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    Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for "Fair Family"; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈtəlʊi̯θ teːg]) is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding...
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  • on his hunt for mortal souls. Angelika Rüdiger's Doctoral Thesis, 'Y Tylwyth Teg: an analysis of a literary motif' (Bangor University, 2021) is a detailed...
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    Folklore Trauco - Chilote mythology Trows - Orkney and Shetland folklore Tylwyth Teg Vazimba Woodarjee - Noongar mythology Yumboes Zlydzens Hobbits / Halflings...
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    fairies. In 19th-century Wales, where the rings are known as cylch y Tylwyth Teg, fairies were almost invariably described as dancing in a group when...
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    spelling Gwynn ap Nudd) is a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the Tylwyth Teg or "fair folk" and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn, and whose name...
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  • agreed on types or number. Wirt Sikes formally divided Welsh fairies, or Tylwyth Teg, into five general types: the Ellyllon (elves), the Bwbachod (household...
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    euphemistically as wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk (Welsh: Tylwyth Teg), etc. The term fairy is sometimes used to describe any magical creature...
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    otherworld and later Christianised into the king of the fairies, the tylwyth teg. He leads the hounds of hell, the Cŵn Annwn on the Wild Hunt, and is...
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    exist in closely related Irish (Aos Sí), Manx (Mooinjer veggey), Welsh Tylwyth Teg ('Fair Family'), and Breton (korrigan) culture. Although their common...
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  • lakes and rivers found in Welsh folklore. They are counted among the Tylwyth Teg or Welsh fairy folk.The mythological narrative of Gwragedd Annwn is intertwined...
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