Owen Gwynedd

Owen Gwynned is, along with H. P. Lovecraft, a descendant of Llunwy of Wales.
==Behind the Mythos==
He most likely is a reference to Owain Gwynedd, a medieval Welsh King.
Lovecraft jokingly introduced him in his 1933 family tree: (: Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft 4.617)
 Azathoth
 /
 ___________________________/__________________________________
 / / /
 Nyarlathotep The Nameless Mist Darkness
 (The ancient patrician / /
 gens Viburnia of Haec / /
 RESPVLICA.ROMANA) Yog-Sothoth------------+---------Shub-Niggurath
 / /
 / ____________/___________________
 L. Viburnius Marco / /
 / Nug Yeb
 / / /
 P. Viburnius Marco / /
 Legatus of Legio 11., Cthulhu* Tsathoggua*
 station'd at Isca Silurum, / /
 in Britannia Secunda / /
 in A. D. 103 Shaurash-ho Yabou
 / / /
 / / /
 / Yogash the Ghoul Nush the Eternal
 / / /
 / / /
 / K'baa the Serpent Gilles Grenier,
 / / Lord of Averoigne
 / ** / /
 Viburnia-----------+-----------Ghoth the Burrower /
 / (one of the Little People) Hippolyte Le Sorcier,
 / ancestor of
 Llunwy of Wales Clark Ashton Smith
 ancestor of
 Owen Gwynedd
 and of |H.P.L.
 
 * First of their respective lines to inhabit this planet.
 ** This union was an hellish and nameless tragedy.
==References==
Category:Characters Originating From Lovecraft Circle Works
Category:Humans