In Welsh mythology, Modron ("divine mother") was a daughter of Avalloc, derived from the Gaulish goddess Matrona. Welsh mythology, the remnants of the Mythology of the pre Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts According to one Welsh tradition, Afallach was the father of Modron. Gaulish or Gallic is the name given to the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire became A goddess is a Female Deity. Many Cultures have goddesses Often deities are part of a polytheistic system that includes several deities In Celtic mythology, Dea Matrona ("divine mother goddess" was the Goddess of the river Marne in Gaul. She may have been the prototype of Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legend. Morgan le Fay, alternatively known as Morgane, Morgain, Morgana and other variants is a powerful sorceress and Antagonist of She was the mother of Mabon, who bears her name as "Mabon ap Modron" ("Mabon, Son of Modron") and who was stolen away from her when he was three days old and later rescued by King Arthur. In Welsh mythology, Mabon ("divine son" was the son of Modron ("divine mother" King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders ^[1]

In the Welsh Triads, Modron becomes impregnated by Urien and gives birth to Owain and Morvydd. The Welsh Triads ( Welsh Trioedd Ynys Prydein, literally "Triads of the Island of Britain " are a group of related texts in Medieval Urien was a late 6th century king of Rheged, an early British kingdom in northern England and southern Scotland. Sir Ywain (also called Owain, Yvain, Ewain or Uwain) is a Knight of the Round Table and the son of King Urien In Welsh Arthurian legend, Morfydd ferch Urien ( Middle Welsh orthographical variations include Morvydd verch Urien; 'Morfydd daughter of Urien'

Her Gaulish counterpart Matrona is a Celtic mother goddess and tutelary goddess of the River Marne. Celtic polytheism refers to the religious beliefs and practices of ancient Celts, prior to the Christianization of the Celtic-speaking lands Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department She is also a fertility and harvest deity often equated with Greece's Demeter or Ireland's Danu. Demeter (dɨˈmiːtɚ Greek:, possibly "distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth * dheghom * mater In Irish mythology, Danu (Old Irish or Dana (the Modern Gaelic and Scottish form was the mother Goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann (peoples In Britain, she appears as a washerwoman, and thus there would seem to be a connection with the Morrígan. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The Morrígan ("terror" or "phantom queen" or Mórrígan ("great queen" (also known as Morrígu, Morríghan, Mor-Ríoghain

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