Dylan Eil Sound

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Dylan Eil Ton [ 'dɘlan eil ton ], also Dylan Eil Dôn ("son of the waves", "grandson of the Dôn") is the son of Arianrhod in Welsh mythology , his father remains unknown. He is described in the “Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi” as a marine or water being.

mythology

In the “Fourth Branch” ( Math fab Mathonwy , “Math, the son of Mathonwys”) the beautiful maiden Goewin is the foot holder of King Math of Gwynedd . One of his nephews, Gwydyon or Gilfaethwy , rapes her, who can then no longer hold the foot. Math transforms his two nephews into different animals for three years as a punishment and only lets them become humans again when they promise to provide him with another virgin. The proposed Arianrhod, the sister of the two, is already pregnant. During the examination by the king, she gives birth to two children in quick succession.

Then she stepped over the magic rod, and with this step she dropped a tall boy with a lush blond hair. But the boy uttered a cry. After the boy's scream, she ran to the door and dropped something small.

The second child is just a lump at birth that Gwydion hides in a box. Later a boy emerges from the box, whom Gwydyon recognizes as a son. He was given the name Llew Llaw Gyffes .

The first-born is a blond boy fully developed at birth.

The boy was baptized and as soon as he was baptized he went into the sea. And as soon as it got into the sea, it took on the nature of the sea and swam as well as the best fish in the sea. [...] A wave never broke beneath him.

Hence he is named "Son of the Waves". The father of the two twin children remains anonymous. Since Llew is also understood as the embodiment of the new, young sun, Ingeborg Clarus sees Dylan as the embodiment of the nocturnal course of the sun (immersion in the sea, ascent in the morning).

His death is only mentioned briefly in the Mabinogion:

And the blow that brought him death was dealt him by his uncle Gofannon . And that was one of the three disastrous blows.

reception

After Dylan Ail Don the crater was in 2000 Dylan on Jupiter's moon Europa named.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ingeborg Clarus: Celtic myths. Man and his otherworld. P. 268 f.
  2. ↑ a b c Bernhard Maier: The legend book of the Welsh Celts. P. 82.
  3. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 602.
  4. ^ Dylan in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS