Dôn

Don or DON and variants may refer to:

• Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given name Donald in English, also a masculine given name in Irish
• Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, southern Italian, and Filipino title, given as a mark of respect
• Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia
• University don, in British and Irish universities, especially at Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews and Dublin, a fellow or tutor of a college
• A resident assistant at universities in Canada and the USA

Dôn is a Welsh mother goddess. She does not play a direct part in the action of the Mabinogi, though many characters in that cycle are related to her. She is the mother of Arianrhod, Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, Gofannon, Eufydd, Elestron and Amaethon. Patrick K. Ford asserts that she is the equivalent of the Irish Danu and of the Gaulish goddess "whose name is preserved in the river name Danube (Donau)".