Annwfn

American  

[ahn-oovn] / ˈɑn ʊvn /

Also Annwn

noun

Welsh Mythology.

1. the other world; the land of fairies.

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Example Sentences

Arawn sends him gifts, and Pwyll is now known as Pen or Head of Annwfn, a title showing that he was once a god, belonging to the gods' land, later identified with the Christian Hades.

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

Perhaps Gwydion also brought kine from Annwfn, since he is called one of the three herds of Britain,374 while he himself may once have been an animal god, then an anthropomorphic deity associated with animals.

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

In the tale of Pwyll, the earliest reference to Annwfn occurs.

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

Elysium is called Annwfn, meaning "an abyss," "the state of the dead," "hell," and it is also conceived of as is elfydd, "beneath the earth."

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.