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In Welsh mythology
Welsh mythology

Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons , has come down to us in much altered form in Medieval Welsh literature such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin....
, Modron ("divine mother") was a daughter of Avalloc
Avalloc

According to one Welsh mythology, Afallach was the father of Modron. The Welsh redactions of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae associate him with the Insula Avalonsis , but this is fanciful medieval etymology and it is more likely his name derives from the Welsh word afall ; from which, granted, the name of Avalon...
, derived from the Gaulish goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 Matrona
Dea Matrona

In Celtic mythology, Dea Matrona was the goddess of the river Marne River in Gaul.In many areas she was worshipped as a triple goddess, and known as Matres , with a wider sphere of believed influence....
. She may have been the prototype of Morgan le Fay
Morgan le Fay

Morgan le Fay, alternatively known as Morgane, Morgain, Morgana and other variants, is a powerful Magician and antagonist of King Arthur and Guinevere in the Arthurian legend....
 from Arthurian legend. She was the mother of Mabon
Mabon ap Modron

In Welsh mythology, Mabon was the son of Modron . His name is cognate with the theonym Maponos, probably equivalent to the Irish god Aengus. He was a hunter god who was stolen from his mother three days after his birth....
, 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
King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary Britons leader who, according to medieval histories and Romance , led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century....
.

In the Welsh Triads
Welsh Triads

The Welsh Triads are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, Welsh mythology and traditional history in groups of three....
, Modron becomes impregnated by Urien
Urien

Urien was a late 6th century king of Rheged, an early British kingdom in northern England and southern Scotland. His power and his victories, including Battle of Gwen Ystrad and Battle of Alclud Ford, are celebrated in the Book of Taliesin, the supposed Taliesin of which served as his bard....
 and gives birth to Owain
Ywain

Sir Ywain is a Knights of the Round Table of the Round Table and the son of King Urien in Arthurian legend. The historical Owain mab Urien, on whom the literary character is based, was the king of Rheged in Great Britain during the late 6th century....
 and Morvydd
Morvydd

In Welsh literature Arthurian legend, Morfydd ferch Urien is the daughter of Urien Rheged by Modron, and twin sister to Ywain. Morfydd appears in the Welsh Triads and is also referred to in Culhwch and Olwen....
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Her Gaulish counterpart Matrona is a Celtic
Celtic polytheism

Celtic polytheism, sometimes known as Celtic paganism, refers to the religious beliefs and practises of the ancient Celts of western Europe prior to Christianisation....
 mother goddess and tutelary goddess of the River Marne
Marne

Marne is a departments of France in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department. The prefectures in France of Marne is Ch?lons-en-Champagne ....
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In Welsh mythology
Welsh mythology

Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons , has come down to us in much altered form in Medieval Welsh literature such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin....
, Modron ("divine mother") was a daughter of Avalloc
Avalloc

According to one Welsh mythology, Afallach was the father of Modron. The Welsh redactions of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae associate him with the Insula Avalonsis , but this is fanciful medieval etymology and it is more likely his name derives from the Welsh word afall ; from which, granted, the name of Avalon...
, derived from the Gaulish goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 Matrona
Dea Matrona

In Celtic mythology, Dea Matrona was the goddess of the river Marne River in Gaul.In many areas she was worshipped as a triple goddess, and known as Matres , with a wider sphere of believed influence....
. She may have been the prototype of Morgan le Fay
Morgan le Fay

Morgan le Fay, alternatively known as Morgane, Morgain, Morgana and other variants, is a powerful Magician and antagonist of King Arthur and Guinevere in the Arthurian legend....
 from Arthurian legend. She was the mother of Mabon
Mabon ap Modron

In Welsh mythology, Mabon was the son of Modron . His name is cognate with the theonym Maponos, probably equivalent to the Irish god Aengus. He was a hunter god who was stolen from his mother three days after his birth....
, 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
King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary Britons leader who, according to medieval histories and Romance , led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century....
.

In the Welsh Triads
Welsh Triads

The Welsh Triads are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, Welsh mythology and traditional history in groups of three....
, Modron becomes impregnated by Urien
Urien

Urien was a late 6th century king of Rheged, an early British kingdom in northern England and southern Scotland. His power and his victories, including Battle of Gwen Ystrad and Battle of Alclud Ford, are celebrated in the Book of Taliesin, the supposed Taliesin of which served as his bard....
 and gives birth to Owain
Ywain

Sir Ywain is a Knights of the Round Table of the Round Table and the son of King Urien in Arthurian legend. The historical Owain mab Urien, on whom the literary character is based, was the king of Rheged in Great Britain during the late 6th century....
 and Morvydd
Morvydd

In Welsh literature Arthurian legend, Morfydd ferch Urien is the daughter of Urien Rheged by Modron, and twin sister to Ywain. Morfydd appears in the Welsh Triads and is also referred to in Culhwch and Olwen....
.

Her Gaulish counterpart Matrona is a Celtic
Celtic polytheism

Celtic polytheism, sometimes known as Celtic paganism, refers to the religious beliefs and practises of the ancient Celts of western Europe prior to Christianisation....
 mother goddess and tutelary goddess of the River Marne
Marne

Marne is a departments of France in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department. The prefectures in France of Marne is Ch?lons-en-Champagne ....
. She is also a fertility and harvest deity often equated with Greece's Demeter
Demeter

File:Demeter in horse chariot w daughter kore 83d40m wikiC Tempio Y di Selinunte sec VIa.JPGDemeter , in Greek mythology, is the Goddess of cereal and fertility, the pure....
 or Ireland's Danu
Danu (Irish goddess)

In Irish mythology, Danu or Dana was the mother figure who accompanied The Dagda. The genitive is Danann , and the dative Danainn....
. In Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
, she appears as a washerwoman, and thus there would seem to be a connection with the Morrígan
Morrígan

The Morr?gan or M?rr?gan is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have once been a goddess, although she is not explicitly referred to as such in the texts....
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