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Dylan ail Don (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdəlan ˈail ˈdɔn]) (in Middle Welsh) is a character in the Welsh mythic Mabinogion tales, particularly in the fourth tale, "Math fab Mathonwy". The story of Dylan reflects ancient Celtic myths that were handed down orally for some generations before being written down during the early Christian period ...
She immediately gives birth to a son, Dylan ail Don, who takes to the sea. She also drops a scrap of life which Gwydion scoops up and incubates in a chest by his bed. Arianrhod is deeply shamed and angered so she utterly rejects the boy. She swears a doom upon him that he cannot have a name, nor warrior arms, unless she gives them to him.
However, as soon as Dylan came in contact with his baptismal waters, he plunged into the sea and took on characteristics of a sea creature, moving through the seawater as perfectly as any fish, thus earning his new name, Dylan ail Don, "Dylan second wave": "So they had the boy baptized, and as they baptized him he plunged into the sea. And ...
Gwydion suggests his sister, Arianrhod. To test her virginity, Math tells her to step over his magician's rod. On doing this, however, she immediately gives birth to a young boy, Dylan ail Don, and a blob-like entity which becomes Lleu Llaw Gyffes. Dylan is a sea spirit, who flees to the ocean immediately after he is baptized. Gwydion grabs ...
Dylan ail Don: Firstborn son of Arianrhod, who "took on the nature of the sea" and "swam as well as the best fish that was within." He was killed by his uncle Gofannon. Appears in Math fab Mathonwy and in the Death Song of Dylan, found in the Book of Taliesin. Lleu: Arianrhod's second son and Dylan's twin brother. Appears prominently in the ...
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The title therefore is antiquated and orphographically incorrect, and should be changed to "Dylan Eil Don" PS because of the grammatical law of mutation in Welsh, DY + LLANW becomes DY LANW Ive changed the explanation of Dylan's name to: ("great tide", from the prefix dy-, "great", and llanw, "tide")
Dylan is a given name and surname of Welsh origin. It means "son of the sea” or "born from the ocean". [1] Dylan ail Don was a character in Welsh mythology, but the popularity of Dylan as a given name in modern times arises from the poet Dylan Thomas and the american singer Bob Dylan. In Wales, it was the most popular Welsh name given to boys ...