Modron ("mother") is a figure in Welsh tradition, known as the mother of the hero Mabon ap Modron. Both characters may have derived from earlier divine...
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Mabon ap Modron is a prominent figure from Welsh and wider Brythonic literature and mythology, the son of Modron and a member of Arthur's war band. Both...
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portrays him as the son of King Urien of Gorre and of either the enchantress Modron or the sorceress Morgan le Fay. The historical Owain mab Urien, the basis...
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attested throughout northern Europe). The name of Welsh mythological figure Modron, mother of Mabon, is derived from the same etymon (and Mabon has a cognate...
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According to a medieval Welsh triad, Afallach was the father of the goddess Modron. The Welsh redactions of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae...
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Arianrhod Blodeuwedd Branwen Ceridwen Creiddylad Creirwy Dôn Gwenhwyfar Modron - possible derivation of Dea Matrona Nimue Olwen Rhiannon Afallach Amaethon...
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Morgan le Fay was often thought to have originally been the Welsh goddess Modron or Irish the Morrígan. Many of these identifications come from the speculative...
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is belief so strong it can shape reality".: 99 In a review of The Great Modron March, Backstab magazine contributor Philippe Tessier called the presentation...
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Britain, he was equated with Apollo. The Welsh mythological figure Mabon ap Modron is apparently derived from Maponos, who by analogy we may suggest was the...
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latter gives his mother as Nefyn ferch Brychan Brycheiniog, and his wife as Modron ferch Afallach. Likewise, his killing at the hands of Llofan Llaw Ddifo...
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