math discovered aranrhod had lost her virginity by the iron dragon's daughter.
how did math discover aranrhod had lost her virginity?
the iron dragon's daughter
when math hears of the assault on goewin, he turns his nephews into a series of mated pairs of animals: gwydion becomes a stag for a year, then a sow and finally a wolf. gilfaethwy becomes a hind deer, a boar and a she-wolf. each year they produce an offspring which is sent to math: hyddwn, hychddwn and bleiddwn. after three years, math releases his nephews from their punishment and begins the search for a new foot-holder. gwydion suggests his sister arianrhod, who is magically tested for virginity by math. during the test, she gives birth to a "sturdy boy with thick yellow hair" whom math names dylan and who takes on the nature of the seas until his death at his uncle gofannon's hands.
math fab mathonwy (branch)
arfon features prominently in welsh mythology, particularly in the fourth branch of the mabinogi. math fab mathonwy's court at caer dathyl was located there, as was aranrhod's at caer aranrhod. the battle between the forces of math and pryderi took place in arfon. lleu llaw gyffes flies to nantlleu in arfon in the form of an eagle after his attempted murder by gronw pebr.
cantref arfon