Also known as Don
Dôn () is an ancestor figure in Welsh legend and literature. She is typically given as the mother of a group known as the "Children of Dôn", including Gwydion, Arianrhod, and Gilfaethwy, among many others. However, antiquarians of the early modern era generally considered Dôn a male figure.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Welsh
- Deity.name
- Dôn
- Deity.deity_of
- Ancestral Mother of the House of Dôn
- Deity.cult_center
- Wales
- Deity.consort
- Beli Mawr
- Deity.parents
- Mathonwy
- Deity.siblings
- Math fab Mathonwy and Goewin
- Deity.offspring
- Penarddun, Arianrhod, Amaethon, Gofannon, Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, and Nudd,
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Irish
- Deity.equivalent1
- Danu
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Child
- Lludd Llaw Eraint
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- Clavulinopsis helvola
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- The House of Dôn
- In astronomy
- Etymology & Proto-Indo-European Origins
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Dôn () is an ancestor figure in Welsh legend and literature. She is typically given as the mother of a group known as the "Children of Dôn", including Gwydion, Arianrhod, and Gilfaethwy, among many others. However, antiquarians of the early modern era generally considered Dôn a male figure.
==The House of Dôn==
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