Beli Mawr (Welsh for 'Beli the Great') was an ancestor figure in Middle Welsh literature and genealogies. He is the father of Cassivellaunus, Arianrhod, Lludd Llaw Eraint, Llefelys, and Afallach. In certain medieval genealogies, he is listed as the son or husband of Anna, cousin of Mary, mother of Jesus.

A number of the Welsh royal families trace their ancestry to the man called Beli Mawr, whose pedigrees make him descend from the legendary Brutus of Troy.[1] We doubt his birth-name was Beli (BAY-lee), this being one of the major Celtic gods, the God of the Sun.

When King Beli Mawr ap Diguillus of Britain was born in 0117 BC, in Wales, his father, Digueillus ap Capoir, King of Britain, was 43 and his mother, Gwenllian Rhyfedel Verch Lleuver, was 162. He had at least 6 sons and 3 daughters with Anna bat Mathonwy of Arimathea.

Beli Mawr ("Beli the Great") was an ancestor figure in Middle Welsh literature and genealogies. Mythic Origins. Scholars continue to debate the origin of the name Beli. Divine Name. The most popular hypothesis sees the name Beli as a Middle Welsh reflex of the Gaulish and Brittonic divine name Belenus (also attested as a personal name).

Beli MAWR (King) of BRITONS aka Heli (Belenos) `the Great'; aka Bran Beli `the Blessed'; the CAMBRIAN; a Druid; `Celtic GOD of the Sun' External page: Several Belis (historical and legendary) have been conflated, genealogies confused, chronologies inconsistent.

2022年4月26日 · Beli Mawr (translated into English as Beli the Great) was an ancestor figure in medieval Welsh literature and genealogies. He is the father of Caswallawn, Arianrhod, Lludd Llaw Eraint, Llefelys, and Afallach. In certain medieval genealogies he is listed as the husband of Anna, cousin of the Virgin Mary.

Beli Mawr, son of Manogan, also known as Beli the Great, is a figure appearing in early Welsh genealogies as a legendary ancestor, often situated at the mythical beginnings of several royal pedigrees.

mawr: great, large Legendary king of Britain, Beli either is in origin the Celtic sun god Belenos or was conflated with him at an early period, but here in his medieval form is consort to the (semi-hypothetical) earth mother Dôn (see below), and acts as ancestor of the British kings and a crucial (but entirely imaginary) tie to the family of ...

2023年2月17日 · Beli Mawr, also known as Belenus or Bel, is a deity of Welsh mythology who has been worshipped by the ancient Celts. He was a god of light, fertility, and the sun, and he was widely revered by the Druids.

Beli Mawr, son of Mynogen, is a prominent figure in Welsh mythology, recognized as the husband of the goddess Don and father to notable deities like Amathon, Nudd, Govannon, Gwydyon, and Gilvaethwy, along with daughters Aranrhod and Penarddun. Revered as an ancestor and king, Beli's legacy extends across Britain and Eu...