Drudwyn

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Drudwyn ( pronunciation : [ dɾɪˈdwɪn ]) is one of the Cŵn Annwn , the Dog Annwns , in Welsh mythology . He is Greid's young dog and Eri's son. Drudwyn has red ears and a white body. He could only be controlled by Mabon ap Modron and caught the wild boar Twrch Trwyth for him , so that Mabon could snatch a comb and scissors from him.

literature

  • Artur Cotterell: The Encyclopedia of Mythology . Edition XXL, Reichelsheim 1999, ISBN 3-89736-300-3
  • Sylvia and Paul F. Botheroyd: Lexicon of Celtic Mythology . Knaur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-426-77413-5
  • Patrick Sims-Williams: The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain: Phonology and Chronology, c.400-1200 . Blackwell, Oxford 2003, ISBN 1-4051-0903-3
  • James MacKillop: Dictionary of Celtic mythology (p. 102), Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0198691570

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, 132 , accessed December 25, 2012
  2. ^ The Tale of Mabon, son of Modron
  3. ↑ The Celtic Encyclopedia in Google Book Search
  4. ↑ Drudwyn in the Mythology Dictionary
  5. ↑ Helmut Birkhan : Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 2, pp. 70 f and 88