#Celtic#MythologyMonday: Afagddu (“utter darkness”) was a boy so ugly that his mother, the hag-goddess #Ceridwen, feared he would never attract a mate. Thinking that poetry might draw maidens even to an uncomely man, Ceridwen mixed herbs of inspiration for her son in her magical cauldron— but the young servant boy Gwion sipped the brew prematurely, thus draining its magic and becoming the great poet Taliesin as a result.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
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