[W] A servant of Arthur who helps track down the magical boar Twrch Trwyd.
[W] Cadw of Pictland is the only man who is allowed to shave Yspaddaden the Giant.
[W] King of Gwynedd and son of Cadwallon who came to be regarded as the promised deliverer of the British Celts. He would, like his father, return and lead them to victory over the Anglo-Saxons. He is invoked in the poem Armes Prydein Vawr. See Brunanburh.
[W] Seventh century king of Gwynedd who managed to reunite the Celts of Wales and Cumbria for a short period. He is regarded as a hero who would one day return and lead the Celts to victory.
[W] Lover of Golwg Hafddydd, Essylt’s maid, and companion of Trystan.
[W] Synonym for the Otherworld.
[I] The daughter of Ethal Anubail of the sídhe of Uaman in Connacht. The love god Aonghus Óg takes dreamed of her and, having had his dream interpreted, set out to find and woo her.
[W] Synonym for the Otherworld.
[W] Fortress of Glass. Cymric synonym for the Otherworld.
[I] Often referred to as the Old Woman, or Hag of Beara. She originally appeared as a triune goddess with Cailleach Bolus and Cailleach Corca Duibhne. She was said to have also been known as Cailleach Buí, wife of Lugh, the god of arts and crafts. The Book of Lecan mentions that she had seven youthful periods, married seven husbands, and had fifty foster children who founded many tribes and nations. Beara is a peninsula on the Cork-Kerry border.
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