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58 relations: Afallach, Annwn, Arianrhod, Bard, Beli Mawr, Black Book of Carmarthen, Brân the Blessed, Cadair Idris, Calan Gaeaf, Cantre'r Gwaelod, Cassivellaunus, Cŵn Annwn, Celtic mythology, Collen, Common Brittonic, Creiddylad, Culhwch, Culhwch and Olwen, Cyledr Wyllt, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Deity, Dormarch, Edern ap Nudd, Fairy, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Glastonbury Tor, Gofannon, Guinevere, Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio, Gwyddno Garanhir, Gwythyr ap Greidawl, Herne the Hunter, Holly King (archetype), Holy water, Irish language, Irish mythology, J. R. R. Tolkien, King Arthur, Llefelys, Lludd Llaw Eraint, May Day, Medieval Welsh literature, Nodens, Nuada Airgetlám, Odin, Olwen, Otherworld, Owl, Penarddun, Preiddeu Annwfn, ..., Psychopomp, Robert Graves, Three Welsh Romances, Twrch Trwyth, Tylwyth Teg, University of Wales, Wild Hunt, Ysbaddaden. Expand index (8 more) »
Afallach
Afallach (Old Welsh Aballac) is a man's name found in several medieval Welsh genealogies, where he is made the son of Beli Mawr.
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Annwn
Annwn, Annwfn, or Annwfyn (in Middle Welsh, Annwvn, Annwyn, Annwyfn, Annwvyn, or Annwfyn) was the Otherworld in Welsh mythology.
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Arianrhod
Arianrhod is a figure in Welsh mythology who plays her most important role in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi.
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Bard
In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.
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Beli Mawr
Beli Mawr ("Beli the Great") was an ancestor figure in Middle Welsh literature and genealogies.
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Black Book of Carmarthen
The Black Book of Carmarthen (known in Welsh as "Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin") is thought to be the earliest surviving manuscript written solely in Welsh.
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Brân the Blessed
Brân the Blessed (Bendigeidfran or Brân Fendigaidd, literally "Blessed Crow") is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology.
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Cadair Idris
Cadair Idris or Cader Idris is a mountain in Gwynedd, Wales, which lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park near the town of Dolgellau.
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Calan Gaeaf
Calan Gaeaf is the name of the first day of winter in Wales, observed on 1 November.
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Cantre'r Gwaelod
Cantre'r Gwaelod, also known as Cantref Gwaelod or Cantref y Gwaelod (The Lowland Hundred), is a legendary ancient sunken kingdom said to have occupied a tract of fertile land lying between Ramsey Island and Bardsey Island in what is now Cardigan Bay to the west of Wales.
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Cassivellaunus
Cassivellaunus was a historical British tribal chief who led the defence against Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC.
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Cŵn Annwn
In Welsh mythology and folklore, Cŵn Annwn ("hounds of Annwn") were the spectral hounds of Annwn, the otherworld of Welsh myth.
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Celtic mythology
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the religion of the Iron Age Celts.
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Collen
Saint Collen was a 7th-century monk who gave his name to Llangollen (from the Welsh llan meaning "enclosure" and 'gollen' being a mutation of "Collen").
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Common Brittonic
Common Brittonic was an ancient Celtic language spoken in Britain.
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Creiddylad
Creiddylad (also known as Creirddylad, Creurdilad, Creudylad or Kreiddylat), daughter of King Lludd, is a minor character in the early medieval Welsh Arthurian tale Culhwch ac Olwen.
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Culhwch
Culhwch (with the final consonant sounding like Scottish "loch"), in Welsh mythology, is the son of Cilydd son of Celyddon and Goleuddydd, a cousin of Arthur and the protagonist of the story Culhwch and Olwen (the earliest of the medieval Welsh tales appended to Lady Charlotte Guest's edition of the Mabinogion).
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Culhwch and Olwen
Culhwch and Olwen (Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest, ca.
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Cyledr Wyllt
Cyledr Wyllt (English: Cyledr the Wild) is a warrior and madman in Welsh mythology, known from the early Arthurian tale Culhwch and Olwen.
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Dafydd ap Gwilym
Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages.
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Deity
A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred.
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Dormarch
Dormarch or possibly Dormarth is a hound, normally used to assist hunters by tracking or chasing the animal that is being hunted, however in Welsh mythology Dormarch's master is Gwynn ap Nudd although formerly owned by Maelgwn Gwynedd, a 6th-century king of Gwynedd.
