#“but dizzy!! gwyn godyfrion is mentioned alongside gwyn ap nudd in culhwch and olwen!” the answer is that i simply choose to ignore that

[wildbasil]

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#gwyn ap nudd #edern ap nudd #blodeuwedd #arthuriana #mabinogion #pa gur #medieval literature #welsh mythology #artists on tumblr #digital art #alcohol cw #art tag #------------------------------------------------------------ #just as i don't think owain ap nudd exists i think gwyn godyfrion is gwyn ap gudd 😌 #ok hear me out though #there are lots of gwyns in medieval welsh literature and i don't think they're all gwyn ap nudd (sadly) #but my man gwyn godyfrion. look. “dyfr” means water. like in the word dyfriog (watery). and gwyn ap nudd is very much associated with water #rides the watery horse du y moroedd. has a little chat with gwyddno garanhir who's the ruler of a kingdom that gets flooded. #dormach's funny flipper legs. rival gwythyr is associated with fire. #and there's the idea that annwn (of which gwyn ap nudd is the ruler) is itself underwater. and so on and so forth #sims-williams (‘the early welsh arthurian poems’ in arthur of the welsh. 1991) suggests godyfrion as a place name. underwater maybe. #so if gwyn godyfrion is “gwyn from under the water” i don't think it's unreasonable to suggest he's in some way connected to gwyn ap nudd #“but dizzy!! gwyn godyfrion is mentioned alongside gwyn ap nudd in culhwch and olwen!” the answer is that i simply choose to ignore that #while we're on the topic. the ddylad in creiddylad = flood #ok class dismissed #anyway gwyn and creiddylad i am pleased to tell you that my irl name means “sea” 😌 i am one of you