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Annwfn

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[ahn-oovn] / ˈɑn ʊvn /
Also Annwn

noun

Welsh Mythology.
  1. the other world; the land of fairies.


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In Welsh tradition Arawn is lord of Annwfn, but his claims are contested by a rival, and other lords of Elysium are known.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

To assist him in his amour, Gwydion, by a magical trick, procures for Math from the court of Pryderi certain swine sent him by Arawn, king of Annwfn.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

Hence the name Annwfn has probably taken the place of some earlier pagan title of Elysium.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

Pwyll, and this points to a myth explaining his connection with Annwfn in a different way from the account in the Mabinogi.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

The later folk-conception of the demoniac dogs of Annwfn may be based on an old myth of dogs with which its king hunted.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

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