Rhiannon is the Celtic goddess of Inspiration and the Moon...
She is a goddess of movement and change who remains steadfast, comforting us in times of crisis and of loss...
Rhiannon's name meant “Divine /Great/ Queen” of the fairies. She is probably a reflex of the Celtic Great Queen goddess Rigantona and may also be associated with the horse goddess Epona.
She is an inspiring figure to invoke for Poets, Artists, and Singers.
She possesses deep magic and can manifest her dreams and desires for the good of all.
Rhiannon was married to Pwyll, the Lord of Dyfed. When Pwyll first saw her, she appeared as a golden goddess upon a magnificent white horse.
Rhiannon managed to outrun Pwyll for three days, and then allowed him to catch up, at which point she told him she'd be happy to marry him, because it would keep her from marrying Gwawl, who had tricked her into an engagement.
Rhiannon and Pwyll conspired together to fool Gwawl in return, and thus Pwyll won her as his bride. Most of the conspiring was likely Rhiannon's, as Pwyll didn't appear to be the cleverest of men.
In the Mabinogion, Rhiannon says of her husband, "Never was there a man who made feebler use of his wits." After Pwyll's death, Rhiannon married Manawyden.
Later, after Pwyll's death, Rhiannon married Manawydan, brother of Bran and Branwen and son of Llyr, a great magician. One day, all of Dyfed turned into a wasteland, and only Rhiannon, Manawydan, Pryderi, and his wife Cigfa, were spared.
Manawydan and Pryderi out hunting followed an enormous white boar into a caer, where Pryderi saw a golden bowl; when he touched it, he was enspelled.
Rhiannon went after him and fell under the same spell the caer then vanished, taking them with it.
She was rescued when Manawydan captured the wife of their enemy, Llwyd, who was taking revenge for the illtreatment of Gwawl.
The story of the Rhiannon reminds us of the healing power of humor, tears, and forgiveness...
She appears in both the first and third branches of the Mabinogi and is further mentioned in the early Arthurian prose tale Culhwch and Olwen...
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