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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Jun 26, 2026  
#FolkloreFriday 🌩️

The Cŵn Annwn are among the most enduring presences in Welsh folklore, and are one of the most consistently misunderstood.

They are the hounds of Annwn, the Welsh Otherworld, white-bodied and red-eared in the oldest descriptions, running with Arawn their master across the night sky and through the storms that gather after midsummer. They are associated with the Wild Hunt in the broader Celtic tradition, though the Welsh understanding of them is its own distinct and carefully considered thing. They don't simply terrorise. They have purpose, direction, and a sovereignty entirely their own.

The piece of their folklore I find most compelling is the detail about sound. The Cŵn Annwn are loudest at a distance and grow quieter as they approach. To hear them clearly and close is not a warning. It is already too late for warnings. That inversion of the expected, of danger growing quieter rather than louder as it nears, says something very precise about the nature of the Otherworld in Welsh tradition. It operates by different rules and doesn't announce itself the way the mortal world does.

They were heard in storms, in the depths of winter, on the old roads between places. They ran where the boundaries were thinnest. And they were not cruel, in the tradition's own terms. They were simply doing what they had always done, moving through the world on business that was not the living's to question. 🌩️

#FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore #TalesFromWales
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Oct 31, 2019  
Bran and Rhosyn need to work together to restore the balance between Earth and Air… and maybe find out just who they are meant to be.

Full of myth and magic, with a strong Welsh theme, Of Land and Sky continues in the #Fantasy world of Wraidd Elfennol.

https://books2read.com/OfLandandSky
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Jan 15, 2019  
Set in the world of #Wraidd_Elfennol, this #Fantasy series is full of myth and magic, action and adventure, and even a touch of romance, with a strong Welsh theme.

Step inside the World of Wraidd Elfennol today and see which Element calls to you.

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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Feb 23, 2024  
Click the link to claim your review copy of Slippers and Songs exclusively at BookSirens. Combining Brothers Grimm tales with Welsh Gods mythology, 'Slippers and Songs' presents an enthralling retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, introducing the debut of the Brodyr Alarch series.

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#WelshGods
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