Also called Dylan Eil Ton, Dylan son of the Wave.
Their story
Dylan was the first son born to Arianrhod when Math tested her maidenhood. As soon as he was baptised he made for the sea and took on its nature, swimming as well as any fish, and no wave ever broke beneath him. He was killed by a blow from his uncle Gofannon, which the Mabinogi calls one of the three unfortunate blows. Poems in the Book of Taliesin lament his death.
Best times to give to them
- at the shore
- Calan Gaeaf
What they like being given
- a song sung to the waves
- litter picked from a beach
- a shell returned to the sea
How to honour them
- Swim or paddle safely in the sea and thank him for the water.
- Help with a beach clean in his name.
How they can help you
- love of the sea
- grief for the young
- water safety awareness
Symbols
- the wave
- fish
- the sea shore
Sources
- Math fab Mathonwy (the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi)
- Book of Taliesin
More Celtic gods
- The Dagda The good god, father of all
- Lugh Master of all the arts
- Cernunnos The antlered one of the wild
- Manannán mac Lir Lord of the sea and the Otherworld
- Aengus The young god of love
- Nuada The king with the silver hand
- Dian Cécht Physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann
- Goibniu Smith of the gods and brewer of the feast