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	Llew Llaw Gyffes
		In Celtic mythology, Llew Llaw Gyffes was born a blob, a son of Arianrhod and brother of Dylan.
		She said that he was a bright lion with a sure hand and he took the name Llew Llaw Gyffes ("bright lion with a sure hand").
		Blodeuwedd had an affair with Goronwy and tricked the secret of his death out of him, since Llew could not be killed during the day or night, nor indoors or outdoors, neither riding nor walking, not clothed and not naked, nor by any weapon lawfully made.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ll/Llew_Llaw_Gyffes.html (216 words)

	Lleu Llaw Gyffes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Welsh mythology, Lleu Llaw Gyffes (/ɬeɨ ɬau gəfes/, sometimes called Llew Llaw Gyffes) is a character appearing in the fourth of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion, the tale of Math fab Mathonwy.
		Lleu (or Llew) is widely understood to be the Welsh equivalent of the Irish Lugh and the Gaulish Lugus.
		She said that he was a bright one with a sure hand and he took the name Lleu Llaw Gyffes ("bright, with a sure hand").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Llew_Llaw_Gyffes (460 words)

	Llew Llaw Gyffes
		Llew Llaw Gyffes, "the Bright Lion with the Sure Hand", son of the virgin Arianrhod.
		Llew became an eagle, and was recovered into human form by his uncle Gwydion.
		Article "Llew Llaw Gyffes" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 25 July 1999 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/l/llew_llaw_gyffes.html (123 words)

	Blodeuwedd
		The Goddess Arianrhod deems that her son, Llew Llaw Gyffes will never marry a mortal woman, so Llew’s uncles, Math and Gwydion create the lovely Blodeuwedd from the flowers of the oak, broom and meadowsweet to be Llew’s bride.
		Llew consoles her by telling her that he can not be easily slain, except by a wound.
		When the news of Llew’s demise reached his cousins, they were greatly saddened and they sought out the eagle, which they changed back into a man. After his return to human form, Llew was in a sickly state and took over a year to heal and become whole again.
	www.orderwhitemoon.org /goddess/Blodeuwedd2.html (1141 words)

	The Betrayal of Llew Llaw Gyffes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Blodeuwedd used her glamor to make Gronw appear like Llew in every way and they returned to the castle of Llew Llaw Gyffes to rule together as husband and wife, thinking no one would ever be the wiser.
		She followed the river upstream and came to a brook which is called Nant Y Llew and there she stopped and began eating something at the base of a tall oak tree.
		Llew agreed to this and a large rock slab was placed between them as Gronw took his position beneath the thatched roof with one foot in a cauldron and the other on a stag.
	www.sacredhearth.com /Library/stories/llgb.html (1366 words)

	Llew LLaw Gyffes and Cerridwen
		Llew is seen by many scholars as the Welsh equivalent of Lugh, (which means light) the Irish god of light who is master of all the crafts of men.
		She tricks Llew into revealing how he can only be killed by standing with one foot in a cauldron placed on a riverbank, with the other foot on a billy goat, at twilight.
		Llew changes into the form of an eagle and flies away to an ancient oak tree.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /gods&goddesses/celtic/llew_cerridwen.html (480 words)

	Bride of Flowers, The Mabinogion
		Llew uttered a cry and flew up into the sky as a golden eagle, soaring higher and higher until he disappeared from their view.
		Then Llew sent a message to Gronwy the Fair, saying that, for the sake of justice, their roles should be reversed: Gronwy should stand by the Cynfael river and allow Llew to aim a spear at him.
		Llew re-established himself in his castle, and the stone, pierced with the hole, was left standing by the River Cynfael as a reminder to his enemies of the fates of his rival and the Bride of Flowers.
	www.valleystream.co.uk /flowers.htm (947 words)

	9 Vasu-deva-s--------------------------9 regents of the night
		Gwydion the cobbler adopted the boy Llew Llaw Gyffes.
		Llew Llaw Gyffes, for whom as wife there was created, out of flowers, a woman.
		The flower-wife of Llew Llaw Gyffes was transformed in an owl.
	www.00.gs /9_Vasu-deva-s.htm (179 words)

	Blodeuwedd
		She betrayed Llew, either because she had no soul, being non-human, or because she resented being his chattel, or because the triplet of one woman and two men must play itself out in Welsh myth, and Llew Llaw Gyffes must die.
		She asked him to explain this, and he did: he could be killed only if it were twilight, wrapped in a fish net, with one foot on a cauldron and the other on a goat, and if the weapon had been forged during sacred hours when such work was forbidden.
		Llew was transformed into an eagle and eventually restored to human form, after which he killed Goronwy.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/b/blodeuwedd.html (183 words)

