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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.
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 ...
-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 ...
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 ...
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 .
In 1966, William was initiated by Taliesin einion Vawr into the Welsh Tribe of Dynion Mwyn, "The Gentle Folk", near Betws-y-Coed, in North Wales. He was given the name Rhuddlwm Gawr by the elders of the Dynion Mwyn tradition, and told that he was to return to the United States and begin to teach the Craft of Y Tylwyth Teg (the Clan of "The ...
Brenin Llwyd (English: Grey King, also known by the sobriquet, The Monarch of the Mist), is a legendary figure in Welsh mythology. Recorded in mountainous locations throughout the country, the figure is always silent, semi-corporeal, is cloaked in mist or a grey cloak and preys on unwary travellers, especially children.
Giants (Welsh: cewri) feature prominently in Welsh folklore and mythology.Among the most notable are Bendigeidfran fab Llyr, a mythological king of Britain during the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, Idris Gawr of Cader Idris, and Ysbaddaden Bencawr, the chief antagonist of the early Arthurian tale How Culhwch won Olwen.