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Owein, Owen
[Latin Eugenius, wellborn]
Name borne by dozens of figures from early Welsh legend, romance, and history, most notably Owain ap Urien, hero of the 13th-century romance Owain, and Owain Glyndyfrdwy [Glendower], leader of the last successful Welsh resistance against English domination, 1401–6.
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Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Copyright © James MacKillop 1998, 2004. All rights reserved.
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