Annwn
Sign in to saveAnnwn (), or Annwfn (), is the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn (or, in Arthurian literature, by Gwyn ap Nudd), it is a world of delights and eternal youth where disease is absent and food is ever-abundant.
Key facts
- Fictional location.name
- Annwn
- Fictional location.imagesize
- 250px
- Fictional location.series
- Welsh mythology
- Fictional location.type
- Otherworld
- Fictional location.people
- Arawn, Gwyn ap Nudd, Hafgan
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Name and etymology
- Whereabouts of Annwn
- Locations inside Annwn
- Appearances in Welsh literature
- Annwn in modern culture
- See also
- Notes
- Sources
Annwn (), or Annwfn (), is the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn (or, in Arthurian literature, by Gwyn ap Nudd), it is a world of delights and eternal youth where disease is absent and food is ever-abundant.
==Name and etymology== Middle Welsh sources suggest that the term was recognised as meaning "very deep" in medieval times.
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