Cyhyraeth

Gwrach y Rhibyn [' ɡurɑ ː ə x ' hribɨn ] is in Celtic mythology of Wales, a witch as a death spirit in the shape of an ugly old woman. The Gwrach is also associated with the Cyhyraeth [ kəhəreθ ] in connection spirits that are to announce the death of a man with eerie howl. How the Scottish Cailleach and the Irish Banshee complain Gwrach and Cyhyraeth even after the death of compatriots in foreign lands.

Mythology

A Welsh epithet is: " Y mae mor SALW â Gwrach y Rhibyn " ( "She's as ugly as Gwrach y Rhibyn "). This ghost form should have harpyienhafte trains, namely dry and leathery arms with bat wings, tangled hair and long black teeth in a cadaverous face. If someone has to die, then she knocks that night at his window and calls the names, or they accompanied him invisible and yells at fords or cross paths. Your cries sound ngwraig depending on the person as " NGWR Fy, fy NGWR " ( " My husband, my husband! "), " Fy! Fy ngwraig "( " My wife, my wife! " ) Or" Fy mhlentyn, fy mhlentyn bach "( " My child, my little child! ").

Other legends bring Gwrach with a water nymph or with the Welsh goddess Dôn in conjunction. You should also ( in the Hanes Taliesin ) the wife Morfrans, the son of Ceridwen and Tegid Foels be.