Photo of Llys Dôn/constellation Cassiopeia ; "In the Fourth Branch we meet her brother Math, three sons––Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, and Gofannon––and a daughter Aranrhod." - from The Mabingion tr. by Sioned Davies (2007) #mabinogion #mabinogi #don #arianrhod #aranrhod

"In the Fourth Branch we meet her brother Math, three sons––Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, and Gofannon––and a daughter Aranrhod."
- from The Mabingion
tr. by Sioned Davies (2007)

#mabinogion #mabinogi #don #arianrhod #aranrhod

Print: The Northern Celestial Hemisphere by Albrecht Dürer (CC0 1.0) "Arianrhod lived in a stellar realm with her female attendants-some sources say nine in all—and there she decided the fate of the dead." - from Celtic Women’s Spirituality: Accessing the Cauldron of Life by Edain McCoy (1998) Print: The Northern Celestial Hemisphere by Albrecht Dürer (CC0 1.0) #arianrhod #aranrhod #ninemaidens #stellar #coronaborealis #fate #dead

"Arianrhod lived in a stellar realm with her female attendants-some sources say nine in all—and there she decided the fate of the dead."
- from Celtic Women’s Spirituality: Accessing the Cauldron of Life
by Edain McCoy (1998)

#arianrhod #aranrhod #ninemaidens #stellar #coronaborealis #fate #dead

Illustration of woman dressed in peach colored dress in a doorway; "The ‘villainesses’, Aranrhod and Blodeuwedd, both flouted the given values of womanhood: chastity, honesty, fertility and fidelity – all strict Christian ethical principles." - from Enchanted Wales by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023) Illustration: Blodeuwedd's Invitation To Gronw Pebyr in Celtic Myth and Legend by Charles Squire (1905) #villainesses #aranrhod #blodeuwedd #chastity #honesty #fertility #fidelity

"The ‘villainesses’, Aranrhod and Blodeuwedd, both flouted the given values of womanhood: chastity, honesty, fertility and fidelity – all strict Christian ethical principles."
- from Enchanted Wales
by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023)

#villainesses #aranrhod #blodeuwedd #honesty #fidelity #arianrhod

"Triad 35 informs us that she is the daughter of Don (Dana) and Beli and in Triad 78 she is called 'One of the most beautiful maidens.'"
- The Celtic Goddess: Great Queen or Demon Witch?
by Claire French (2001)

#arianrhod #aranrhod #triad #triad35 #triad78 #celtic #celtictriads #celticsky #pagansky

Timelapse photograph of night sky and stars; "The name 'Arianrhod' or 'Aranrhod' is rarely mentioned in Celtic mythology. Triad 35 informs us that she is the daughter of Don (Dana) and Beli and in Triad 78 she is called 'One of the most beautiful maidens.'" - The Celtic Goddess: Great Queen or Demon Witch? by Claire French (2001) #arianrhod #aranrhod #triad #triad35 #triad78 #celtic #celtictriads

"The name 'Arianrhod' or 'Aranrhod' is rarely mentioned in Celtic mythology."
- The Celtic Goddess: Great Queen or Demon Witch?
by Claire French (2001)

#arianrhod #aranrhod #triad #triad35 #triad78 #celtic #celtictriads

Photo of quill and scrolls; "And many female figures – such as Rhiannon, Aranrhod and Blodeuwedd – are treated harshly by storytellers and, perhaps more particularly, by the scribes who wrote the tales down." - from Enchanted Wales by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023) #rhiannon #aranrhod #blodeuwedd #scribes #storyteller

"And many female figures – such as Rhiannon, Aranrhod and Blodeuwedd – are treated harshly by storytellers and, perhaps more particularly, by the scribes who wrote the tales down."
- from Enchanted Wales
by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023)

#rhiannon #aranrhod #blodeuwedd #scribes #storyteller #wales