In Nigeria, where she is still worshipped, she has temples situated in center of villages, where she has a statue surrounded by images of other gods and animals. Amongst Ibo people, she is one of most popular divinities.

A time later Gwydion presented Arianrhod with object that he had hidden in chest - a second boy child. Arianrhod was outraged at "evidence" of her humiliation at hands of King Math and rejected child.

She laid on him three curses:

He shall have no name except one she gives him.

He shall bear no arms except ones she gives him.

He shall have no wife of race that is now on earth.

Gwydion was outraged by these curses and worked to break them. He disguised himself and boy child as shoemakers and traveled to Caer Arianrhod. When Arianrhod went to have shoes fitted, boy child threw a stone at a bird and deftly hit it. Arianrhod commented on child's skillful hand. At that Gwydion revealed himself and child and stated that she had just named him - Llew Llaw Gyffes, Shining Skillful Hand. This threw Arianrhod into a firey rage and she stormed back to Caer Arianrhod swearing that boy would never bear arms or have a human wife.

Again Gwydion tricked Arianrhod into breaking her own curse. He disguised himself and Llew as travelers and sought refuge in Caer Arianrhod. While they were there Gwydion caused an illusion showing a powerful armada of ships advancing on Caer Arianrhod. Making ready for battle Arianrhod threw open her armory and armed her retainers. Gwydion suggested to Arianrhod that she give arms to him and Llew (still in disguise) and they would fight at defense of castle. She readily agreed and thereby, unwittingly, granted arms to her son, breaking second curse. Gwydion then revealed themselves to Arianrhod and told her that she may as well take arms back from her son, as there really was no battle to be fought.

Enraged at being tricked a second time, Arianrhod took comfort in her third curse - that Llew would have no human wife. Gwydion, upset at cruelty Arianrhod was showing her son, vowed to break this curse also. Gwydion went to King Math and explained Llew's plight. Combining their magic they created a woman made of flowers, Blodeuwedd, to be wife to Llew, and broke Arianrhod's third curse.

Humiliated by King Math, thwarted by her son, forsaken by her brother, Arianrhod retreated to her castle Caer Arianrhod. Here she later drowned when sea reclaimed land. Bibliography [1] Gruffudd, Heini. Enwau i'r Cymry/Welsh Personal Names (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 1984) s.nn. Ariannell, Arianwen, Arianrhod. [2] Bromwich, Rachel. The Welsh Triads (University of Wales Press, 1978) p.277.

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[8] Solin, Heikki & Olli Salomies. Repertorium Nominum Gentilium et Cognominum Latinorum s.nn. Arianius, Arrianilla, Ariannus, Arrionilla (Hildesheim: Olms-Weidmann, 1988).