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Mynyd Amanw

The Welsh appellative is introduced twice into the story of Twrch Trwyth; once to account, as I take it, for the name Mynyd Amanw, 'Amman Mountain,' and once for Dyffryn Amanw, ' Amman Valley,' In bot

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The Welsh appellative is introduced twice into the story of Twrch Trwyth; once to account, as I take it, for the name Mynyd Amanw, 'Amman Mountain,' and once for Dyffryn Amanw, ' Amman Valley,' In bot (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter IX: Place-name Stories)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attribution: On Mynyd Amanw one of his boars was killed, but he is not distinguished by any proper name: he is simply called a baniv, ' a young boar (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter IX: Place-name Stories)

    "On Mynyd Amanw one of his boars was killed, but he is not distinguished by any proper name: he is simply called a baniv, ' a young boar.'"

  • attestation: The Welsh appellative is introduced twice into the story of Twrch Trwyth; once to account, as I take it, for the name Mynyd Amanw, 'Amman Mountain,' and once for Dyffryn Amanw, ' Amman Valley,' In bot (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter IX: Place-name Stories)

    "The Welsh appellative is introduced twice into the story of Twrch Trwyth; once to account, as I take it, for the name Mynyd Amanw, 'Amman Mountain,' and once for Dyffryn Amanw, ' Amman Valley,' In both instances Amanw was meant, as I think, to be accounted for by the banw killed at each of the places in question."

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