Also called Gwri Wallt Euryn, Gwri of the Golden Hair, Pryderi fab Pwyll.
Their story
Pryderi was stolen on the night of his birth, and Rhiannon was falsely blamed. He was found by Teyrnon Twrf Liant, whose mare's foals vanished every May Eve, and raised as Gwri of the Golden Hair until his likeness to Pwyll revealed him. Rhiannon named him Pryderi, from her words that her anxiety was over. He later inherited Dyfed, was trapped by a golden bowl in the enchantment of the Third Branch, and was killed by Gwydion's magic after Gwydion stole his pigs.
Best times to give to them
- Calan Mai
- Calan Gaeaf
- at birthdays
What they like being given
- oats or apples
- a candle for missing loved ones
- a gift to a children's charity
How to honour them
- Light a candle for anyone missing or estranged from their family.
- Honour him with his mother Rhiannon, as the two are tied together in the tales.
How they can help you
- reunion with lost family
- protection of children
- worry and anxiety
Symbols
- the foal
- the golden hair
- the pigs from Annwn
- the golden bowl
Scholars sometimes compare him to Mabon son of Modron, but the link is not certain.
Sources
- Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed (the First Branch of the Mabinogi)
- Manawydan fab Llŷr (the Third Branch of the Mabinogi)
- Math fab Mathonwy (the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi)
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