Mabon ap Modron

Mabon fab Modron [' mabon va ː b' Modron ], Mabon ap Modron also the son of the goddess Modron, therefore called " the divine child ", is a figure from Welsh mythology. In the continental Arthurian romances he is called Mabonagrain or Mabuz.

Mythology

In the legend of Kulhwch ac Olwen is reported that the giant Ysbaddaden, the father Olwens, the matchmakers Kulhwch forty objects, before he is permitted to marry his daughter.

In the next tasks Ysabaddaden reveals the way to find Mabon: First, be of captive cousin Eidoel is to rid the need to help in the search. This works together with Kei, Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd the language Lore, who is able to communicate with all animals, and Bedwyr fab Bedrawg makes Eidoel in the order of King Arthur on the way. Consult the oldest animals in the world, namely the blackbird of Kilgrwi, the deer of Rhedynvre, the Owl of Cwm Cawlwyd, the Eagle of Gwernabwy and finally the Salmon of Llyn Llyw. This takes Kei and Gwrhyr on his back and swims with the tide of the Severn upstream to Caer Loyw ( Gloucester). There Mabon is imprisoned and succeeds Arthur with an army to conquer the castle and Mabon to liberate mainly through Keis. In the fight with the boar Twrch Trwyth - also a requirement Ysbaddadens - it is Mabon, with the help of the dog Drudwyn of the CWN Annwn ( the Otherworld dogs ) the boar snatches the razor between his ears.

The captivity Mabons in Caer Loyw is sometimes associated with an initiation and apprenticeship with the "fight women " ( witches ) of Gloucester, and this place equated with a variant of the Other World.

Mabon fab Modron is in the Trioedd Ynys Prydein ( " The Triads of the Island of Britain " ) called together with Llyr Lledieith and Gweir fab Geirioedd " One of the three noble prisoners of the Island of Britain " (tri goruchel garcharawr Ynis Bridein ).

Inn of the narrative Pa yw'r WR porthor? ( "Who is the gatekeeper ?") Mabon is one of the henchmen Arthur, who introduces him to the porter Glewlwyd as a " servant " of Uther Pendragon.

The name Mabon is often derived from Gaulish God Maponos and Modron of the goddess Matrona.

In the novels of Matière de Bretagne Mabon is mentioned ( in Erec of Chrétien de Troyes ) or Mabuz ( in Lanzelet of Ulrich von Zatzikhoven ) with high probability as Mabonagrain, the figures stand in a changed context.