Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for "Fair Family";[1]Welsh pronunciation:[ˈtəlʊi̯θteːg]) is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of Welsh and Irish folklore Aos Sí. Other names for them include Bendith y Mamau ("Blessing of the Mothers"), Gwyllion and Ellyllon.[2]
^Briggs, Katharine (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies. Pantheon Books. pp. 21, 419. ISBN 0-394-40918-3.
^Walters, John (1828). An English and Welsh Dictionary. Clwydian-Press. p. 448.
TylwythTeg (Middle Welsh for "Fair Family"; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈtəlʊi̯θ teːg]) is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding...
agreed on types or number. Wirt Sikes formally divided Welsh fairies, or TylwythTeg, into five general types: the Ellyllon (elves), the Bwbachod (household...
euphemistically as wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk (Welsh: TylwythTeg), etc. The term fairy is sometimes used to describe any magical creature...
fairies. In 19th-century Wales, where the rings are known as cylch y TylwythTeg, fairies were almost invariably described as dancing in a group when...
spelling Gwynn ap Nudd) is a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the TylwythTeg or "fair folk" and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn, and whose name...
exist in closely related Irish (Aos Sí), Manx (Mooinjer veggey), Welsh TylwythTeg ('Fair Family'), and Breton (korrigan) culture. Although their common...
and Queen Bahee. One Welsh folk informant stated that the queen of the TylwythTeg was Gwenhidw, wife of Gwydion ab Don, and small, fleecy clouds were her...
on his hunt for mortal souls. Angelika Rüdiger's Doctoral Thesis, 'Y TylwythTeg: an analysis of a literary motif' (Bangor University, 2021) is a detailed...
Houston bookstore. In Spring 1967, the Coven of Y TylwythTeg of Dynion Mwyn became "The Church of Y TylwythTeg in America." Many seekers who were Pagan and...
escape, Teg goads the Honored Matres, who incinerate the entire planet with their Obliterator weapons to be sure Teg is killed. A ghola of Teg is birthed...
owned by Maelgwn Gwynedd, a 6th-century king of Gwynedd. As king of the TylwythTeg or fairy folk, Gwynn ap Nudd was the ruler of Annwn, the Welsh equivalent...
differently based on the specific language. Sluagh Spriggan Sprite Tomte Trow TylwythTeg or Bendith y Mamau is the traditional name for fairies or fairy-like...
otherworld and later Christianised into the king of the fairies, the tylwythteg. He leads the hounds of hell, the Cŵn Annwn on the Wild Hunt, and is...
that "sili ffrit" was sometimes used as a term for a child of the Tywlyth Teg or for anything small. Rhys proposed that "sili" came from the English "silly"...
figures from Arthurian legend, a legendary Afanc (water monster) and the TylwythTeg (fairies). It has been argued that Mount Snowdon strictly refers to a...
lakes and rivers found in Welsh folklore. They are counted among the TylwythTeg or Welsh fairy folk.The mythological narrative of Gwragedd Annwn is intertwined...
Fairies/Spirits Bendith y Mamau Brenin Llwyd Cyhyraeth Gwragedd Annwn Gwyllion TylwythTeg Sea and lake creatures Afanc Ceffyl Dŵr Llamhigyn y Dŵr Morgens Cewri...
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