	Lugh
		In Wales, he is known as Llew Llaw Gyffes, "The little one is many skilled".
		Llew Llaw Gyffes' story is quite different from his Irish counterpart although there are a few similarities.
		Normally, this might not have been too hard a task, but Gwydion had put a gaes on Llew that he could not die unless he was standing with one foot on land, one foot in water and killed with his own spear.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Agora/3557/Lugh.html (1763 words)

	The Flower Maiden
		Llew Llaw Gyffes ruled the Cantrev of Dinodig given to him by Math, son of Mathonwy.
		As she said the words, Blodeuwedd realized that she did not wish to be bound to Llew Llaw Gyffes, that she would choose this other man, this stranger before her who spoke to her as if she were his equal.
		And when Llew was restored, he said to Math son of Mathonwy: "It is time that I seek retribution for the injury done to me." Math agreed, and Llew had the support of all of Gwynedd.
	www.fables.org /crown_thistle/blodeuwedd.shtml (1439 words)

	Goddess Within - Workshops, Events, Information
		Blodeuwedd is made from nine powers of nine flowers and when Llew Llaw Gyffes sees Her He falls in love with Her.
		Blodeuwedd then tries to kill the magically born Llew by devious means, but Llew can only die if he is struck by spear one year in the making, not within a house or without and not on horseback or on foot.
		Llew is finally struck down by Gronw, who Blodeuwedd has persuaded to kill him with a deadly spear whilst Llew is taking a bath in a roofed cauldron by the side of a river, and standing with one foot on a buck's (deer) back and the other in the edge of the cauldron.
	www.goddesswithin.co.uk /may.htm (790 words)

	Blodeuwedd
		She was a woman made by flowers by Gwydion to wed Llew Llaw Gyffes.
		In order to be rid of Llew and to be with Gwydion, she tricked Llew into telling her how he could be killed.
		Llew eventually was able to turn back into his human form, after which he killed Gwydion.
	www.mooresartgallery.com /blodeuwedd.html (104 words)

	The Tumulus of Blodeuwedd \| ACO MYTHOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Family: Blodeuwedd was created Gwydyon his uncle Math for Llew Llaw Gyffes, the son of Aranrhod.
		Blodeuwedd was created from flowers of the oak, broom and meadowsweet to wed Llew Llaw Gyffes, son of Aranrhod and Gwydyon.
		However, she fell in love with Goronwy and tricked out of Llew the clearly supernatural and ritual manner in which only he could be killed: neither by day nor night, indoors nor out of doors, riding nor walking, clothed nor naked, nor by any weapon lawfully made.
	www.ancuairt.org /tumulus/blodeuwedd.htm (227 words)

	Blodeuwedd
		Llew Llaw Gyffes, the son of Arianrhod, and Gwydion, the brother of Arianrhod, went unto Math the son Mathonwy, and complained unto him most bitterly of Arianrhod.
		Then Llew rose out of the bath, and put on his trousers, and he placed one foot on the edge of the bath and the other on the buck's back.
		It bears in its branches Llew Llaw Gyffes!" Then the eagle came down until he was on the lowest branch of the tree, and thereupon this Englyn did Gwydion sing: "Oak that grows beneath the steep; Stately and majestic is its aspect!
	www.angelfire.com /realm2/amethystbt/goddessblodeuwedd.html (2134 words)

	EARTHSONGS: The Journal of the Society of Celtic Shamans, Volume 6, Issue 3, Lughnassadh 2002, Copyright (c) 2002
		Llew is often presented to modern readers as the plucky, but naive, hero-child who surmounts the malicious curses of his uncaring mother with the loving help of his good-hearted, if tricky, uncle.
		Both share many hallmarks of a hero's birth: a difficult or unusual conception, a virgin birth (both sons of mothers who were not supposed to have known men), a childhood separated from one or both parents, and unusual portents and events surrounding them.
		The uncles also implicate Llew in their efforts to control the sexuality of the women in the story, such domination being the key to a successful patriarchy.
	www.faeryshaman.org /es63/es63art3.htm (1792 words)

	Celtic Gods and Goddesses
		Llew's major myths have to do with the fact that his mother would not name him; cursed him never to marry; and that he could only be killed a certain, secret way.
		Llew was a great archer, a prized skill among the Celts.
		Llew's father, Gwyddion, and Uncle Math decided to make a wife for him who would be beyond the control of the curse of not marrying.
	www.joellessacredgrove.com /Celtic/deitiesl-m.html (3710 words)

	The Welsh Family of Gods
		Her name is interpreted variously as meaning 'silver wheel', 'silver circle' or 'high fruitful mother'; she is the stern mistress of fate; Caer Arianrod, her home, is the castle of death and rebirth; and is also the place of initiation.
		She is the weaver of the threads of life.) who is also his wife, gave birth to two sons: Dylan of the Waves, whose nature is of the sea; God of the West, and Llew of the Steady Hand, the Sun God, Lleu of the Dexterous Hand, analog of Irish Lug.
		Llew killed him with a spear despite the fact that Goronwy stood behind a stone.
	www.tylwythteg.com /dynionmwyn/lesson1/thirteen17.html (1340 words)

