In #Wales the fertility god #Amaethon was a human farmer able to make even the most unlikely wastelands bloom. He owned a dog, a deer, and a lapwing that he stole from the king of Annwn, the #Otherworld, suggesting that the source of this world’s abundance rests in the mysterious realm beyond. This relatively obscure god was one of the children of the mother goddess Dôn.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Amaethon, Welsh god of farming, brother to Gwydion the master magician, both found in the #Mabinogion. Together they used sorcery to w…
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In #Wales the fertility god #Amaethon was a human farmer able to make even the most unlikely wastelands bloom. He owned a dog, a deer, and a lapwing that he stole from the king of Annwn, the #Otherworld, suggesting that the source of this world’s abundance rests in the mysterious realm beyond. This relatively obscure god was one of the children of the mother goddess Dôn.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Amaethon, Welsh god of farming, brother to Gwydion the master magician, both found in the #Mabinogion. Together they used sorcery to win the "Battle of the Trees". He was instrumental in union of Culhwch & Olwen, legend behind Hunting the Giant's Daughter
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