Cerridwen

Cerridwen was closely related to the Greek Goddess, Demeter, as a Goddess of fertility, and the harvest. She also represented renewal, transformation, change and rebirth. Cerridwen is most often considered to be a Crone, but in some ways she represents all three aspects of a triple Goddess. As a white sow, she also is connected with the Moon. Cerridwen was also associated with divination, death and the underworld, in many ways like Hecate.

Her primary symbol was her enchanted cauldron (called Amen), from which she could produce a brew of inspiration and wisdom. She worked for a year and a day to make a batch of this potion, to give to her ugly son Avagdu. Cerridwen felt that Avagdu was too unattractive to get ahead in the world unless he had other redeeming qualities, like wisdom. Unfortunately, the boy she hired to stir the pot took some by accident.

The boy became enlightened and ran away from Cerridwen's wrath. A long chase followed, and in the end, Cerridwen swallowed the boy and became pregnant. When she gave birth to him, he became the great Celtic bard, Taliesin.

A Welsh Goddess, she lived on an island and was married to a giant named Tegid. Besides her ugly son, Avagdu, she also had a daughter named Creirwy and another son, Movran.