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fortresses had magical properties themselves. They sometimes revolved, or hid their gates, or held all manner of devices to trap the unwary.
Gaulish god of the fortified place.
The southwestern kingdom of Wales that, in Welsh myth, seems to occupy the same role as Munster in Irish myth. Like Munster it has a mysterious realm within or beside it. Annwn, the Otherworld, is just to the west of Dyfed. The island of Gwales, off the west coast of Dyfed, seems comparable to the House of Donn off the west coast of Munster. It suffers a magic enchantment as a revenge by Llwyd for the affront given to Gwawl when Pwyll wins the hand of Rhiannon.
[W] “Sea, Son of the Wave.” The yellow-haired son of Aranrhod and twin to Lleu. At the moment Aranrhod gives him birth, Dylan makes for the sea and receives the sea’s nature, able to swim as well as any fish. He is eventually slain by his uncle Gofannon, a story that seems cognate with the tale of the death of Ruadán caused by Goibhniu. The story of Lleu and Dylan seems remarkably similar to the tale of Krishna and Balarama in Hindu mythology. In this tale it is Balarama who disappears into the sea.