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Gwyn ap Nudd is intimately associated with Glastonbury Tor.. Gwyn ap Nudd (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɨn ap ˈnɨːð], sometimes found with the antiquated spelling Gwynn ap Nudd) is a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the Tylwyth Teg or "fair folk" and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn, and whose name means “Gwyn, son of Nudd”.
Lludd Llaw Ereint ("Lludd of the Silver Hand") son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology.As Nudd Llaw Ereint (the earlier form of his name, cognate of the Irish Nuada Airgetlám, derived from the pre-Roman Celtic god Nodens) he is the father of Gwyn ap Nudd. [2]
He is also known under the name Nudd Llaw Ereint and is a reflex of the Celtic god Nodens. As Nudd, he is the father of several notable figures in Welsh mythology including: Gwyn ap Nudd: The ruler of Annwfn, the Welsh otherworld and later Christianised into the king of the fairies, the tylwyth teg.
Annwn, Annwfn, or Annwfyn (; Annwvn, Annwyn, Annwyfn, Annwvyn, or Annwfyn) is the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn [1] [2] (or, in Arthurian literature, by Gwyn ap Nudd [3]), it is a world of delights and eternal youth where disease is absent and food is ever-abundant. [4] [5]
In Welsh mythology, Arawn (Welsh pronunciation:) was the king of the otherworld realm of Annwn who appears prominently in the first branch of the Mabinogi, and alluded to in the fourth. [2] In later tradition, the role of the king of Annwn was largely attributed to the Welsh psychopomp , Gwyn ap Nudd - meaning "white" (i.e. 'winter') a possible ...
The Dialogue of Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwyddno Garanhir is found in the Black Book of Carmarthen describing how Gwyn ap Nudd meets Gwyddno, king of Cantre'r Gwaelod and converses with the king, boasting of his battlefield prowess and describing his role with the Wild Hunt, gathering the souls of fallen British warriors with the help of his hounds, thereby making Dormarch a member of the Cŵn Annwn ...
Lludd, called Llaw Eraint or "Silver Hand", earlier called Nudd, was originally a figure of Welsh mythology and derives ultimately from the pre-Roman British god Nodens. [8] He corresponds to the Irish mythological figure Nuada Airgetlám; Airgetlám means "Silver Hand". [9]
Nuada's name is cognate with that of Nodens, a British deity associated with the sea and healing who was equated with the Roman Mars, and with Nudd, a Welsh mythological figure. It is likely that another Welsh figure, Lludd Llaw Eraint (Lludd of the Silver Hand), derives from Nudd Llaw Eraint by alliterative assimilation. [17]