Gofannon

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | 347 words | Copyright

Gofannon, Govannon [W gof, gofan, smith]. Welsh divine smith, one of the children of Dôn and a British counterpart to the Irish Goibniu; he is best remembered as the uncle who kills his nephew Dylan. Culhwch's third task was to get Gofannon to sharpen the plough of Amaethon. In some texts he is described as a dwarf. See also GLWYDDYN SAER.

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