entities: ENT_WEL_GWYDION

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_WEL_GWYDION Gwydion   Celtic/Welsh Trickster magician Trickster Figure magic, shapeshifting, trickery, storytelling, creation trickster, magic, shapeshifting, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       Gwydion fab Dôn; Fourth Branch; nephew and student of Math; the great magician-trickster of Welsh mythology; conjures an illusory army from mushrooms to trick Pryderi out of his pigs; creates Lleu's wife Blodeuwedd from flowers; the most active and morally ambiguous figure in the Fourth Branch; creates the path of stars called Caer Gwydion (the Milky Way) in Welsh tradition hero

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