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Ceridwen
Ceridwen ( ''Cer-id-wen'' ) was an enchantress in Welsh medieval legend. She was the mother of a hideous son, Morfran, and a beautiful daughter, Creirwy. Her husband was Tegid Foel, and they lived near Bala Lake (''Llyn Tegid'') in north Wales. Medieval Welsh poetry refers to her as possessing the cauldron of poetic inspiration (Awen) and the Tale of Taliesin recounts her swallowing her servant Gwion Bach who is then reborn through her as the poet Taliesin. Ceridwen is regarded by many modern Pagans as the Celtic goddess of rebirth, transformation, and inspiration.
==Etymology==
The earliest documented permutation of the name ''KERDWIN'' is Cyrridven, which occurs in the ''Black Book of Carmarthen''.〔A. O. H. Jarman (ed.). ''Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin'' (University of Wales Press, 1982), 3.3.〕 Sir Ifor Williams translates this name as "crooked woman", although the precise meaning of the stems ''cyrrid'' and ''cwrr'' (sometimes translated as "crooked" or "bent") is uncertain.〔Ronald Hutton, ''The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy'', Blackwell Publishing, 1993, p. 323〕〔Rachel Bromwich (ed.), ''Trioedd Ynys Prydein'' (University of Wales Press, 1991), pp. 308–9.〕 ''Ben/ven'' means "woman" or "female". If ''wen'' is not a corruption of either of these, then it may derive from the adjective ''gwen'', meaning "fair", "beloved", "blessed", or "sacred". ''Wen'' is sometimes suffixed to the names of female saints names (e.g., Dwynwen).〔Rachel Bromwich (ed.), ''Trioedd Ynys Prydein'' (University of Wales Press, 1991), p. 308.〕 In 19th century literature and etymology the name ''Ket'', ''Ked'' and variants were assumed to relate to the goddess Ceridwen.
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