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-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 ...
He is associated with the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd in north-west Wales, the name of which was formerly believed to mean "Gelert's grave". [1] In the legend, Llywelyn the Great returns from hunting to find his baby missing, the cradle overturned, and Gelert with a blood-smeared mouth. Believing the dog had devoured the child, Llywelyn ...
Y Tylwyth Teg illustration. 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.
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.
Scholars agree that the tales are older than the existing manuscripts, but disagree over just how much older. It is clear that the different texts included in the Mabinogion originated at different times (though regardless their importance as records of early myth, legend, folklore, culture, and language of Wales remains immense).
Iolo Morganwg, who revived Welsh bardic traditions during the 18th and 19th centuries, popularised a version of the myth that had Hu Gadarn's two long-horned oxen drag the afanc from the lake, enabling it to be killed. An earlier variation on this had the oxen cast the afanc into Llyn Ffynnon Las (lake of the blue fountain), where it was unable ...
Mark Baker has written a number of works about the castle and its occupants, including; Gwrych Castle: A Pictorial History (2000), [65] The rise and fall of Gwrych Castle, Abergele, North Wales: including Winifred, Countess of Dundonald: a biography (2003), [66] and Myths and Legends of the Gwrych Castle Estate: An Archaeological, Historical ...
Wales portal This category is for articles on types of beings in Welsh legends. It may also contain individual non-human characters, which should also be categorised in Category:Welsh legendary characters .