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Annwfn

American  
[ahn-oovn] / ˈɑn ʊvn /
Also Annwn

noun

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


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A poem speaks of the magic cauldron of Pen Annwfn, i.e.

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

"Thou shalt receive a reproof from Gwyn," said one of them, and soon after Collen was summoned to meet the king of Annwfn on Glastonbury Tor.

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

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 J. A. MacCulloch

Annwn, or Annwfn is defined in Canon Silvan Evans’s Dictionary as an abyss, Hades, etc. 

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen

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 J. A. MacCulloch

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