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Gwyn Ap NuddIn Welsh mythology, Gwyn ap Nudd was the god of the underworld. In an early Welsh poem he is also god of battle, the escort of dead souls to Annwn. In the early Arthurian story Culhwch and Olwen, he abducted a maiden known as Creiddylad after she eloped with Gwythr ap Greidawl, Gwyn's long-time rival. Gwynn and Gwythr's fight, which began on May Day, represented the contest between summer and winter. Gwyn means "fair, bright, white" and is cognate with Irish fionn. The Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhail, whose grandfather was Nuada, is probably related to this figure. See: Cwn Annwn Alternative: Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynn ap Nudd
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