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The Welsh cyfarwyddiaid were thus considered awenyddion, able to deliver prophetic speech in a possessed state of awen. [20] This is not the only ritual practice that evolved around Welsh folklore, as other customs have originated from the tales themselves. [22] Folk tales and legends have also survived through retellings by common people.
Welsh folklore is the collective term for the folklore of the Welsh people. It encompasses topics related to Welsh mythology , folk tales , customs , and oral tradition . Welsh folklore is related to Irish and Scottish folklore due to its Celtic traditions , and to English folklore , it also shares similarities with Breton and Cornish folklore ...
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]
Legendary creatures from Welsh mythology. ... Welsh giants (7 P) Pages in category "Welsh legendary creatures" ... (folklore) L. Les Lavandières; M.
In a parallel tradition from Ushant, an island off the coast of Brittany, are legends of beautiful water-dwelling little people known as morganed (male plural) and morganezed (female plural). [15] In one story, an ugly old morgen king kidnapped a human girl to be his bride, but she fell in love with his handsome young son who helped her escape.
The cyhyraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [kəˈhəreθ]) is a ghostly spirit in Welsh mythology, a disembodied moaning voice that sounds before a person's death. Legends associate the cyhyraeth with the area around the River Tywi in eastern Dyfed, as well as the coast of Glamorganshire. The noise is said to be "doleful and disagreeable", like the ...
Maes Gwyddneu became a Welsh folktale – a “land the sea overran,” according to a 12th century manuscript quoted in the study. But folklore no more, Haslett and Willis argue in their study.
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”.