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Gwen teir Bron
A Cymric Folkloric figure: Blessed of the three Breasts
Gwen teir Bron is a Cymric (Welsh) folkloric figure known from the Lves and lineages of the Brython Saints where she is the mother of one of the early Cymric saints. Originaly she may have been an aspect of the divine mother. |
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Cym: Blessed of the three Breasts
Gwen teri Bron is known from the Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae (The lives and lineages of the Brython Saints) where she is mentioned as the mother of one of the early Cymric saints.
This probably represents the survival and adoption of an earlier tradition by the Christian recidivists of the earlier traditions. Though nothing of her original nature remains mother goddesses, such as the Irish Fuinche and the Cymric Dôn (with Amaethon, Gilfaethwy and Gofannon being the sons in question). It would make sense, given the wider tradition, for such a mother goddess to have three breasts for the nurture of her offspring would be a natual extension of her function.
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