (1910) The Mabinogion (Welsh pronunciation: [mabɪˈnɔɡjɔn] ⓘ) is a collection of the earliest Welsh prose stories, compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, created c. 1350 –1410, as well as a few earlier fragments.
The Crone Cerridwen or Kerridwen, Ceridwen, Caridwen, (sometimes spelled with two r's), the Mother Goddess of corn, inspiration and keeper of the Cauldron of Knowledge; she is the symbol of the Witch and her name translates as "the Cauldron of Wisdom."
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Tegid Foel is the husband of Ceridwen in Welsh mythology.His name rendered into English would be "Tacitus the Bald". In folklore, Tegid Foel is associated with Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) in Gwynedd and may have been the tutelary deity of that lake.
Ceridwen Dovey (born 1980) is a South African and Australian author and social anthropologist. The winner of several awards, she is known for her first novel, Blood Kin (2007), and her 2014 short story collection, Only the Animals .