Editing Penarddun

{{Short description|Figure in Welsh mythology}}'''Penarddun''' is a figure in [[Welsh mythology]], the wife of [[Llŷr]]. The [[Four Branches of the Mabinogi#Branwen.2C Daughter of Llyr|Second Branch]] of the ''[[Mabinogion|Mabinogi]]'' names [[Bran the Blessed|Bran]], [[Branwen]], and [[Manawydan]] as her children by Llŷr, and ascribes to her two additional sons by [[Euroswydd]]: [[Nisien]], a good man, and [[Efnysien]], a conniving troublemaker.<ref>Gantz, Jeffrey (translator) (1987). ''The Mabinogion''. New York: Penguin. {{ISBN|0-14-044322-3}}.</ref> 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.<ref>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}}.</ref> The ''Mabinogi'' names Penarddun as a daughter of the ancestor [[Beli Mawr]], but the genealogy is confused; it is possible she was meant to be his sister rather than daughter.<ref>Gantz, Jeffrey (translator) (1987). ''The Mabinogion'', p. 87. New York: Penguin. {{ISBN|0-14-044322-3}}.</ref>

The name Penarddun can be translated as "Chief Beauty" or "Most Fair" ([[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''pen'' "head, chief, foremost" + ''arddun'' "fair, beautiful (of a girl)".<ref>''[[Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru]]'', vol. 1, p. 188.</ref>

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