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Definition of Gwydion
1. Noun. Celtic sky god; a magician; giver of arts and civilization.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gwydion
Literary usage of Gwydion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1870)
"Gwydion vainly wanders through the land in search of him, until he comes to the
house ... said Gwydion. 'Every day when the sty is opened she goeth forth, ..."
2. Handbook of the Operas by Edith Bertha Ordway (1917)
"As Gwydion stands watching Math, he revives and Gwyd- ion supports him. Math,
dying, tells Gwydion that it was by worth that magic could not break that ..."
3. The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory (1829)
"Then came they,Gwydion and his son, towards the camp of ... said Gwydion, " we,
I and thou, will go on an errand tomorrow ..."
4. Josef Holbrooke and His Work by George Lowe (1920)
"Soon Gwydion, too, arrives, but eventually decides not to betray ... Gwydion and
Elan are then left alone, and the latter begs the former to become her ..."
5. The Mythology of the British Islands: An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend by Charles Squire (1905)
"There is no mention, in later myth, of Gwydion. That greatest of the sons of Don
has fallen out, and vanished without a sign. ..."
6. The Mabinogion by Charlotte Schreiber, Charlotte Guest (1906)
"said Gwydion. " Every day, when the sty is opened, she goeth forth and none can
... "Wilt thou grant unto me," said Gwydion, "not to open the sty until I am ..."
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