Cynon does not have a single mythic origin in the supplied material; rather he is attested in two overlapping literary strains. He is named in the early North‑Brittonic martial corpus (Y Gododdin) as a warrior associated with the Battle of Catraeth and the courtly milieu of the Hen Ogledd (son of Clydno Eiddin). Separately, in the medieval Welsh prose romance tradition preserved in the Mabinogion (the Owain tale), he appears as an attendant of King Arthur at Caerleon who recounts a quest he undertook to find a worthy opponent. These attestations reflect a process of poetic commemoration and romantic adaptation rather than a single biographical origin.
The supplied sources give no detailed physical description. Texts identify him by patronymic and social relationships—Cynon ap Clydno (son of Clydno Eiddin), associated with Morvydd (his love-interest) and named among Arthur's Three Counsellor Knights—rather than by bodily attributes or particular clothing. Narrative episodes describe him acting in martial and courtly contexts but do not record specific bodily features.
Sources depict Cynon as a celebrated and capable human warrior and courtier rather than a supernatural being. In Y Gododdin he is praised for martial prowess among the fighters at Catraeth. In the Owain tale he is a questing narrator who follows a guide into liminal, enchanted places, performs prescribed actions at a fountain that provoke a supernatural martial encounter, endures a hailstorm and a Black Knight's assault, and is subsequently tended by the lord of a shining castle. He also serves as one of Arthur's trusted counsellors and as an exemplar of ardent love toward Morvydd.
Cymidei Cymeinfoll
A giantess from the Second Branch of the Mabinogi who lived under a lake in Ireland, gave birth to a fully formed and armed warrior every six weeks, and with her husband kept the Cauldron of Regeneration used to restore the dead (who returned mute). They appear as guests at Matholwch's court, survive an attempted killing, and later give the cauldron to Bendigeidfran.
Cymo
Cymo is recorded in modern reference lists as a named member of the Nereids, the class of sea-nymphs in Greek mythology. The available sources supply only the name and its categorization; no independent ancient attestations, narratives, or descriptive details for Cymo are provided in the supplied material.
Cymodoce
Cymodoce (Ancient Greek Κυμοδόκη, romanized Kymodokê) is one of the fifty Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of Nereus and the Oceanid Doris in Greek mythology. She is attested mainly in name-lists and brief literary mentions and functions as part of the collective of sea-nymphs rather than as an individually featured mythic figure.
Cymothoe
Cymothoe (Ancient Greek: Κυμοθόη, Kymothoê) is one of the fifty Nereids in Greek mythology, a daughter of Nereus and Doris. Etymologically glossed in modern reference as 'wave‑swift' and described in some summaries as associated with gentle, quiet waves, she appears in literary and artistic sources as a named sea‑nymph who can aid mortals at sea (notably in the Aeneid tradition assisting Aeneas).
Cynanthropy
Cynanthropy is a cross-disciplinary category covering (a) a psychiatric delusion in which a person believes themself to be a dog, (b) folkloric or anthropological accounts of people who change form between human and dog (human–canine therianthropy), and (c) descriptions of canine-headed peoples or mixed human–canine races in comparative literature.
Cynocephalics
In Egyptian tradition, cynocephalics are human beings with dog's heads. (Note: 1. The power tier should be Primordial, given the fact that cynocephalics are described as a widely attested mythical phenomenon existing in many different forms and contexts. 2. Add an origin story b)
Cynosura
Cynosura (Ancient Greek: Κυνοσούρα, lit. 'dog's tail') is named in modern summaries of Greek myth as an Idaean nymph from Crete who helped nurse and conceal the young Zeus during his early years when he was hidden. The figure is attested in concise modern reference entries; additional uses of the lexical form 'Cynosura' in Greek place-names and star-lore are recorded but distinct from the nymph as presented in the supplied material.
Cynurus
Cynurus (Ancient Greek: Κύνουρος, Kúnouros) is an eponymous genealogical figure of Greek tradition, recorded as a son of the hero Perseus who led a colonial movement from Argos into the district called Cynuria. He functions in the sources as an ancestral founder and name-giver rather than as a supernatural being.
Cyphus (Κύφος)
Cyphus (Ancient Greek: Κύφος) is attested in classical sources as a town of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly, cited in Homer’s Catalogue of Ships as supplying 22 ships for the Trojan War and placed by Strabo at the foot of Mount Olympus. The name also appears in modern contexts (taxonomic entry, digital usernames, and media metadata) but the supplied sources do not present Cyphus as a supernatural being.
Cypress of Kashmar
A sacred cypress tree in Persian tradition, symbolizing the spread of Zoroastrianism. (Note: 1. Power tier is too low; based on its significance in Zoroastrian tradition, it should be Primordial. 2. Add sensory cues such as the scent of cedar or pine associated with cypress trees, and possibl)
Cyrene
Cyrene is an eponymous ancient Greek mythological heroine associated with the North African city of Cyrene and remembered chiefly as a mortal lover of the god Apollo and as an aetiological figure whose name is applied to place and artistic types in Greco-Roman culture.
Cyric (tradition)
The name "Cyric" appears in disparate, unrelated contexts in the provided sources: as the name of a fictional deity listed in a Dungeons & Dragons deities compilation, as the Latinized personal name 'Cyricus' in a Christian martyr pair (Cyricus and Julitta), and as a modern digital creator/username credited on 3D model assets. The materials do not document a single, coherent folkloric or religious entity named Cyric.
Community Record
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- [2]Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain (summary / text). Owain tale summary and text (Mabinogion.info)literary
- [3]The Gododdin (Aneirin) / Stanzas of the Graves. The Gododdin (Aneirin) — early British heroic poetryliterary
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- [5]Battle of Catraeth (Early British Kingdoms commentary). EarlyBritishKingdoms: Catraeth backgroundother