In Welsh mythology, Blodeuwedd is the later name of Blodeuedd, a woman made from flowers by Math and Gwydion. She is made for Lleu Llaw Gyffes, nephew of Gwydion, to marry. Her story is part of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion. Welsh mythology consists of stories written down in the Mabinogion and other medieval texts. ... In Welsh mythology, Math ap Mathonwy was a king who needed to rest his feet in the lap of a virgin unless he was at war, or wanted to be. ... In Welsh mythology, Gwydion was a son of the goddess Don. ... In Welsh mythology, Llew Llaw Gyffes was born a blob, a son of Arianrhod and brother of Dylan. ... The Mabinogion is a collection of prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts. ...

Blodeuedd has an affair with Goronwy. She tricks the secret of how to kill Lleu out of him (Lleu): he can not be killed indoors or outdoors, on horseback or on foot; and can be killed only by a spear forged when people are attending mass. Consequently he can only be killed whilst he had one foot on a bathtub and one on a goat (the bathtub being placed on a river bank but under a roof) and by someone using a weapon created as specified. In Welsh mythology, Goronwy was the lover of Blodeuwedd, the wife of Llew Llaw Gyffes. ... For the foundations of the World Trade Center, please see The Bathtub A bathtub is a plumbing fixture used for bathing. ...

Under pretence of "Lord, will you show me how these conditions might be fulfilled..?", Blodeuedd conveys him to precisely this situation, with Goronwy lying in wait with the weapon. Lleu is (apparently) killed and Goronwy and Blodeuedd assume power. On hearing of this, Gwydion sets out to find and cure Lleu, who is now in the form of an owl. Gwydion restores Lleu, who kills Goronwy.

Gwydion curses Blodeuedd, turning her into an owl. "You are never to show your face to the light of day, rather you shall fear other birds; they will be hostile to you, and it will be their nature to maul and molest you wherever they find you. You will not lose your name but always be called Blodeuwedd." (Quoted from the Penguin Classic translation by Gantz to modern English: ISBN 0-14-044322-3.) Note the change in spelling is deliberate. Families Strigidae Tytonidae An owl is any of some 200+ species of solitary nocturnal birds of prey in the order Strigiformes. ...

Etymology

This theonym appears to be derived from Proto-Celtic *Blāto-weid-ā meaning "flower-wild feminine [spirit]" or "flower-faced feminine [spirit]" (q.v. [1] [2] [3]). Following accepted sound laws elucidating systematic diachronic phonological sound change in Celtic proto-linguistics (q.v. [4] [5] [6] [7]), the Romano-British form of this Proto-Celtic theonym is likely to have been *Blātovēda. The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ... Sound change or phonetic change is a historical process of language change consisting in the replacement of one speech sound or, more generally, one phonetic feature by another in a given phonological environment. ... Systematic was a hard rock band from California, USA. The band was one of the first signings to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrichs record label, The Music Company (via Elektra Records). ... Diachronic study is the study of the development of a language over a period of time. ... Phonology (Greek phone = voice/sound and logos = word/speech) is a subfield of grammar (see also linguistics). ... Sound change or phonetic change is a historical process of language change consisting in the replacement of one speech sound or, more generally, one phonetic feature by another in a given phonological environment. ... The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ... Historical linguistics (also diachronic linguistics or comparative linguistics) is primarily the study of the ways in which languages change over time, by means of examining languages which are recognizably related through similarities such as vocabulary, word formation, and syntax, as well as the surviving records of ancient languages. ... The term Romano-British describes the Romanised culture of Britain under the rule of the Roman Empire, when Roman and Christian culture had extensively entered into the life of the native Brythonic, Pictish and perhaps Gaelic -speaking peoples of Britain. ... This article is about the meanings of the word form connected with shape or structure. ... The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ...