Category: Manawydan

The Children of Llŷr

Post author By Bogatyr
Post date February 13, 2020
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The Plant Llŷr, the Children of Llŷr, are the last of the Three Great Families of Welsh myth for us to consider. They teach us about leadership, and about human society under the rule of the Gods.

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A severed head on a round table

Post author By Bogatyr
Post date January 22, 2020
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In the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, Brân the Blessed, the giant and King of Britain, is mortally wounded whilst rescuing his sister Branwen from her abusive husband, the King of Ireland. He tells his companions, the seven survivors of that brutal expedition, to cut off his head.