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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.
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 .
-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 ...
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.
An awdl by Dafydd Benfras hails 'Llywelyn' as y daroganwr ("son of the prophecy"; Y Mab Darogan). The poem is difficult to date and may be addressed to either Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great) or his grandson Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (Llywelyn the Last); it is accepted with some hesitation as being an ode to Llywelyn ab Iorwerth by the most recent editor in the series Beirdd y Tywysogion ...
In Welsh mythology, Gilfaethwy (Welsh pronunciation: [ɡɪlˈvɑːɨ̯θ.ʊ̯ɨ]) was a son of the goddess Dôn and brother of Gwydion and Arianrhod in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. His uncle Math fab Mathonwy , king of Gwynedd , must keep his feet in the lap of a young virgin at all times unless he is going to war.
In 1146, news reached King Owain Gwynedd that his favoured eldest son and heir (Edling), Rhun, died.Owain was overcome with grief, falling into a deep melancholy from which none could console him until news reached him that Mold castle in Tegeingl had fallen to Gwynedd, "[reminding Owain] that he had still a country for which to live", wrote historian Sir John Edward Lloyd.
Idris Gawr (English: Idris the Giant; c. 560 – 632) was a king of Meirionnydd in early medieval Wales.