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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. A creature named the Cythraul appears as one of the three Apocalypse Kings in the Skulduggery Pleasant fantasy novels by Irish author Derek Landy.
2002: Eldra, directed by Timothy Lyn, is about a Romani family living in North Wales. 2003: Y Mabinogi, also featuring Ioan Gruffudd, is a combined live-action and animated version of Welsh collection of tales known as the Mabinogion, directed by Derek W. Hayes. 2005: Y Lleill, directed by Emyr Glyn Williams.
Y Mabinogi (English title Otherworld: not a literal translation) is a 2003 Welsh film based on a series of Welsh tales written by bards in the Middle Ages. It is mostly animated , although the very beginning and end sequences are live action .
-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 ...
Llamhigyn y Dŵr (Welsh for 'Water Leaper') is an evil creature from Welsh folklore that lived in swamps and ponds. [1] It is described as a giant frog with a bat's wings and zero legs whatsoever, and a long, lizard-like tail with a stinger at the end. It jumps across the water using its wings, hence its name.
Two of the more notable directors from Wales who have retained a strong connection with the culture of Wales are Karl Francis, who for two decades was the most powerful, distinctive and combative voice in Welsh film-making; [19] and Stephen Weeks whose commercial features look back to a medieval or imperialist past, or a misty Celtic world. [20]
Y Ladi Wen is commonly associated with Ogmore, Bridgend.Here, a spirit was long said to wander the area until a man finally had the courage to approach her. When such a man eventually did so, the spirit led him to a treasure (a cauldron filled with gold) hidden under a heavy stone within the old tower of Ogmore Castle, and allowed the man to take half the treasure for himself.
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]