Editing Gwydion (section)

===Other traditions===
Caer Wydion, the castle of Gwydion, was the traditional Welsh name for the [[Milky Way]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Druid Magic Handbook: Ritual Magic Rooted in the Living Earth|last=Greer|first=John Michael|publisher=Weiser Books|year=2007|isbn=978-1-57863-397-5|location=San Francisco, CA}}</ref>

In the 10th century, Old Welsh "Harleian" genealogies (Harleian MS 3859), mention is made of Lou Hen ("Lou the old") map Guidgen, who most scholars identify with Lleu and Gwydion (who is implied to be Lleu's father in the Mabinogi of Math, though this relationship is not explicitly stated). In the genealogy they are made direct descendants Caratauc son of Cinbelin son of Teuhant (''recte Tehuant''), who are to be identified with the historical [[Catuvellauni]]an leaders [[Caratacus]], [[Cunobelinus]] and [[Tasciovanus]].

A number of references to Gwydion can be found in early [[Welsh language|Welsh]] poetry. The poem ''Prif Gyuarch Taliessin'' asks "Lleu and Gwydion / Will they perform magics?", while in the same corpus, the poem ''Kadeir Cerridwen'' relates many familiar traditions concerning Gwydion, including his creating of a woman out of flowers and his bringing of the pigs from the south. This poem also refers to a lost tradition concerning a battle between Gwydion and an unknown enemy at the [[Nant Ffrancon Pass|Nant Ffrangon]]. Another [[Taliesin]] poem, ''Echrys Ynys'' refers to [[Gwynedd]] as the "Land of Gwydion" while in the ''Ystoria Taliesin'', the legendary bard claims to have been present at Gwydion's birth "before the court of Don".

[[File:Dinas Dinlle 01 977.PNG|thumb|right|210px|[[Dinas Dinlle]], Gwydion's final resting place.]]
The [[Welsh Triads]] name Gwydion as one of the "Three Golden Shoemakers of the Island of Britain" alongside [[Manawydan|Manawydan fab Llyr]] and [[Caswallawn|Caswallawn fab Beli]], and records that Math taught him one of the "Three Great Enchantments". The ''[[Englynion y Beddau|Stanzas of the Graves]]'' record that he was buried at [[Dinas Dinlle]], the city of Lleu.

A reference to Gwydion is also made in the ''Dialogue of Taliesin and Ugnach'', a dialogue-poem found in the [[Black Book of Carmarthen]]. Within the narrative, the character of [[Taliesin]] states:

:"When I return from [[Jerusalem|Caer Seon]]
:From contending with Jews
:I will come to the city of Lleu and Gwydion."