Mabon
deity Welsh single tradition · 1
Mabon surfaces in the Middle Welsh narrative, the Mabinogion, as the son of Modron who is herself the continuation of Gaulish Matrona (“Matronly Spirit”). Mabon apparently features in the tale of a newborn child taken from his mother at the age of three nights, and is explicitly named in the story of Culhwch ac Olwen.
When
- First attested
- 500 CE
- Attested period
- 500 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Appears in Middle Welsh narrative, the Mabinogion.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mabon son of Mellt, Matrona
- manifests as
- Mabuz, Maponos, Mabonagrain
- child of
- Modron
- manifested by
- Mabuz, Mabonagrain
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Maponos surfaces in the Middle Welsh narrative, the Mabinogion, as Mabon, son of Modron who is herself the continuation of Gaulish Matrona (“Matronly Spirit”). The theme of Maponos son of Matrona (literally, child of mother) and the development of names in the Mabinogi from Common Brythonic”
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