entities: ENT_WEL_ANNWN

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_WEL_ANNWN Annwn   Celtic/Welsh Otherworld realm Cosmological Realm otherworld, death, feasting, magic, sovereignty Otherworld, Annwn, realm, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       The Welsh Otherworld; First Branch: ruled by Arawn, who grants the title Pen Annwn (Head of Annwn) to Pwyll; characterized by hunting, feasting, magical animals (the white hounds with red-tipped ears), and the absence of time; the name Annwn (or Annwfn) possibly from *ande-dubno- ("under-world" or "very deep"); it is not primarily a realm of the dead but of the living gods, magic, and abundance realm

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