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*In Arthurian legend the "Lady of the Lake" is named "Morgen". * Rhys, John (1891) Studies in the Arthurian Legend Clarendon Press, Oxford, p. 348;

In Welsh mythology, '''Gwyn''' or '''Gwynn ap Nudd''' was the ruler of Annwn (the Underworld). In the early Arthurian story ''Culhwch and Olwen'', he abducted a maiden called Creiddylad after s

...Questing Beast, or the Beast Glatisant (Barking Beast), is a monster from Arthurian legend, the subject of quests by famous knights like King Pellinore, Sir Pa [[Category:Arthurian mythology]]

...souls that had departed this world in [[:Category: Celtic mythology|Celtic mythology]]. Annwn is associated with the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] and Welsh goddess of pleasure [[Bebhinn]], though it is unknown whe

The '''Morrígan''' is a dark goddess from Irish mythology. ===Arthurian legend===

..., '''avanc''', '''abhac''', '''abac''') is a [[lake monster]] from [[Welsh mythology]] that also appears in Celtic folklore and British folklore. ...the creature's death to King Arthur or to Percival (Peredur's name in the Arthurian legend).

...od Freyr, and even goes as far as linking Grendel with the Green Knight of Arthurian legend. [[Category: English mythology]]

...and were expressed in the purely literary magical atmosphere of surviving Arthurian romances: the "Matter of Britain". <blockquote>''"An essential difference between the legends of heroes and mythology proper, between the myths of the gods and those of the heroes, which are of

...exchange for a hostage, the hostage took with him to Germany a copy of an Arthurian romance involving the Sovereignty of Ireland, a snake maiden. In the 1190's [[Category:English mythology]]

...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology. ==Giants in Greek Mythology==

...the Mither O' The Sea, another ancient god-like being of Celtic and Orkney mythology. Her powers held Nuckelavee in the sea during summer, restricting the damag * The Nuckelavee appears in the Arthurian fantasy novel ''The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady'' as a guardian of Ava

In Irish and Scottish mythology, the '''Cailleach''' (Irish plural cailleacha, Scottish Gaelic plural caill It is also the theme of the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Lady Ragnell, where the handsome Gawain promis