Isle of the Dead (mythology)
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The Isle of the Dead is associated with pre-Christian Celtic mythology
and occurs as a theme in a number of European countries. In Britain, it is thought to be either a translation of the Welsh
word "Annwn
" for the underworld or an extant geographical feature of Britain.
Celtic mythology
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the early Celts maintained a polytheistic mythology and religious structure...
and occurs as a theme in a number of European countries. In Britain, it is thought to be either a translation of the Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
word "Annwn
Annwn
Annwn or Annwfn was the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn, or much later by Gwyn ap Nudd, it was essentially a world of delights and eternal youth where disease is absent and food is ever-abundant. It later became Christianised and identified with the land of souls that had departed...
" for the underworld or an extant geographical feature of Britain.