Blodeuwedd
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thumb|right|Blodeuwedd by Christopher Williams (Welsh artist)|Christopher Williams (1930) Blodeuwedd (; Welsh "Flower-Faced", a composite name from blodau "flowers" + gwedd "face"), is married to Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology. She was made from the flowers of broom, meadowsweet and oak by the magicians Math and Gwydion, and is a central figure in Math fab Mathonwy, the last of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.
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- Role in Welsh tradition
- In literature
- Notes
thumb|right|Blodeuwedd by Christopher Williams (Welsh artist)|Christopher Williams (1930) Blodeuwedd (; Welsh "Flower-Faced", a composite name from blodau "flowers" + gwedd "face"), is married to Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology. She was made from the flowers of broom, meadowsweet and oak by the magicians Math and Gwydion, and is a central figure in Math fab Mathonwy, the last of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.
==Role in Welsh tradition==
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