Editing Cŵn Annwn (section)

== Owner ==
[[Arawn]], king of Annwn, is believed to set the Cŵn Annwn loose to hunt mundane creatures.<ref name="Ross">{{cite book |title=Druids, Gods, & Heroes from Celtic Mythology |last=Ross |first=Anne |year=1986 |publisher=Eurobook |location=London, England |isbn=978-0856540493 |pages=65–69 }}<!--|access-date=August 8, 2012--></ref> When [[Pwyll]], Prince of [[Kingdom of Dyfed|Dyfed]], saw the Cŵn Annwn take down a stag, he set his own pack of dogs to scare them away.<ref name="Ross"/> Arawn then came to him and said that as repentance for driving away the Cŵn Annwn, Pwyll would have to defeat [[Hafgan]].<ref name="Ross"/>

Christians came to dub these mythical creatures as "The Hounds of Hell" or "Dogs of Hell" and theorised they were therefore owned by [[Satan]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Pugh |first = Jane |title = Welsh Ghostly Encounters |publisher = Gwasg Carreg Gwalch |year = 1990 |pages = 135 Pages |isbn = 0863817912}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title = Celtic Mythology |publisher = Geddes and Grosset |year = 1999 |pages = 480 Pages |isbn = 1855342995}}</ref> However, the Annwn of medieval Welsh tradition is an otherworldly place of plenty<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Loomis|first=R. S.|date=1941|title=The Spoils of Annwn: An Early Arthurian Poem|jstor=459010|journal=Publications of the Modern Language Association of America|volume=56|issue=4|pages=887–936|doi=10.2307/459010|s2cid=163900692 }}</ref> and eternal youth<ref>{{Cite book|title=Welsh Gothic|last=Aaron|first=J.|publisher=University of Wales Press|year=2013|location=Cardiff}}</ref> and not a place of punishment like the Christian concept of Hell.

The hounds are sometimes accompanied by a fearsome hag called [[Mallt-y-Nos]], "Matilda of the Night". An alternative name in Welsh folklore is Cŵn Mamau ("Hounds of the Mothers").

[[Da Derga]] is also known to have a pack of nine white hounds, perhaps Cŵn Annwn.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite book |title=Celtic Myth: Heroes of the Dawn |last1=Fleming |first1=Fergus |last2=Husain |first2=Shahrukh |last3=Littleton |first3=C. Scott |last4=Malcor |first4=Linda A. |year=1996 |publisher=Duncan Baird Publishers |isbn=0705421716 |page=29 }}<!--|access-date=August 8, 2012--></ref>

[[Culhwch]] rode to King Arthur's court with two "Otherworld" dogs accompanying him, possibly Cŵn Annwn.<ref name="Dawn"/>