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Subject: Re: What does Rhiannon mean?
Author: Wayne Knazek   (guest, 67.20.98.6)
Date: November 14, 2003 at 12:43:31 PM
Reply to: Re: What does Rhiannon mean? by Rhiannon Parker
RHIANNON f Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: hri-AN-awn (Welsh), ree-AN-un (English), REE-an-un (English) Derived from Old Celtic Rigantona meaning "great queen". In Welsh mythology Rhiannon was the goddess of fertility and the moon. This name is also borne by a princess in Welsh legends, the wife of Pwyll.


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