Beli (Heli Belenos) Mawr King Of BRITONS^[1]

• Name	Beli (Heli Belenos) Mawr King Of BRITONS
  Birth	Bef 162 BC
  Gender	Male
  Relationship (J,M&L)	59th Great-grandparent (thru daughter Penarddun)
  Relationship (J,M&L)	62nd Great-grandparent
  Occupation	King of Britain
  _UID	CB1F3B6002E941BDA3CFA894AC2F2B587A65
  Death	72 B.C.
  Person ID	I4382	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 May 2011

  
  

  Father	Manogan Ap Eneid Of CAMBRIA   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna "The Prophetess" Of ARIMATHEA   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Lludd Ap Beli Mawr King Of The BRITONS,   b. 79 B.C. d. Abt. 18 B.C. + 2. Casswallan King Of The BRITONS,   b. 82 BC d. 48 BC   3. Penardim (Penardun) Verch Beli Of BRITONS   d. Yes, date unknown   4. AMALECH   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Afallach (Amalech Aballac) Ap Beli BRITONS,   b. Abt 120 BC d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Belenos alias Beli Mawr Celtic God of the Sun Belenos, later known as Beli Mawr (the Great), was the Celtic God of the Sun, representing the curative powers of the Sun’s heat. His festival of Beltane, when bonfires were lit to welcome in the Summer and encourage the Sun’s warmth, was held on May 1st, and is remembered in today's May Day festivities. His symbols were the horse (as shown, for example, by the clay horse figurine offerings at Belenos’ Sainte-Sabine shrine in Burgundy), and also the Wheel (as illustrated on the famous Gundestrup Cauldron). Perhaps, like Apollo, whom he became identified with, Belenos was thought to ride the Sun across the sky in a horse-drawn chariot. Indeed, a Celtic model horse and wagon, carrying a gilded sun-disc, has been found at Trundholm in Denmark. Sometimes he is illustrated riding a single horse, throwing thunder-bolts (hence an occasional identification with Jupiter) and using his symbolic radiating wheel as a shield, as he tramples the chthonic forces of a snake-limbed giant. This personification is similar to the classic depiction of the Archangel St. Michael defeating the Devil. Sacred pagan hills associated with Belenos, are thought to have had their dedications transferred to this saint (or sometimes St. George) by the early Christians. Well known examples include St. Michael’s Mount (Cornwall) and the churches of St. Michael on Brent Tor (Devon), and Burrow Mump and Glastonbury Tor (Somerset): All on a supposed ley line that faces the Rising Sun at Beltane. He may also have been worshipped on Dragon Hill below the great Uffington White Horse in Berkshire. It has been suggested the Welsh form of his name, Beli Mawr, lived on into Arthurian romance as King Pellinore of Listinoire. Source: lorenfamily.com

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] compiled by James H Carney, Jim Carney.