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	Gwion Bach
		According to the Hanes Taliesin, Gwion Bach ap Gwreang was from Llanfair in Caereinion in Powys, and was forced by Cerridwen to stir the Cauldron of Inspiration for a year and a day while she brewed a magic potion of inspiration.
		The story of Gwion Bach is similar to that of how Fionn found knowledge; under the tutelege of Fintan, young Demne watched over the cooking of the Salmon of Knowledge; fat from the fish struck Demne on the thumb, which he quickly put in his mouth out of instinct.
		This is alluded to in Gwion's act of sticking his thumb in his mouth, causing enlightenment, but there is no futher reference to imbas forosnai in the stories of Taliesin.
	www.maryjones.us /jce/gwion.html (283 words)

	Cerridwen & Gwion Bach
		Gwion saw with his newfound knowledge exactly what was and what would happen when Cerridwen caught him.
		She got above Gwion and was just about to dive and catch him when he spotted some grains of wheat hidden among the chaff in a farmyard.
		Gwion changed his form into a grain of wheat and fell among the chaff.
	www.dragonskeepfarm.com /Bardic/Cerridwen.htm (1113 words)

	Gwion gwion image - Aboriginal Art Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This image is based on a Gwion Gwion figure in a rock shelter in the west Kimberley of northern Western Australia, on country of the Ngarinyin people.
		Gwion Gwion is the name of a long-beaked bird which pecks at the rock face to catch insects, and pecks into tissue, sometimes drawing blood.
		In Ngarinyin cosmology the Gwion Gwion started out as a spirit-man. He cracked open rocks to reveal the stone tools locked inside, the gimbu (knife), spear point and axe.
	www.aboriginalartonline.com /gwion.html (324 words)

	BBC - Wales History - The life of Taliesin the bard
		Ceridwen brews a potion to make him handsome and wise, and Gwion Bach is given the job of stirring it in a cauldron over a fire for a year and a day.
		Gwion assumes the shape of a fish and jumps into a river; his mother becomes an otter.
		Gwion turns into a bird; she becomes a hawk and continues her chase.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/history/sites/myths-customs/pages/myth-taliesyn.shtml (664 words)

	The Gift of the Magi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Gwion surveys the room and spies a table between two armchairs directly in front of the fire that will be most excellent to rest the pot of cocoa on.
		Gwion inclines his head solemnly, but there is a wicked glint in his eyes that belies any solemnity the harper may feign.
		Gwion, like the fair fighter he is, stands there and takes it with a smile that, had he been feline, would no doubt have lent itself to having a few feathers dangling out of the corners of his mouth.
	gramarye.freehosting.net /tdir/present.htm (9241 words)

	Cauldron of Changes
		For all that year little Gwion stirred and stirred the simmering brew with a great wooden spoon, spending his days feeding the fire with twigs and dead leaves, and his nights keeping warm by its flickering flames, until the time had almost come when the magical brew was ready.
		Gwion first becomes a creature of the earth as the hare, then of water as the fish, of air as the bird, and lastly as a fiery spark of potential life, symbolized by the grain of wheat.
		Gwion’s later identity is prefigured in his first name: Gwion—and Fionn—both derive from a root word meaning "white" or "shining." In essence, he represents the soul, which is often portrayed as a shining light: as the Earth orbits the Sun, so is the soul the great light at the center of our egoic self.
	www.chalicecentre.net /cauldron.htm (2210 words)

	A Tale of Ceridwen and Owain
		Because Gwion had instigated the myth that Owain's magic sword could only be used in a battle of righteousness and the battles that he fought with my brothers were for ruthless subjugation of neighbouring lands he had to have a plain sword forged to use in battle.
		Gwion left making Owain promise that if ever he needed him in a crisis that he was to get word to him and he would come immediately.
		Gwion was a witness to this encounter and it was he who told me that Owain had the advantage and should have struck a mortal blow to Medreut but froze in the attack and allowed Medreut to deal the fatal blow.
	home.swiftdsl.com.au /~webmastery/journey/ceridwen.html (4672 words)

	Cauldron of Changes
		For all that year little Gwion stirred and stirred the simmering brew with a great wooden spoon, spending his days feeding the fire with twigs and dead leaves, and his nights keeping warm by its flickering flames, until the time had almost come when the magical brew was ready.
		Gwion first becomes a creature of the earth as the hare, then of water as the fish, of air as the bird, and lastly as a fiery spark of potential life, symbolized by the grain of wheat.
		Gwion’s later identity is prefigured in his first name: Gwion—and Fionn—both derive from a root word meaning "white" or "shining." In essence, he represents the soul, which is often portrayed as a shining light: as the Earth orbits the Sun, so is the soul the great light at the center of our egoic self.
	www.celticspirit.org /cauldron.htm (2210 words)

	Cerridwen Gwion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Gwion was a young mortal boy in Cerridwen's household.
		Just as she was about to grab him, Gwion, having received the power to transform himself from the potion, turned himself into a hare.
		Now Gwion was very tired, so he fell to the earth and became a stalk of wheat in a field.
	home.earthlink.net /~yvonr/pagan/tales/cergwi.html (406 words)

