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Dôn

Don was the mother-goddess, similar to Danu the mother of the Tuatha dé Danann.

Don was the daughter of Mathonwy and sister of Math. She married Beli, the god of death. Don was the mother of Amathon, Aranrhod, Gilvaethwy, Govannon, Gwydyon and Nudd.

Her children represented the tribal deities of light as opposed to the children of Llyr, who were the deities of darkness.

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Dôn, Don (Welsh).
Danu, Dana, Anu (Irish).

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See also Danu.

Math, Aranrhod, Gwydyon, Nudd.

Math Son of Mathonwy (Mabinogion).

Genealogy: House of Don and House of Llyr.

Jimmy Joe. "Dôn." https://timelessmyths.com/celtic/otherworld/welsh-deities/don. Accessed May 13, 2025.
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Welsh Deities:

  • • Aeron
  • • Amathaon
  • • Aranrhod
  • • Arawn
  • • Beli
  • • Brân
  • • Ceridwen
  • • Dôn
  • • Dylan
  • • Govannon
  • • Gwydyon
  • • Gwynn ap Nudd
  • • Lleu
  • • Llyr
  • • Mabon
  • • Manawyddan
  • • Math
  • • Modron
  • • Nudd (Lludd)
  • • Pryderi
  • • Rhiannon
Danu (Ana)

Danu (Ana)

A mother goddess. Danu or Ana was the mother of the race of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Danu was a goddess of fertility and the earth. Some believed that Danu and Ana were separate entities, even though both are mother goddesses. Danu was a widely worsh...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Danu

Danu

Danu: Mysteries of the Mother Goddess Danu, goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the original mother goddess in Celtic mythology. The very name Tuatha Dé Danann means “Children of Danu,” and it is believed that she was the beginning of the existen...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Beli

Beli

Beli was the son of Mynogen. Beli was the husband of the goddess Don, the daughter of Mathonwy. Beli was the father of five sons: Amathon , Nudd , Govannon , Gwydyon and Gilvaethwy. Beli was also the father of two daughters: Aranrhod and Penarddun...

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Aranrhod

Aranrhod

The virgin goddess. Aranrhod (Arianrhod) was the daughter of the goddess Don and Beli. Aranrhod was the sister of Amathon, Gilvaethwy, Govannon , Gwydyon and Nudd . Aranrhod was the goddess of the sky and fertility. Aranrhod gave birth to Dylan an...

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Gwydyon

Gwydyon

The warrior god. Gwydyon was the god of magic, poetry and music. Gwydyon was the son of Don and Beli. Gwydyon was the son of Amathon, Aranrhod , Gilvaethwy, Govannon , and Nudd . Gwydyon adopted the children of his sister Aranrhod : Dylan and Lleu...

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Donn

Donn

Donn was a chthonic Underworld god responsible for the passage of the dead. Donn was the Irish god of the dead. Donn was mainly worshipped in Munster. Donn was probably associated with Dis Pater (Pluto or Hades ), the Roman god of the dead. Accord...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Modron

Modron

Modron was the Welsh goddess of fertility or the mother goddess. Modron was the daughter of the god Avallach. Modron was the mother of Mabon , according to the tale of Culhwch and Olwen . There was in Rhyd y Gyfarthfa or the "Ford of Barking", a p...

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Domnu

Domnu

Goddess of the Fomorians. Domnu appeared in Lebor Gabala as the mother of Indech, the Fomorian king. Her attribute is uncertain, but she may have been the goddess of darkness.

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Llyr

Llyr

Welsh god of the sea. Llyr was the Welsh equivalent of Lir , the old Irish god of the sea. Llyr was also the god of magic and healing. Llyr was married to Penarddun, daughter of Beli son of Mynogan, who was the ruler of Britain. Llyr was the fathe...

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Houses of Dôn and Llyr

Houses of Dôn and Llyr

The family tree below displays two important families in Welsh mythology: the Children of Llyr and the Children of Don. There were conflicts between the two houses during the reigns of Math in the north and Pryderi in the south of Wales. The House...

January 20th, 2001 • Jimmy Joe

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