Goewin

[W] Daughter of Pebin of Dol Pebin of Arfon. She is a virgin and foot holder to Math, son of Mathonwy. She is abducted and married by Gilfaethwy while Math is at war.

Gofannon

[W] Son of Don. His name bears a resemblance to the Irish Goibhniu (also Gobhniu), the donor of the Feast of Immortality and the divine smithy. It obviously derives from the same root—gabha in Irish and gof in Welsh mean smith. He slays his nephew Dylan and this seems cognate with the slaying of Ruadán at the hands of Goibhniu. He makes an appearance in the story of Culhwch and Olwen.

Gogigwr

[W] A doorkeeper at Arthur’s fort, named with Huandaw and Llaesymin.

Goibhniu

[I] The smithgod. Founder of artistry and handicraft. He had two brothers, Cian and Samhan—again constituting the Celtic triune godhead. He could make a spear or sword by three blows of his hammer. He presided over the Otherworld feast of Fled Ghobhnenn, at which he served a special ale that rendered all who drank it exempt from disease and death. The word “smith” in all the Celtic languages has a common provenance: Irish, gabha; Scottish Gaelic, gobha; Manx, gaaue; Welsh, gof; Cornish, gof; and Breton, gof. In later Irish legend a figure called Góbhan Saer, the Wright, became a master mason and architect for the fairies.

Goidel

[I] Also given as Gaedhal and Gael. Son of Niul and Scota, daughter of the pharaoh Cingris. He is acclaimed as the progenitor of the Goidelic or Gaelic Celts (Irish, Manx, and Scots). In what seems to be a Christian embellishment, Goidel was healed by Moses, for his father had befriended Aaron during the Hebrew enslavement in Egypt. Goidel’s son was Esru, whose son Sru was father or Eber Scot.

Goidelic

Usually given as the Gaelic language. The Q-Celtic branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the Irish, Manx, and Scots.

Golamh

[I] Original name of Milesius.

Golden Pillars, Kingdom of

[I] See Easal.

Goleuddydd

[W] Wife of Cilydd and mother of Culhwch. She is said to have gone mad and run into the forest to give birth to Culhwch. Knowing she was about to die, she had her grave measured and made Cilydd take an oath that he would not remarry until a briar with two heads grew from her grave. Only in the seventh years does such a briar grow and Cilydd takes another wife.