	The Rebirth of Gwion
		Gwion jumped into a river, changing into a fish as he did so; Cerridwen took the shape of an otter.
		Next, Gwion tried to escape by air in a bird's form, but his pursuer followed him in the guise of a hawk.
		Despairing of escaping as an animal, he transformed himself into a grain of winnowed wheat, hoping to be lost among all the other grains on the floor.
	www.fables.org /crown_thistle/gwion.shtml (476 words)

	Cerridwen
		To compensate her son for bestowing such a body on him, the goddess brewed a magical formula that would make her son the most brilliant and inspired of men.
		Gwion changed himself into a hare; Cerridwen pursued him as a greyhound.
		So they ran: he as a fish, she as an otter; he as a bird, she as a hawk; he as a grain of wheat, she as a hen.
	www.hranajanto.com /goddessgallery/cerridwen.html (398 words)

	Pair Cerridwen. The Cauldron of Cerridwen
		Finally, Cerridwen in the form of a hen, swallowed Gwion in the shape of a grain of corn.
		She brews for her son, and sets little Gwion to guard the cauldron; but three drops fall out upon his finger, and he absorbs the potency of the brew.
		The goddess then pursues Gwion through a cycle of changing shapes, which correspond both to totem animals and to the turning of the seasons; this theme is related to that of Mabon and Merlin, in which a divine youth is associated with the orders and creatures of Creation.
	www.tylwythteg.com /Entrance/pair-cerridwen-1.html (1450 words)

	Gwion ~ Other Characters in Arthurian Legend \| King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table
		Gwion eventually changed himself into a grain of wheat and she changed herself into a hen and swallowed him.
		A certain similarity may be noted between Gwion and the Irish hero Finn (Fionn) mac Cool, who sucked his thumb when some of the essence of the Salmon of Knowledge was on it.
		Graves considers that Gwion was a historical person who discovered poetic mysteries and began to compose poetry, using the name of the legendary Taliesin.
	www.kingarthursknights.com /others/gwion.asp (184 words)

	Gwion Davies - Telegraph
		Gwion Davies, who has died aged 87, regarded himself as the handyman of Operation Tabarin, the expedition launched in 1943 to safeguard British sovereignty in the Antarctic, south of the Falkland Islands.
		The son of a professor of Celtic Studies at Liverpool University, Gwion Davies was born on September 3 1917 at Westyn, Flintshire.
		Gwion Davies, who was awarded the Polar Medal with Antarctic clasp in 1953, was commemorated in the place name Davies Dome on James Ross Island, Graham Land.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2005/07/02/db0201.xml (906 words)

	The Jack-O-Witch Celtic Temple - Gwion & the Caulron
		For a year and a day Gwion Bach was made to stir the cauldron while Cerridwen gathered the necesary herbs and chanted incantations.
		When Gwion was reborn, Cerridwen found she could not kill him, but instead cast him into the sea, leaving him to his fate.
		Gwion Bach, now Taliesin, remembered all the knowlege he had gained from Cerridwen's magick potion.
	www.jackowitch.com /celticmyth2.html (250 words)

	Gwion Thomas \| Baritone
		Gwion Thomas and Lucy Schaufer are superb as Faber and Thea, the nerve-ridden straight couple whose marriage is crumbling.”
		"Gwion Thomas was in heroic form as Orfeo, rich of voice and entirely at ease with the wide range of his part.
		"Gwion Thomas holds centre stage as Figaro, debonair in Jermyn Street tweeds and Seville-orange waistcoat, and is as expansive of character as of voice."
	www.dacomputers.com /customers/gwionthomas/reviews.html (1258 words)

	Cerridwen
		Gwion's sudden absorption of the three drops of brew from Cerridwen's cauldron also shows what appears, to humans, to be the random nature of greatness and inspiration.
		Gwion appeared to be a random recipient of the cauldron's bounty, yet, when he was reborn, he became the famous poet, Taliesin.
		The impact on Gwion was such that he literally had to be transformed, several times, and reborn, in human form, to assimilate the knowledge he had unwittingly gained 20.
	www.orderwhitemoon.org /goddess/Cerridwen.html (1255 words)

	Gwion Jones
		Couples therapy, Solution Focused work, Sexual Problems, Life Coaching etc. Gwion Jones is the Clinical Director of the service with over 18 years experience as a practising psychotherapist.
		Gwion Jones has undergone extensive training with the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research in London (a UKCP registered organisation) and for the past 12 years has been an Accredited Member of British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, and now a Senior Accredited Member (MBACP Accred - Sen).
		Gwion has extensive experience treating those with a wide variety of presenting problems; ranging from relationship issues, anxiety, depressive complaints, to broader issues of life change.
	www.counselling-directory.org.uk /counsellor_6337.html (253 words)

