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Definition of Annwn
1. Noun. (Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies.
Generic synonyms: Fictitious Place, Imaginary Place, Mythical Place
Category relationships: Mythology
Geographical relationships: Cambria, Cymru, Wales
Lexicographical Neighbors of Annwn
Literary usage of Annwn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes (1880)
"Lake Fairies—The Gwragedd annwn, or Dames of Ellin-Land—St. Patrick and the ...
The Gwragedd annwn are not fishy of aspect, nor do they dwell in the sea. ..."
2. Barddas: or, A collection of original documents, illustrative of the by John Williams (1862)
"The three states of living beings: annwn, whence the beginning; Abred, ...
In what place is annwn? Answer. Where there is the least possible of animation ..."
3. The Cambrian (1907)
"Take for instance annwn. the Celtic Other- world, or Hades. The Celts had two
ideas about the realm of the dead. I. They regarded Hades either as an island ..."
4. The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed by Kenneth Morris (1914)
"THE CIRCUMSPECTION OF PWYLL PEN annwn, AND THE FILLING OF THE BASKET AT LAST ITH
the first cold paling of the dawn, Pwyll Pen annwn rose up, ..."
5. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1853)
"... the great and privy seals of Owen Glyndwr, beautiful casts in sulphur. JOHN AP
WILLIAM AP JOHN. Inner Temple. GWRAGEDD annwn.—THE DAMES OF ELFIN LAND. ..."
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