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Meaning
Probably means "born of trees" from Old
Welsh guid "trees" and the suffix gen "born of".
In the Fourth
Branch of the Mabinogi [1],
Gwydion is the nephew of
King Math of
Gwynedd, and like him a powerful magician.
In an elaborate plot to give his brother a chance to rape his uncle's footbearer, he arranged a war between
Gwynedd and the neighbouring kingdom of Dyfed.
Gwydion himself killed
King Pryderi of Dyfed at the end of the war.
In punishment for the rape,
Math transformed
Gwydion and his brother into different animals over the course of three years.
Gwydion was the uncle of
Lleu Llaw Gyffes, whom he fostered.
Math and
Gwydion fashioned
Lleu a wife,
Blodeuwedd, out of flowers and they later aided him after her betrayal.
Gwydion also appears
In older
Welsh poetry such as the Book of
Taliesin.
Origin
Welsh, Welsh Mythology