Modron

Modron ferch Afallach [' Modron verx a'vałax ] (" Modron, daughter Afallachs " ) or Madrun is an ancient mother goddess and legendary figure from Celtic mythology of Wales in the west of Britain.

Modron is the daughter of Afallach and is in the Trioedd Ynys Prydein ( " The Welsh Triads " ) also known as the mother of Owein fab Urien and Morfudd ferch Urien, whose father both the historic King Urien of Rheged said to have been in the 6th century. Modrons son Mabon is robbed three days after birth. Mabon plays in time y Kavas Kulhwch Olwen ( " As has Kulhwch Olwen won " ) play an important role after he is released from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table from captivity in Gloucester to help the men to hunt the boar Twrch Trwyth.

An inscription occupied older form of the name is Matrona as a collective term for a type of Celtic mother goddesses, as well as the name of the river goddess Matrona in France. The version as Madrun can still be found in some place names, such as Carn Vadrun on the peninsula Pwllheli in north-west Wales. At a Christian saint of this name, the source sanctuary of St. Madruns Well remembered in the town of Penzance in Cornwall in southwest England.