	Blodeuwedd
		Arianhod, unwilling mother of the Welsh hero Llew Llaw Gyffes, laid a curse on him that he would never have a human wife.
		She lived with Llew Llaw for a time.
		He could be killed only under curious circumstances: in a bath by the side of a river, under a thatched roof over a caldron, while standing with one foot on a deer.
	www.hranajanto.com /goddessgallery/blodeuwedd.html (308 words)

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	Paul Flynn MP - Newport West - Newport Delight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The High Sheriff, Neville Waters witnessed the unveiling of an erotic statue of Blodeuwedd and Llew Llaw Gyffes at the Ffwrrwm Caerleon.
		Llew Llaw Gyffes was "the Bright Lion with the Sure Hand", son of the virgin Arianrhod "The wheel of Silver.".
		He could not be killed neither by day nor night, indoors nor out of doors, riding nor walking, clothed nor naked, nor by any weapon lawfully made.
	www.paulflynnmp.co.uk /newportdetail.jsp?id=698 (442 words)

	Llew Llaw Gwffes
		The story of Llew Llaw Gyffes (the Welsh counterpart to the Irish
		Llew married Blodeuwydd, but she was unfaithful to him and took a
		Thus is the myth of Llew Llaw Gyffes.
	www.angelfire.com /wa3/ravenna/llew_llaw_gyffes.htm (492 words)

	Celtic Pantheon
		Lugh - also known as Lugh Lamfanad (Long arm) and Llew Llaw Gyffes, he is a solar deity.
		His Welsh name - Llew Llaw Gyffes - means "the boy has many skills" and is a reflection of the God himself.
		Lugh is known to have been accomplished in many skills and one famous tale tells of how he gained entry into Tara because he was the only one who had all skills simultaneously (see Myths and Legends page).
	bright_paths.tripod.com /id85.html (176 words)

	The Owl Service - Alan Garner - Review - A Tale of Owls & Flowers (or a Little Bit of History Repeating)
		Llew and his new wife go to live in marital bliss in a nice valley somewhere in the heart of Wales.
		Llew can only be killed with a special spear whilst he is standing with one foot on a stag and the other on a cauldron by a riverbank, whilst under a gazebo type construction.
		His magician friends reappear and heal him, turning Blodeuwedd into an owl to punish her, Gronw is punished with having Llew throw a spear at him, but he's allowed to stand behind a stone cos Llew's bigger and stronger.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/the-owl-service-alan-garner/429448 (994 words)

	Transformation and Transmigration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		46.] of Llew Llaw Gyffes, "the lion with the steady hand," and her romantic origin illustrates the wonderful magic powers of Gwydion.
		Arianrod, the mother of Llew, declared that her son should never have a wife "of the race that now inhabits the earth." Whereupon Gwydion said: "A wife he shall have, notwithstanding." The magician then went to Math, the son of Mathonwy, and complained of Arianrod's malice.
		Llew Llaw Gyffes was delighted with the bride, known as "Flower Aspect" and they lived happily together until the latter fell in love with the Lord of Penllyn.
	www.red4.co.uk /Folklore/trevelyan/welshfolklore/chapt21.htm (6751 words)

	Math, son of Mathonwy
		And because of their refusal to suffer one stroke for their lord, they are called the third disloyal tribe even unto this day.
		Then they two went forth to the banks of the river Cynvael, and Gronw stood in the place where Llew Llaw Gyffes was when he struck him, and Llew in the place where Gronw was.
		Then said Gronw Pebyr unto Llew, "Since it was through the wiles of a woman that I did unto thee as I have done, I adjure thee by Heaven to let me place between me and the blow, the slab thou seest yonder on the river's bank."
	www.missgien.net /arthurian/mabinogion/math11.html (652 words)

	cr_r: Mythology of Lugh and Gwynn Ap Nudd
		"Llew" is correct, the full name being "Llew Llaw Gyffes".
		I know Llew was killed by Goronwy after Blodeuedd tricked him to reveal his only secret way of dying but nothing GAN was involved in.
		Granted they are in the same house of Dôn (Llew and Gwynn) but not connecting in any way.
	community.livejournal.com /cr_r/200816.html (553 words)

	The Destinies of the Sons of Arianrhod
		Gwydion took Llew Llaw Gyffes back to his castle, Dinas Dinllev, and brought up the boy, training his mind and body.
		Arianrhod and a handmaiden came to Gwydion and Llew.
		And after the feast, Math gave the Cantrev of Dinodig to Llew Llaw Gyffes to rule.
	www.fables.org /crown_thistle/arianrhod.shtml (1003 words)

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