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]

Arawn, king of Annwn, is believed to set the Cŵn Annwn loose to hunt mundane creatures. [4] When Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, saw the Cŵn Annwn take down a stag, he set his own pack of dogs to scare them away. [4] Arawn then came to him and said that as repentance for driving away the Cŵn Annwn, Pwyll would have to defeat Hafgan. [4]Christians came to dub these mythical …

2023年11月30日 · Spoils of Annwn. Annwn also features prominently within Arthurian Legend, most notably in the Preiddiau Annwfn (Spoils of Annwn). Within this tale, Arthur makes a seaborne raid against the Caer Sidi, otherwise known as the fairy fortress.

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 kenning for his true name.

2012年9月25日 · Annwn, or Annuvin in the Chronicles of Prydein by Lloyd Alexander, is an ‘other’ world, from the one that mortals live in. It is the realm of the gods, or of the dead, depending upon the source.

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Image Credit – Annwn, Annwfn, or Annwfyn is the Otherworld in Welsh (Celtic) mythology. Ruled initially by Arawn, and then by Gwyn ap Nudd. It was essentially a world of delights and eternal youth where disease was absent and food was ever-abundant.

2011年12月17日 · The waterfall and pool of Ffynnone in the Cych Valley, also in Pembrokeshire, is a place where anything might happen – as once it did when Arawn, King of Annwn, irrupted out of the Underworld with his baying pack of red-eared, white hounds, in …

Annwyn (or Annwfn) The Celtic other-world. According to ancient belief, it might be located either on or under the earth or the sea, or might be a group of islands or a revolving castle surrounded by sea, and was variously known as "Land Over Sea," "Land Under Wave," or Caer Sidi (revolving castle).

Annwyn (or Annwn) is the Otherworld in Arthurian Legend and Welsh Mythology. yn annwfyn ydiwyth, in Annwfyn the peacefulness, yn annwfyn ygorwyth in Annwfyn the wrath, yn annwfyn is eluyd in Annwfyn below the earth... Annwn is popularly associated with the land of the old gods who can bestow gifts, including the gift of poetry (awen)