Welsh mythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first...
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Christian scribes in the Middle Ages. Irish mythology has the largest written body of myths, followed by Welsh mythology. The supernatural race called the Tuatha...
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Tylwyth Teg (redirect from Fairies in Welsh mythology)
Folklore: Welsh and Manx. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. pp. 262–9. Sikes, Wirt (1880). British Goblins: Welsh Folklore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and...
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List of mythological objects (redirect from Swords in mythology)
(Welsh mythology) Flidais's chariot, a chariot drawn by deer. (Irish mythology) Hebo's chariot, a chariot pulled by two dragons. (Chinese mythology) Ukko's...
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Maponos (section Welsh mythology)
Britain but also in Gaul. In Roman Britain, he was equated with Apollo. The Welsh mythological figure Mabon ap Modron is apparently derived from Maponos,...
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Welsh folklore is the collective term for the folklore of the Welsh people. It encompasses topics related to Welsh mythology, folk tales, customs, and...
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the Luddite movement Lludd Llaw Eraint, figure in Welsh mythology Nuada, figure in Irish mythology Short for Luddite on the TV show Upload Lud (disambiguation)...
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threw the embers from a fire into the sky and created the Milky Way. Welsh mythology and cosmology derives from the ancient oral traditions of the Celtic...
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Celtic Otherworld (category Locations in Celtic mythology)
The Otherworld is usually called Annwn in Welsh mythology and Avalon in Arthurian legend. In Irish mythology it has several names, including Tír na nÓg...
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Giant (redirect from Jabbar (mythology))
Blessed - Welsh mythology Cewri - Welsh mythology Cormoran - Cornish mythology Cyclopes - Greek mythology Daidarabotchi - Japanese mythology Daitya - Hinduism...
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(Placide Guillermic) Tréo-Fall Ys Cornish mythology Matter of Britain Mythology in France Welsh folklore Welsh mythology "Legends and Romances of Brittany: Chapter...
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Cultural depictions of ravens (redirect from Raven in mythology)
symbol on their coat of arms. Ravens are prominent in early Welsh mythology, with the Medieval Welsh poem Y Gododdin repeatedly associating ravens with battles...
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Anglo-Saxon mythology, Christian mythology, and Celtic mythology. Elements of the Matter of Britain, Welsh mythology and Cornish mythology which relate...
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related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, mythology and traditional history in groups of three. The triad is a rhetorical...
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Gofannon (category Welsh mythology)
of immortality, in addition to being an architect and builder. In Welsh mythology, Gofannon killed his nephew, Dylan Ail Don, not knowing who he was...
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Lir (redirect from Ler (mythology))
is named Allód in early genealogies, and corresponds to the Llŷr of Welsh mythology. Lir is chiefly an ancestor figure, and is the father of the god Manannán...
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Mabinogion (category Welsh mythology)
clearly derived from the Welsh mab, which means "son, boy, young person". Eric P. Hamp, of the earlier school traditions in mythology, found a suggestive connection...
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Awen (category Welsh mythology)
Awen is a Welsh, Cornish and Breton word for "inspiration" (and typically poetic inspiration). In Welsh mythology, awen is the inspiration of the poets...
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Brân the Blessed (redirect from Bran (mythology))
Brân the Blessed (Welsh: Bendigeidfran or Brân Fendigaidd, literally "Blessed Crow") is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. He appears in several...
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Adder stone (category Egyptian mythology)
magic stones with the properties of adder stones appear frequently in Welsh mythology and folklore. The Mabinogion, translated into English in the mid-nineteenth...
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Dylan ail Don (redirect from Dylan (mythology))
Dylan ail Don (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdəlan ˈail ˈdɔn]) (in Middle Welsh) is a character in the Welsh mythic Mabinogion tales, particularly in the fourth...
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Excalibur (category Welsh mythology)
creates the copies of Excalibur itself as well as of its scabbard. In Welsh mythology, the Dyrnwyn ("White-Hilt"), one of the Thirteen Treasures of the Island...
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Pwyll (category Welsh mythology)
Pwyll Pen Annwn (pronounced [pʊi̯ɬ]) is a prominent figure in Welsh mythology and literature, the lord of Dyfed, husband of Rhiannon and father of the...
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Giants (Welsh: cewri) feature prominently in Welsh folklore and mythology. Among the most notable are Bendigeidfran fab Llyr, a mythological king of Britain...
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Blodeuwedd (category Welsh mythology)
blodau "flowers" + gwedd "face"), is married to Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology. She was made from the flowers of broom, meadowsweet and oak by the...
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Arianrhod (category Welsh mythology)
Arianrhod (Welsh pronunciation: [arˈjanr̥ɔd]) is a figure in Welsh mythology who plays her most important role in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. She...
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Annwn (category Welsh mythology)
Annwvn, Annwyn, Annwyfn, Annwvyn, or Annwfyn) is the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn (or, in Arthurian literature, by Gwyn ap Nudd), it...
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Olwen (category Welsh mythology)
In Welsh mythology, Olwen (or Olwyn) is the daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden and cousin of Goreu. She is the heroine of the story Culhwch and Olwen in...
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Morfran (category Welsh mythology)
*mori-brannos, as in French cormoran < L corvus marinus) is a figure in Welsh mythology. Usually portrayed as a warrior under King Arthur, he is noted for...
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