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Tradition revolves around Gwyn leading his spectral hunts, the Cŵn Annwn ("Hounds of Annwn"), on his hunt for mortal souls. Angelika Rüdiger's Doctoral Thesis, 'Y Tylwyth Teg: an analysis of a literary motif' (Bangor University, 2021) is a detailed study of supernatural characters connected with Annwn (including Gwyn ap Nudd), covering a ...
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”.
In Welsh folklore, the Cŵn Annwn or "Hounds of Annwn" ride through the skies in autumn, winter, and early spring. The baying of the hounds was identified with the crying of wild geese as they migrate and the quarry of the hounds as wandering spirits, being chased to Annwn. However, Arawn himself is not referred to in these traditions.
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 ...
The origins of Anwen are somewhat unclear, though the -wen ending is known to represent the mutated form of the adjective gwen (note: the G in gwen is dropped in a mutation of the word as the word follows a consonant), which is the feminine form of gwyn, used to mean "white" as well as "blessed".
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]
Gwynn, Guinn and Gwyn are given names meaning 'white' or/and 'blessed' in Welsh and Cornish. Gwyn and its variants are male given names, indicated by the spelling using "y" rather than "e". [ 1 ] Gwen or Gwendolen are female equivalents.
However, dictionaries suggest the derivation is from Welsh pen "head" and gwyn "white", including the Oxford English Dictionary, [15] the American Heritage Dictionary, [16] the Century Dictionary [17] and Merriam-Webster, [18] on the basis that the name was originally applied to the great auk, which had white spots in front of its eyes ...