Blodeuwedd                      

 
 
 

Blodeuwedd is the flower maiden, the aspect of the Goddess that represents
the maiden. Blodeuwedd means `Flower Face'. According to the myths she was
made by Gwydion and his uncle Math to be Lleu's wife. They took the blossoms of the
oak, then the blossoms of the broom and of the meadow-sweet, and produced from them
a maiden, the fairest and most graceful that man ever saw. Blodeuwedd fell in love with
another man than Lleu however and managed to change him into an eagle. Gwydion and
Math took revenge however and after healing Lleu, chased down Blodeuwedd and changed
her into an owl. In old tales this chase took place across the night sky, and the Milky Way is
the trace that's left of it.