The Grey King

[amelia_petkova]

"On the day of the dead, when the year too dies, / Must the youngest open the oldest hills"

Why can't my Halloween every be as interesting as Will and Bran's?

A question for The Dark is Rising fans: Does anyone know if the brenin llwyd and the milgwn (apologies if I misspelled) are based on Welsh myth, or did Susan Cooper make them up out of thin air?

Happy Halloween/Samhain!

Just over six hours until NaNoWriMo begins in this time zone...good luck everyone.

Comments

[eirendel.livejournal.com]

Ironic that I find this post of yours almost a year later, while I'm researching the same thing. From what I've found the Brenin Llwyd is a real myth, as is the breath of the grey king, though there is some dispute as to which mountain he haunts. Milgwn is plural for greyhound, though I haven't found any evidence of myths about giant grey foxes that can shapeshift.