Goewin

Goewin is in Celtic mythology of Wales, " Fußhalterin " the King Math of Gwynedd.

Mythology

In the " Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi " (Math fab Mathonwy, " Math, the son Mathonwys " ) Math has the Virgin Goewin as his beautiful Fußhalterin, for the king can only exist

Goewin is the daughter Pebins from Dol Bebin in Arfon and is described as the most beautiful girl that time. Since Maths nephew Gilfaethwy has fallen in love Goewin, promises his brother Gwydyon to help him and provoked a war against Pryderi, so that math has to leave his Fußhalterin. However, instead of Gilfaethwy raped Gwydyon Goewin ( in another version is yet Gilfaethwy the perpetrator ).

This can therefore no longer perform their duties as Fußhalterin, as this is only a virgin possible. As Math returns to his kingdom, he learns of Goewins fate and offers her to marry her and from the symbolic function of Fußhalterin it becomes a real queen. Math punished his nephew by transforming them for the period of three years in deer and deer, boar and sow, wolf and wolf. He takes them from their young, which he transformed into human children: Bleiddwn, Hyddwn and Hychdwn.

In the further action of the " fourth branch " Goewin has no function.