Photo of three drops of water: "By drinking the three drops of the cauldron prepared by Keridwen, Gwyon Bach binds himself absolutely and unconditionally to her, and though he tries to escape he cannot succeed, because the three drops have the properties of the geis. So Keridwen swallows him." - from Women of the Celts by Jean Markale (1972) #ceridwen #keridwen #gwyonbach #geis #awen

"By drinking the three drops of the cauldron prepared by Keridwen, Gwyon Bach binds himself absolutely and unconditionally to her, and though he tries to escape he cannot succeed, because the three drops.."
- from Women of the Celts
by Jean Markale (1972)

#ceridwen #keridwen #gwyonbach #geis #awen

"This has obvious links with the three drops from the cauldron of Keridwen that give Gwyon Bach perfect knowledge, while the rest of the contents poisons the river; and is reminiscent of the drop that flows from Celtchar's spear and poisons him, and of the wound of the Fisher-King and the curse that befalls the inhabitants of the Castle of the Grail." - from Women of the Celts by Jean Markale (1972) #ceridwen #keridwen #gwyonbac #knowledge #threedrops

"This has obvious links with the three drops from the cauldron of Keridwen that give Gwyon Bach perfect knowledge, while the rest of the contents poisons the river; and is reminiscent of the..."
- from Women of the Celts
by Jean Markale (1972)

#ceridwen #keridwen #gwyonbac #knowledge #threedrops

" When Keridwen, the mother goddess, wanted to give her son (Avanc-Du) intelligence, and prepared a cauldron of inspiration for him, three drops of her brew fell by chance of the finger of Gwyon Bach, who immediately possessed knowledge of the past, present and future, and as a result became the bard Taliesin." - Women of the Celts by Jean Markale (1972) #ceridwen #keridwen #cauldron #taliesin #gwyonbach

" When Keridwen, the mother goddess, wanted to give her son (Avanc-Du) intelligence, and prepared a cauldron of inspiration for him, three drops of her brew fell by chance of the finger of Gwyon Bach...."
- Women of the Celts
by Jean Markale (1972)

#ceridwen #keridwen #cauldron #taliesin #gwyonbach