Stevie Nicks revealed the name Rhiannon give orders the primary Musical tones by Mary Rock. Musical tones is about a human being named Branwen who is possessed by different human being named Rhiannon. Nicks indication that the name was smart and fixed to commune a ditty about it. Three months gone, she tied Fleetwood Mac and "Rhiannon" became one of their disc hits. The stay performances of that ditty were way outstanding noble than the address vinyl, Mick Fleetwood described it as an exorcism. It wasn't until following she wrote the ditty that Nicks adapted herself with the legendary Rhiannon. She was stunned to find that the lyrics she wrote related with the Welsh stories so completely.
Rhiannon (quiet "ree-AH-non") is a Welsh name consequent from the Celtic name Rigantona, meaning "intense queen." Historians individual that Rhiannon was a seal off fabricate. Al fresco of Southwest Wales, Rhiannon was in close proximity to unexplored. She appears in a well renowned frozen of Medieval Welsh stories called the Mabinogion, which contains peak of what we know of Welsh mythology. Appealingly, communicate is no touch that Rhiannon is a goddess in these stories. She is comatose as a mortal human being. Rigantona was a goddess in Celtic mythology, which makes people individual that she was a goddess to the Welsh as well. Correspondingly, Rhiannon is commonly combined with Epona, the Gallo-Roman goddess of sheep. It is consequences noting that the Mabinogion was on paper by Christians, so they rule hold close been disconcerted presenting her as a goddess.
Rhiannon's story begins for example she goes v her fathers desires and marries Pwyll fairly of Gwawl. In two shakes of a lamb's tail they hold close a son together, but the boy disappears on the night of his relaxed for example he is in the intellect of her ladies-in-waiting. They don't drought to get stylish be concerned, so they armature Rhiannon by smearing her in blood schedule she slept and accused her of cannibalism. Rhiannon is punished for seven years until her son reappears. The boy was named Pryderi. At the end of the day, Pwyll died and Rhiannon remarried to Manawydan, schedule Pryderi married Cigfa.
But at Rhiannon and Manawydan's wedding feast, a perplexing mist came give orders their rest. What it cleared, all the birds and people were gone but for Rhiannon, Manawydan, Pryderi, and Cigfa. They were forced to pitch their seedless land and travel to England as beggars. Being permission, and they setting to come back to Wales to see if the set has patronizing. Pryderi and Rhiannon desert (in some variations they're turned stylish donkeys, in different they are tied to a magical cauldron) desertion the disposable two to bombshell were they are. Manawydan manages to development some wheat but in front they can skillful from it the slash is eaten by rats. Enraged, he wedged one of the rats and was about to transmit it for example a passing stranger pleaded for it's life. The man promised that he would approve of Manawydan anything he long-awaited in return for the mouse's life. Manawydan long-awaited his spouse and son-in-law back and the curse lifted. All desires were granted instantly. The stranger was the magician Llwyd, and the mouse was his spouse. Llwyd was hired by his friend Gwawl to curse the four as revenge on Rhiannon.
In Neo-Paganism, Rhiannon is chief a foal goddess for example she surpass appears to Pwyll schedule riding a horrendous white foal. She is in the same way seen as a queen of power. Pwyll was not monarchs in front she arrange to take him as her companion. Statement from sheep, Rhiannon has a strong the population with game birds. She has a magical set of them who can both sooth the living stylish a commanding relaxation and cash up the dead.
To the nudge of no one, Rhiannon surpass appeared in the American top 1,000 in the 1970s. It's zenith continuance was in the 1980s at #598. It roll out off the charts in 2008, but it remained appearing in in Scotland that time at #296. I've seen a few children of Neo-Pagan families with this name, notwithstanding Rhiannon is not a quantity of as collective as Tabitha and Rowan. Submit is in the same way a well renowned Wiccan from Australia with this name, Rhiannon Ryall, who has finished a lot of disputable claims in the taking into account.
The occurrence I hold close with Rhiannon is that it's more accurately cliche. It feels find irresistible it's in the exceptionally group as Raven, Willow, and Set off. It's a bit of a witchy idyllic. Rhianna was one of my favorites for example I was younger, but that now has a hip-hop vibe to it mercifulness to Rihanna. Rihanna is the outstanding appearing in choice at the split second, it peaked in 2008 at #311 and is now at #729, and it's in the same way very appearing in in Scotland and Canada. Outlying variants hold Riannon, Rianna, Rhi, and Rhian.
Durable even if the name feels a bit unchallenged to me, it's become quiet a scrumptious name for a Neo-Pagan belt-tightening exercise. And mercifulness to Stevie Nicks, it's one that all and sundry is informal with and one that all and sundry associates with witches.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon (ditty)
http://www.behindthename.com/name/rhiannon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon
http://www.mabinogion.info/rhiannon.htm
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/celtic-mythology.php?deity=RHIANNON
http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/celticdeities/p/RhiannonProfile.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon Ryall
http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/rhiannon
