#MM/Welsh collaboration

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Saeran with the Cŵn Annwn

Goes with @7space0chips7 idea for MM/Welsh folklore collaboration!

I actually did two ^^;; One with a mask and one with puppers. First time drawing muscles at all and tried my hardest to color them as well. Info about the Cŵn Annwn under the keep reading.

See the other arts here: Seven the  Welsh Dragon by @s-fellows-art Rika the Morgan by  @saeranlover Zen the Tylwyth Teg by  @sakebobomb Jumin the Adar Llwch Gwin by @7space0chips7 and @elvendara Yoosung the Twrch Trwyth  by @elvendara and @7space0chips7

In Welsh mythology and folklore, Cŵn Annwn (Welsh pronunciation: [kuːn ˈanʊn], "hounds of Annwn") were the spectral hounds of Annwn, the otherworld of Welsh myth. They were associated with a form of the Wild Hunt, presided over by either Arawn, king of Annwn in the First Branch of the Mabinogi and alluded to in the Fourth, or by Gwyn ap Nudd as the underworld king and king of the fair(y) folk is named in later medieval lore. In Wales, they were associated with migrating geese, supposedly because their honking in the night is reminiscent of barking dogs. Hunting grounds for the Cŵn Annwn are said to include the mountain of Cadair Idris, where it is believed "the howling of these huge dogs foretold death to anyone who heard them".[citation needed] According to Welsh folklore, their growling is loudest when they are at a distance, and as they draw nearer, it grows softer and softer. Their coming is generally seen as a death portent.It was once firmly and generally believed, that these awful creatures could be heard of a wild stormy night in full cry pursuing the souls of the unbaptized and unshriven. |Mr. Chapman, Dolfor, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, writes to me thus:—|"These mysterious animals are never seen, only heard. A whole pack were recently heard on the borders of Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire. They went from the Kerry hills towards the Llanbadarn road, and a funeral quickly followed the same route. The sound was similar to that made by a pack of hounds in full cry, but softer in tone."|The words Cwn Annwn are variously translated as Dogs of Hell, Dogs of Elfinland. In some parts of Wales they are called Cwn Wybir, Dogs of the Sky, and in other places Cwn Bendith Y Mamau.The Cŵn Annwn is associated with death, as it has red ears.[6] The Celts associated the colour red with death.[6] White is associated with the supernatural, and white animals are commonly owned by gods or other inhabitants of the Otherworld.[6] Therefore, the Cŵn Annwn is associated with death and the supernatural. 

I did not draw the references below and do not claim them as mine! They will show up on a google search.

#MM/Welsh collaboration #Saeran #Cŵn Annwn #Welsh folklore