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Blodeuwedd (Welsh pronunciation: [blɔˈdɛɨwɛð]; Welsh "Flower-Faced", a composite name from blodau "flowers" + gwedd "face"),[1] is married to Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology. She was made from the flowers of broom, meadowsweet and oak by the magicians Math and Gwydion, and is a central figure in Math fab Mathonwy, the last of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.

  1. ^ "Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru". welsh-dictionary.ac.uk.

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Blodeuwedd

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Blodeuwedd (Welsh pronunciation: [blɔˈdɛɨwɛð]; Welsh "Flower-Faced", a composite name from blodau "flowers" + gwedd "face"), is married to Lleu Llaw Gyffes...

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a wife from flowers, called Blodeuwedd (possibly "Flower face", though other etymologies have been suggested). Blodeuwedd falls in love with a hunter...

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the fourth branch of the Mabinogi as the lord of Penllyn, the lover of Blodeuwedd and the murderer of Lleu Llaw Gyffes. He is also mentioned in the Welsh...

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Shapeshifting

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ransom. Math fab Mathonwy and Gwydion transform flowers into a woman named Blodeuwedd, and when she betrays her husband Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who is transformed...

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