Penarddun

Penarddun

Penarddun is a figure in Welsh mythology, the wife of Llŷr and a daughter of Beli Mawr. The Second Branch of the "Mabinogi" names Bran, Branwen, and Manawydan as her children by Llŷr, and she has two additional sons by Euroswydd. These are Nisien, a good man, and Efnysien, a conniving troublemaker. [Gantz, Jeffrey (translator) (1987). "The Mabinogion". New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044322-3.] The Welsh Triads call Llŷr one of the Three Exalted Prisoners of Britain for his captivity at Euroswydd's hands; this likely refers to a lost tradition of the birth of Penarddun's younger sons. [Triad 52. In Bromwich, Rachel (Ed.) (2006), "Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain", pp. 146–147. Cardiff: University of Wales. ISBN: 0-7083-1386-8.]

The name Penarddun can be translated as "Chief Beauty" or "Most Fair" (Welsh "pen" "head, chief, foremost" + "arddun" "fair, beautiful (of a girl)" ["Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru", vol. 1, p. 188.] ), an apt name for a beautiful woman.

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