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Edern ap Nudd
Edern ap Nudd (Hiderus; Old Yder or Ydier) was a knight of the Round Table in Arthur's court in early Arthurian tradition.
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Fairy
A fairy (also fata, fay, fey, fae, fair folk; from faery, faerie, "realm of the fays") is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural.
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Fionn mac Cumhaill
Fionn mac Cumhaill (Old and Find or Finn mac Cumail or Umaill, sometimes transcribed in English as MacCool or MacCoul) was a mythical hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, occurring also in the mythologies of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
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Glastonbury Tor
Glastonbury Tor is a hill near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building.
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Gofannon
Gofannon is a Middle Welsh reflex of Gobannus, one of the deities worshipped by the ancient Celts.
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Guinevere
Guinevere (Gwenhwyfar; Gwenivar), often written as Guenevere or Gwenevere, is the wife of King Arthur in Arthurian legend.
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Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio
Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio (died c. 573) or Gwenddolau was a Brythonic king who ruled in Arfderydd (now Arthuret).
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Gwyddno Garanhir
Gwyddno Garanhir was the supposed ruler of a sunken land off the coast of Wales, known as Cantre'r Gwaelod.
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Gwythyr ap Greidawl
In Welsh mythology, Gwythyr ap Greidawl was a rival of Gwyn ap Nudd, a deity connected with the otherworld.
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Herne the Hunter
In English folklore, Herne the Hunter is a ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county of Berkshire.
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Holly King (archetype)
The Holly King is a speculative archetype of modern studies of folklore and mythology which has been popularized in some Neopagan religions.
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Holy water
Holy water is water that has been blessed by a member of the clergy or a religious figure.
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Irish language
The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.
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Irish mythology
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
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King Arthur
King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.
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Llefelys
Llefelys (Middle Welsh orthography Llevelys, Lleuelys, Llefelis) is a character in Welsh mythology appearing in the medieval Welsh tale Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys.
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Lludd Llaw Eraint
Lludd Llaw Ereint, "Lludd of the Silver Hand", son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology.
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May Day
May Day is a public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May.
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Medieval Welsh literature
Medieval Welsh literature is the literature written in the Welsh language during the Middle Ages.
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Nodens
Nodens (Nudens, Nodons) is a Celtic deity associated with healing, the sea, hunting and dogs.
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Nuada Airgetlám
In Irish mythology, Nuada or Nuadu (modern spelling: Nuadha), known by the epithet Airgetlám (modern spelling: Airgeadlámh, meaning "silver hand/arm"), was the first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
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Odin
In Germanic mythology, Odin (from Óðinn /ˈoːðinː/) is a widely revered god.
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Olwen
In Welsh mythology, Olwen (or Olwyn) is the daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden and cousin of Goreu.
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Otherworld
The concept of an otherworld in historical Indo-European religion is reconstructed in comparative mythology.
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Owl
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes about 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.
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Penarddun
Penarddun is a figure in Welsh mythology, the wife of Llŷr.
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Preiddeu Annwfn
Preiddeu Annwfn or Preiddeu Annwn (The Spoils of Annwfn) is a cryptic poem of sixty lines in Middle Welsh, found in the Book of Taliesin.
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Psychopomp
Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psuchopompos, literally meaning the "guide of souls") are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife.
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Robert Graves
Robert Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985), also known as Robert von Ranke Graves, was an English poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist.
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Three Welsh Romances
The Three Welsh Romances (Welsh: Y Tair Rhamant) are three Middle Welsh tales associated with the Mabinogion.
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Twrch Trwyth
Twrch Trwyth (also Trwyd, Troynt (MSS.HK); Troit (MSS.C1 D G Q); or Terit (MSS. C2 L)) is an enchanted wild boar in the Matter of Britain that King Arthur or his men pursued with the aid of Arthur's dog Cavall (Cafall, Cabal).
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Tylwyth Teg
Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for "Fair Family") is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of English and Continental folklore and the Irish Aos Sí.
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University of Wales
The University of Wales (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru) was a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt is a European folk myth involving a ghostly or supernatural group of huntsmen passing in wild pursuit.
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Ysbaddaden
Ysbaddaden Bencawr; "Ysbaddaden, Chief of Giants," is the primary antagonist of the Welsh romance Culhwch ac Olwen.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyn_ap_Nudd
