Cantref Arfon

Cantref Arfon

The ancient Welsh cantref of Arfon in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Llŷn and Arllechwedd under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284.

Arfon features prominently in Welsh mythology, particularly in the Fourth Branch of the "Mabinogi". Math fab Mathonwy's home at Caer Dathyl was located there, as was Aranrhod's at Caer Aranrhod. The battle between Math's Gwynedd and Pryderi's Dyfed took place in Arfon. Lleu Llaw Gyffes flies to Nantlleu in Arfon in the form of an eagle after his attempted murder by Goronwy. ["The Mabinogion:" [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/mab/mab26.htm Math the Son of Mathonwy] , translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. Online at [http://www.sacred-texts.com/ www.sacred-texts.com] .]

A local government district of the same name existed from 1974 to 1996, when Gwynedd became a unitary authority.

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