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| In Brythonic mythology, '''Cwn Annwn''' are the hounds of [[Annwn]].
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| A pack of snow-white, red-eared spectral hounds which sometimes took part in the kidnappings and raids the inhabitants of the underworld sometimes make on earth, called the [[Wild Hunt]].
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| ==Origin==
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| '''Cwn Annwn''' have their origin in Welsh tales. The pack is known as the spectral hunt.
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| In Welsh they are associated to the sounds of migrating wild geese, and are said to be leading the souls of the damned to [[Hell]].
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| The phantom chase is usually heard or seen in midwinter and is accompanied by a howling wind.
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| Another name of theirs is ''Cwn Mamau'', standing for ''hounds of the mothers''.
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| ===Etymology===
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| The words '''Cwn Annwn''' stand for ''hounds of the otherworld or [[underworld]]''.
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| ===Description===
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| They are Welsh phantom dogs seen as a death portent.
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| Their growling is louder when they are at a distance, and as they draw near the growling grows softer and softer.
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| [[Annwn]] is the Welsh underworld, a place ruled by [[Gwyn ap Nudd]] also known as [[Arawn]], who is one in the same character.
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| ==Main Belief==
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| In Welsh stories this land is the ever-living, and is full of magical beasts and treasures.
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| Almost every area in Britain has its version of phantom or fairy dogs.
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Bran and Sgeolan]], Fionn Mac Cumhal’s hounds in Celtic lore
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| *[[Cusith]], the fairy dog
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| *[[Devil's Dandy Dogs]], or '''Dando Dogs'''
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| *[[Gabriel Hounds]] or '''Gabble Retchets'''
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| *[[Hounds of the Hills]]
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| *[[Fairy Raed]]
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| *[[Norse Wild Hunt]]
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| *[[Sluagh]] or '''Fairy Host'''
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| *[[Wild Hunt]]
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| *[[Wandering Jew]]
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| ==Links ==
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| *[http://www.monstrous.com Monstrous]
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| *[http://www.deardeath.com/the_hunt_through_cultures_and_.htm Wild Hunt]
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| [[Category:Psychopomps]] [[Category:Animal]]
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