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Also known as Don

Dôn () is an ancestor figure in Welsh legend and literature. She is typically given as the mother of a group known as the "Children of Dôn", including Gwydion, Arianrhod, and Gilfaethwy, among many others. However, antiquarians of the early modern era generally considered Dôn a male figure.

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Deity.type
Welsh
Deity.name
Dôn
Deity.deity_of
Ancestral Mother of the House of Dôn
Deity.cult_center
Wales
Deity.consort
Beli Mawr
Deity.parents
Mathonwy
Deity.siblings
Math fab Mathonwy and Goewin
Deity.offspring
Penarddun, Arianrhod, Amaethon, Gofannon, Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, and Nudd,
Deity.gender
Female
Deity.equivalent1_type
Irish
Deity.equivalent1
Danu

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  • The House of Dôn
  • In astronomy
  • Etymology & Proto-Indo-European Origins
  • See also
  • Bibliography
  • References
  • External links

Dôn () is an ancestor figure in Welsh legend and literature. She is typically given as the mother of a group known as the "Children of Dôn", including Gwydion, Arianrhod, and Gilfaethwy, among many others. However, antiquarians of the early modern era generally considered Dôn a male figure.

==The House of Dôn==

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