Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Pwyll
Pwyll begins the hunt from Narberth, his chief palace, and enters a wood in Glyn Cych. Following his own pack separates him from his companions and brings another pack’s cry into hearing. He sees the other hounds bring down a stag but fixes his attention on their unusual colours. Sikes identifies them as Arawn’s, making the forest encounter a meeting with the otherworld.
Also known as Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed
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In the sources
Principal account
TraditionalPwyll begins the hunt from Narberth, his chief palace, and enters a wood in Glyn Cych. Following his own pack separates him from his companions and brings another pack’s cry into hearing.
Further detail
TraditionalHe sees the other hounds bring down a stag but fixes his attention on their unusual colours. Sikes identifies them as Arawn’s, making the forest encounter a meeting with the otherworld.
Context & interpretation
The entry follows only the opening hunting encounter quoted by Sikes from the Pwyll tale. Later exchanges between Pwyll and Arawn are not supplied from memory; they can be added from the complete prepared Mabinogion source.
Original passages
Source 1
British Goblins
following his dogs and separating from his companionsOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Wirt Sikes, British Goblins (1880), active reader leaf 249
Exact passage checked against active scan text and its original-leaf mapping; whitespace and scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0044-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0044-E001-P0249
- Original scan leaf
- 250
- Recorded leaf number
- 250
- Current Reader position
- 248
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Source 2
British Goblins
fixed his attention on the colour of the packOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Wirt Sikes, British Goblins (1880), active reader leaf 249
Exact passage checked against active scan text and its original-leaf mapping; whitespace and scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0044-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0044-E001-P0249
- Original scan leaf
- 250
- Recorded leaf number
- 250
- Current Reader position
- 248
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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Annwn
A shadow realm reached through fairy lakes and ruled in different tales by named kings.
Shared source pageArawn
The crowned king of Annwn whose white hounds meet Pwyll in the forest.
Shared source pageCŵn Annwn
Otherworld hounds whose cries can foretell a funeral route.
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