Gwenith

It is a variant of Gwynedd, both male and female Welsh name which is taken from the name of the kingdom of Gwynedd, from the Proto-Brythonic “*gwindos,” and Proto-Celtic “*windos,” meaning “white, fair.” The Kingdom of Gwynedd was one of several successor states to Rome, which emerged in 5th-century Britain during the Saxons’ Coming. Based in northwest Wales, the rulers of Gwynedd repeatedly rose to preeminence and were acclaimed as “King of the Britons” before losing their power in civil wars or invasions. Gwyn ap Nudd is a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the Tylwyth Teg or “fair folk” and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn. Described as a great warrior with a “blackened face,” Gwyn is intimately associated with the otherworld in medieval Welsh literature and is associated with the international tradition of the Wild Hunt. (literally ‘Lann of Venec’), also known as the monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Brittany, now part of France.