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Annwn, Annwfn, or Annwfyn (in Middle Welsh ''Annwvn'', ''Annwyn'', ''Annwyfn'', ''Annwvyn'', or ''Annwfyn'') was the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn (or, in Arthurian literature, by Gwyn ap Nudd), it was essentially a world of delights and eternal youth where disease was absent and food was ever-abundant. It became identified with the Christian afterlife in paradise (or heaven). ==Name and etymology== Middle Welsh sources suggest that the term was recognised as meaning "very deep" in medieval times.〔Sims-Williams 1990〕 The appearance of a form ''antumnos'' on an ancient Gaulish curse tablet, however, suggests that the original term may have been *''ande-dubnos'', a common Gallo-Brittonic word that literally meant "underworld".〔Lambert 2003〕 The pronunciation of Modern Welsh ''Annwn'' is (:ˈanːʊn). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annwn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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