Melangell’s Hare Greeting Card By Rebecca Stockburn

Melangell’s Hare Greeting Card By Rebecca Stockburn

Frog Prince, 3D greeting card, handmade card By Rebecca Stockburn

Frog Prince, 3D greeting card, handmade card By Rebecca Stockburn

The Birth of Blodeuwedd By Rebecca Stockburn

Blodeuwedd was created from flowers, and was the wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes, son of Arianrhod. She is a central figure in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. She was created by the great druid magicians Math and Gwydion to be Lleu’s wife, in response to a curse pronounced by his mother that he would never have a mortal wife. They fashioned Blodeuwedd from three blossoms: oak, meadowsweet, and broom. However, she proved treacherous to Lleu, and she and her lover Gronw Pebyr plotted against him, killing the invulnerable Lleu by tricking him into the only pose in which he could be harmed (a classic Celtic motif). Lleu turned into an eagle and then was turned back into human form by his uncles. In retaliation Gronw was killed, and Blodeuwedd was ‘punished’ for this by being transformed into an owl.
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