Editing Dylan ail Don (section)

==Mythological elements==
In literature on Celtic mythology, the character Dylan is sometimes taken to be the vestige of an ancient Celtic God.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Squire |first=C |title=The mythology of the British Islands: an introduction to Celtic myth, legend, poetry and romance |publisher=[[London & Ware]] |year=2000}}</ref> According to this line of thinking, representation of Dylan in Welsh literature and in folklore alludes to the attributes of his supposed divine ancient Celtic prototype. Squire (2000:158) prefers to see in Dylan the remnants of a god of darkness:
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"[T]wo sons were born at one birth – Dylan and [[Lleu Llaw Gyffes|Lleu]], who are considered as representing the twin powers of darkness and light. The clamour of the waves dashing upon the beach is the expression of their longing to avenge their son. The sound of the sea rushing up the mouth of the [[River Conwy]] is still known as "Dylan's death-groan". A small promontory on the [[Carnarvonshire]] side of the [[Menai Strait]], called [[Pwynt Maen Tylen]], or Pwynt Maen Dulan, preserves his name."<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>
[[File:MaenDylan.png|thumb|Maen Dylan]]

Dylan's rock is located north of the Church of St Beuno's Church at [[Clynnog Fawr]] on the seashore, which must be on or near the location of his grave as told in [[Englynion y Beddau]] (Stanzas of the Grave)<ref name="IoMGDylan" /> of the [[Black Book of Carmarthen]] xxxii:<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Medieval Welsh 'Englynion y Beddau' |url=https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781843847069/the-medieval-welsh-englynion-y-beddau/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Boydell and Brewer |date=14 May 2020 |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

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{{lang|cy|yn yd vna ton tolo
Bet Dilan Llan Bevno.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Englynion y Beddau |url=https://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/bbc19w.html |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.maryjones.us}}</ref>}}
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Where the wave makes a sullen sound
The grave of Dylan in Llan Beuno.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Stanzas of the Graves |url=https://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/bbc19.html |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.maryjones.us}}</ref>}}

On the other hand, MacCulloch (1911, Ch. VI) has preferred to see Dylan simply as the remnants of a local sea-god of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]]:

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‘Dylan, however, has no dark traits and is described as a blonde. The waves lament his death, and, as they dash against the shore, seek to avenge it. His grave is "where the wave makes a sullen sound," but popular belief identifies him with the waves, and their noise as they press into the Conwy is his dying groan. Not only is he Eil Ton, "son of the wave," but also Eil Mor, "son of the sea." He is thus a local sea-god, and like [[Manannan]] identified with the waves, and yet separate from them, since they mourn his death. The Mabinogi gives us the débris of myths explaining how an anthropomorphic sea-god was connected with the goddess Arianrhod and slain by a god Govannon.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Macculloch |first=J. A. |date=2014-06-03 |title=Religion Of The Ancient Celts |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315828220 |doi=10.4324/9781315828220|isbn=9781315828220 }}</ref>’
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