| Blodeuwedd (Flower-Wife) |
This beautiful painting depicts Blodeuwedd,
who according to Welsh mythology, is a
woman made from flowers.
The story goes, Blodeuwedd is originally
created as a Flower Maiden bride from
Meadowsweet, Broom and Oak by the
magicians Math and Gwydion. The Lady of
Flowers is made for her bridegroom Lleu, the
son of Arianrhod, and this is a tatal union.
their Beltaine betrothal is doomed. One day,
Lleu goes off to market with his pigs and
leaves Blodeuwedd at home at Tomen y Mur.
Their neighbour Gronw is hunting and he
arrives on the scene and woos Blodeuwedd so
that she reveals the secret of Lleu’s death.
Gronw learns that Lleu cannot be killed
either in water or on dry land but by a
combination of standing with one foot in a
bath of water and the other foot on a goat.
Blodeuwedd request Lleu to demonstrate his
death and Gronw hurls a spear, made in a
year and a day, Lleu dies. The magicians
transform him into an eagle and he flies away
to a distant tree, disappearing. He is later
discovered by his uncle Gwydion who finds
Lleu’s favourite sow below the tree eating his
rotting flesh. Gwydion changes Lleu back into
a Lord and heals him. Lleu returns to Tome y
Mur to seek his vengeance. Lleu challenges
Gronw and allows the villain to hide behind a
stone. Then Lleu’s spear pierces the stone and
kills Gronw on the banks of the Cynfal River.
The stone with the hole remains there today.
(Extract from the book “Ceridwen’s Cauldron”
by Gwydihw)
who according to Welsh mythology, is a
woman made from flowers.
The story goes, Blodeuwedd is originally
created as a Flower Maiden bride from
Meadowsweet, Broom and Oak by the
magicians Math and Gwydion. The Lady of
Flowers is made for her bridegroom Lleu, the
son of Arianrhod, and this is a tatal union.
their Beltaine betrothal is doomed. One day,
Lleu goes off to market with his pigs and
leaves Blodeuwedd at home at Tomen y Mur.
Their neighbour Gronw is hunting and he
arrives on the scene and woos Blodeuwedd so
that she reveals the secret of Lleu’s death.
Gronw learns that Lleu cannot be killed
either in water or on dry land but by a
combination of standing with one foot in a
bath of water and the other foot on a goat.
Blodeuwedd request Lleu to demonstrate his
death and Gronw hurls a spear, made in a
year and a day, Lleu dies. The magicians
transform him into an eagle and he flies away
to a distant tree, disappearing. He is later
discovered by his uncle Gwydion who finds
Lleu’s favourite sow below the tree eating his
rotting flesh. Gwydion changes Lleu back into
a Lord and heals him. Lleu returns to Tome y
Mur to seek his vengeance. Lleu challenges
Gronw and allows the villain to hide behind a
stone. Then Lleu’s spear pierces the stone and
kills Gronw on the banks of the Cynfal River.
The stone with the hole remains there today.
(Extract from the book “Ceridwen’s Cauldron”
by Gwydihw)
Although the original of
this has now sold, it is
still available as a print
in various guises on
Just click on the link
above to go to that site.
Price from £2.42
this has now sold, it is
still available as a print
in various guises on
Just click on the link
above to go to that site.
Price from £2.42
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