Gender: Feminine
Origin: Norse
Meaning: “Wandering soldier.”
Pronunciation: (goon-FIN-na)
Nicknames: Finna, Finn
Detail: From the Old Norse gunnr “battle, fight” and finnr “wanderer”
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: “Blood; flow, fluidity.”
Pronunciation: (GOO-yar)
Nicknames: Yari, Gw
Gwyar literally means “blood” in old Welsh, but its more general meaning is “flow” or “fluidity.”
As an element, gwyar is the source of change, motion, growth, and decay. Its image in nature is running water.
Druid Revival lore contains a set of three elements that first appears in Iolo Morganwg’s writings. Whether it’s an invention of Iolo’s or a surviving scrap of some older teaching is anyone’s guess, but the three elements have been part of Druid Revival teaching ever since his time. Their names are Nwyfre, Gwyar, and Calas.