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-Elfydd: The Earth; the realm of humans -Annwn: The Otherworld; the realm(s) of the gods.Depending on the source, this could be a more typical Indo-European underworld (i.e. a realm below the earth), or the "deep" areas within the natural realm (e.g. deep within the woods, as with the First Branch of The Mabinogi, or within/near lakes, e.g. the Arthurian Lady of the Lake, Ceridwen in Hanes ...
It encompasses topics related to Welsh mythology, folk tales, customs, and oral tradition. Welsh folklore is related to Irish and Scottish folklore due to its Celtic traditions , and to English folklore , it also shares similarities with Breton and Cornish folklore due to shared history [ 1 ]
Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for "Fair Family"; [1] Welsh pronunciation: [ˈtəlʊi̯θ teːg]) is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of Welsh and Irish folklore Aos Sí. Other names for them include Bendith y Mamau ("Blessing of the Mothers"), Gwyllion and Ellyllon. [2]
The Welsh Triads (Welsh: Trioedd Ynys Prydein, "Triads of the Island of Britain") are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, mythology and traditional history in groups of three. The triad is a rhetorical form whereby objects are grouped together in threes, with a heading indicating the ...
Hywel was the son of King Cadell ap Rhodri of Seisyllwg. [1] [6] [7] He had a brother, Clydog ap Cadell, who was probably the younger of the two.Hywel was later reputed to have married Elen ferch Llywarch (893-943), the supposed heiress of King Llywarch ap Hyfaidd of Dyfed, [1] [7] which connection was subsequently used to justify his family's reign over that kingdom.
King Hoel (Breton: Hoel I Mawr, lit. "Hoel the Great"; Latin : Hoelus, Hovelus, Hœlus ), also known as Sir Howel , Saint Hywel and Hywel the Great , was a late 5th- and early 6th-century [ 1 ] member of the ruling dynasty of Cornouaille .
An Angler fish is referred to as "Cythraul of the seas" in Modern Welsh. The modern Welsh word for the Anglerfish is Cythraul y Môr (Cythraul of the seas).. The Cythraul is the name of a character in the MMORPG video game, World of Warcraft produced by Blizzard Entertainment.
Her Uncle, Math ap Mathonwy, is the King of Gwynedd, and during the course of the story, Arianrhod gives birth to her two sons; Dylan ail Don and Lleu Llaw Gyffes through magical means. [ 5 ] In the Welsh Triads , we are given a context for an actual Arianrhod who appears as the daughter of Beli Mawr [ 12 ] and the sister of Caswallawn (the ...