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'''Mallt-y-Nos''' ''(Matilda of the Night)'', also known as the '''Night Mallt''',<ref>{{cite book |title=The history of early English literature: being the history of English poetry from its beginnings to the accession of King Ælfred |last=Brooke |first=Stopford Augustus |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1892 |publisher=Macmillan and Co. |location= |isbn= |page=84 |pages= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vDEMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22 |
'''Mallt-y-Nos''' ''(Matilda of the Night)'', also known as the '''Night Mallt''',<ref>{{cite book |title=The history of early English literature: being the history of English poetry from its beginnings to the accession of King Ælfred |last=Brooke |first=Stopford Augustus |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1892 |publisher=Macmillan and Co. |location= |isbn= |page=84 |pages= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vDEMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22#v=onepage&q=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22&f=false |accessdate=October 10, 2010}}</ref> is a [[crone]] in [[Welsh mythology]] who rides with [[Arawn]] and the [[hound]]s ([[Cŵn Annwn]]) of the [[Wild Hunt]], chasing sorrowful, lost souls to [[Annwn]]. The Mallt-y-Nos drives the hounds onward with shrieks and wails, which some say are evil and malicious in nature.<ref name="Wales">{{cite book |title=Folk-lore and folk-stories of Wales |last=Trevelyan |first=Marie |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1973 |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |location= |isbn= |page=49 |pages= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zmYHrsC6cYIC&pg=PA49&dq=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22#v=onepage&q=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22&f=false |accessdate=October 10, 2010}}</ref> |
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Others say that she was once a beautiful but impious [[Normans|Norman]] noblewoman who loved hunting so much that she said, "If there is no hunting in heaven, I would rather not go!" She is said to have regretted making this wish, and now cries out |
Others say that she was once a beautiful but impious [[Normans|Norman]] noblewoman who loved hunting so much that she said, "If there is no hunting in heaven, I would rather not go!" She is said to have regretted making this wish, and now cries out |
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in misery rather than joy as she hunts forever in the night sky.<ref name="Wales" |
in misery rather than joy as she hunts forever in the night sky.<ref name="Wales" /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* {{cite book |title=The doom of Colyn Dolphyn: a poem, with notes illustrative of various traditions of Glamorganshire |last=Williams |first=Taliesin |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1837 |publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme and co. |location= |isbn= |page= |pages=71–73 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GAGUuloCkOUC&pg=PA72&dq=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22 |
* {{cite book |title=The doom of Colyn Dolphyn: a poem, with notes illustrative of various traditions of Glamorganshire |last=Williams |first=Taliesin |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1837 |publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme and co. |location= |isbn= |page= |pages=71–73 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GAGUuloCkOUC&pg=PA72&dq=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22#v=onepage&q=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22&f=false |accessdate=October 10, 2010}} |
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[[Category:Welsh mythology]] |
[[Category:Welsh mythology]] |
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Revision as of 22:53, 14 September 2011
Mallt-y-Nos (Matilda of the Night), also known as the Night Mallt,[1] is a crone in Welsh mythology who rides with Arawn and the hounds (Cŵn Annwn) of the Wild Hunt, chasing sorrowful, lost souls to Annwn. The Mallt-y-Nos drives the hounds onward with shrieks and wails, which some say are evil and malicious in nature.[2]
Others say that she was once a beautiful but impious Norman noblewoman who loved hunting so much that she said, "If there is no hunting in heaven, I would rather not go!" She is said to have regretted making this wish, and now cries out in misery rather than joy as she hunts forever in the night sky.[2]
References
- ^ Brooke, Stopford Augustus (1892). The history of early English literature: being the history of English poetry from its beginnings to the accession of King Ælfred. Macmillan and Co. p. 84. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
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External links
- Williams, Taliesin (1837). The doom of Colyn Dolphyn: a poem, with notes illustrative of various traditions of Glamorganshire. Longman, Rees, Orme and co. pp. 71–73. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
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