Mallt-y-Nos

Mallt-y-Nos

Mallt-y-Nos (Matilda of the Night), also known as the Night Mallt,[1] is a crone in Welsh mythology who rides with Arawn and the hounds (Cŵn Annwn) of the Wild Hunt, chasing sorrowful, lost souls to Annwn. The Mallt-y-Nos drives the hounds onward with shrieks and wails, which some say are evil and malicious in nature.[2]

Others say that she was once a beautiful but impious Norman noblewoman who loved hunting so much that she said, "If there is no hunting in heaven, I would rather not go!" She is said to have regretted making this wish, and now cries out in misery rather than joy as she hunts forever in the night sky.[2]

References

  1. ^ Brooke, Stopford Augustus (1892). The history of early English literature: being the history of English poetry from its beginnings to the accession of King Ælfred. Macmillan and Co.. p. 84. http://books.google.com/books?id=vDEMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22#v=onepage&q=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22&f=false. Retrieved October 10, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Trevelyan, Marie (1973). Folk-lore and folk-stories of Wales. Kessinger Publishing. p. 49. http://books.google.com/books?id=zmYHrsC6cYIC&pg=PA49&dq=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22#v=onepage&q=%22Mallt-y-Nos%22&f=false. Retrieved October 10, 2010. 

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