Blodeuwedd
Blodeuwedd in Welsh tradition
In Lady Charlotte Guest's 1877 English Mabinogion, Math and Gwydion form Blodeuwedd from blossoms as a wife for Lleu. She arranges an ambush with Gronw that wounds Lleu; Gwydion later transforms her into an owl.
SourceThe Mabinogion (Lady Charlotte Guest translation, 1877): Math, the Son of Mathonwy, pp. 425–426· The Mabinogion (Lady Charlotte Guest translation, 1877): Math, the Son of Mathonwy, p. 429· The Mabinogion (Lady Charlotte Guest translation, 1877): Math, the Son of Mathonwy, pp. 432–433
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Who is Blodeuwedd?
In Lady Charlotte Guest's 1877 English Mabinogion, Math and Gwydion form Blodeuwedd from blossoms as a wife for Lleu.
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- Lleu in the Math branch: wounding and restoration · on Lleu Llaw Gyffes
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