Anlawdd | +--------------------+----+----------------------------------+ | | | Yspaddaden Custennin Kilwydd -+- Goleuddydd | | | Olwen +---------+-----------+ Kilhwch --- Olwen | | | Goreu Erbin Igerna -+- Uther Ben | | (= Bran) Geraint | +-------+-----------------------+ | | Arthur Lot -----+---- Gwyar (=Gwydion) (=Llud) | (Gore, a | war-goddess) | +--------------------------+-------------+-------+ | | | Gwalchmai Medrawt Gwalchaved (Falcon of May, (=Dylan, (Falcon of Summer, = LLew Llaw later Sir later Sir Galahad; Gyffes, later Mordred) orig. identical Sir Gawain) with Gwalchmai) *Llyr and Manawyddan* Again, when we find a mythological personage named Llyr, with a son named Manawyddan, playing a prominent part in Welsh legend, we may safely connect them with the Irish Lir and his son Mananan, gods of the sea. Llyr-cester, now Leicester, was a centre of the worship of Llyr. *Llew Llaw Gyffes* Finally, we may point to a character in the “Mabinogi,” or tale, entitled “Māth Son of Māthonwy.” The name of this character is given as Llew Llaw Gyffes, which the Welsh fabulist interprets as “The Lion of the Sure Hand,” and a tale, which we shall recount later on, is told to account for the name. But when we find that this hero exhibits characteristics which point to his being a solar deity, such as an amazingly rapid growth from childhood into manhood, and when we are told, moreover, by Professor Rhys that Gyffes originally meant, not “steady” or “sure,” but “long,”(218) it becomes evident that we have here a dim and broken reminiscence of the deity whom the Gaels called Lugh of the Long Arm,(219) _Lugh Lamh Fada_. The misunderstood name survived, and round the misunderstanding legendary matter floating in the popular mind crystallised itself in a new story.