Annwfn
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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.
He is created in the lowest stage of life, in Annwfn, the shadowy abyss at the base of Abred.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
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 Owen, Elias
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.
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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