Gwion Bach
In Welsh romance and myth, son of Gwreang.
Set by Ceridwin to stir the magic cauldron of science and inspiration intended to be drunk by her son, Gwion tasted the liquid and became gifted with supernatural sight. He fled, pursued by Ceridwin, and the pair were changed successively into a hare and a greyhound, a fish and an otter, a bird and a hawk, a grain of wheat and a black hen, which ultimately swallowed the wheat. (Compare the metamorphoses of Ceridwen and Gwion Bach with that of the Queen of Beauty and the Djinn in the Arabian Nights, Tale of the Second Calendar). Later Gwion was placed in a bag and flung into the sea by Ceridwin. He was drawn out by Elphin, son of Cwyddus, and was now called Taliesin (Radiant Brow). 66 66 66