	Cerridwen - Goddess of the Moon and Femininity
		With his newly enchanted foresight, Gwion knew how angry Cerridwen would be when she found he had acquired the inspiration meant for her son.
		Gwion changed into a hare, and Cerridwen chased him as a greyhound; he changed into a fish, and Cerridwen pursued him as an otter; he became a bird, and she flew after him as a hawk; finally, he changed into a grain of corn, and Cerridwen, triumphant, changed into a hen, and ate him.
		When Cerridwen resumed her human form, she conceived Gwion in her womb, and, nine months later, gave birth to an infant son, whom she, in disgust, threw into the water of a rushing stream.
	www.cs.rochester.edu /u/schubert/290/cerridwen.html (615 words)

	cheridwen's
		Whether or not Gwion knew from the beginning what the bubbling and steaming liquid he was in charge of could do does not seem to be known, but towards the end of the year he succumbed to temptation and took a tiny droplet of the burning syrup from his finger.
		In the end, Gwion turned himself into a grain of wheat, hoping he would not be noticed, but Ceridwen metamorphosed into a hen and ate him up.
		Yet it appears that Gwion had managed to pull off the most skilful transformation of all, for when Ceridwen resumed human form she found she was pregnant.
	members.home.nl /jarod1/cheridwen/Ceridwen.html (485 words)

	Gwion Bach: a Cymric Hero of the Ystoria Taliesin (Little Weaver)
		Gwion Bach is a character in in the mediaeval Ystoria Taliesyn (the tale of Taliesyn) and tells of how the bard came to be.
		Annoyed that Morfrân was in his shadow Gwion shoved him out of the way and as he did so three drops of the brew accidentally flew from the cauldron and fell on Gwion’s finger, scalding him.
		Gwion's name can be interpreted as ultimately deriving from the reconstructed proto-Celtic root *weg-yo- (to weave; which yields the Cornish gwia and the Cymric gwëu.
	www.celtnet.org.uk /gods_g/gwion.html (605 words)

	Gwion James - Songwriter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Gwion James is a songwriter who in recent years has divided his time between London, New York, and his native Cardiff (S. Wales).
		Gwion picked up guitar as he was growing up, and always played and sang, but he didn’t begin writing until a few years ago:
		Gwion’s songs are diverse in style and form, and suit a range of country and folk performers, male and female.
	www.gwionjames.co.uk /index.html (751 words)

	Eburacum PBEM - The Players.
		Leaping into the middle of the worst skirmishes as was his wont, Gwion led most of his retinue to their deaths at Camlann, including Athrwys.
		Gwion grieved the loss of his wife sorely but never gave up hope that one day she would return.
		When Gwion and her brothers had ridden to answer Arthur's summons, the running of the estates had been left to Meleri.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~mkgregory/eburacum/meleri.html (718 words)

	The Sacred Fire - Celtic Shamanism
		It was said that in the fields of daring, courageousness, and skill the Fianna were unequaled and that no man could hope to be better in magic, poetry, or wisdom then Finn mac Cumhail.
		The liquid brewing inside the cauldron was intended for her horribly ugly son, Afagddu (Utter Darkness.) The liquid would give anyone that drank of it all knowledge and wisdom.
		Finally after a long chase, Gwion turned himself into a grain of wheat in a huge mound of grain and chaff.
	www.sacredfire.net /heroes.html (907 words)

	Ireland's OWN Myths & Magic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		So Cardiwen ordered a boy name Gwion to stir the cauldron and a blind man named Morda to feed the fire; and she made them promise never to let it cease boiling for a year and a day.
		Gwion turned himself into a bird, and she became a hawk and gave him no rest in the sky.
		When the child was reborn, Cardiwen found him so beautiful that she could not kill him outright, but wrapped him in a leather bag and cast him into the sea, committing him to the mercy of the waves.
	irelandsown.net /cardiwen.html (1601 words)

	Cultural Survival
		Gwion Gwion are offspring of the Great Mother Jillinya; they first spread out across a land without boundaries.
		“Gwion Gwion” is also the preferred Ngarinyin term for both the original humans born from the Great mother Jillinya and the corpus of painted images created by their imaginative and inventive ancestors.
		Stamping his foot in defiance of the sharing rule of the council, he fled eastward to escape the wrath of the Gwion clans, but was later executed and became enshrined in the constellation of the Southern Cross.
	www.cs.org /publications/CSQ/csq-article.cfm?id=1546 (1652 words)

	Taliesin Summary
		In the ensuing pursuit Gwion and Ceridwen undergo several metamorphoses until the lad is swallowed as a seed of corn by Ceridwen in the guise of a hen to be reborn nine months later.
		She resolved to kill the child, knowing it was Gwion, but after he was born, he was so beautiful that she couldn't go through with the deed.
		The story of Gwion and the wisdom potion bears a strong resemblance to the Irish tale of Fionn mac Cumhail and the salmon of wisdom, indicating that both stories may have a common source.
	www.bookrags.com /Taliesin (2515 words)

	85_QrtY61
		Gwion is a red-haired boy denoting that Ceridwen may be his natural or only his foster mother, since red hair does not always pass directly from generation to generation (unless both of a child's parents have several genes for red hair).
		Gwion sees visions in the cauldron and when Ceridwen returns, Gwion is already deep in a trance.
		Gwion parts with Gwawr who is later sent to be the wife of Elidyr, the King of South Rheged.
	www.iol.ie /~plugin/TomPages/introtal.htm (1938 words)

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