Mallt-y-Nos

Mallt-y-Nos

Mallt-y-Nos („Matilda of the Night“) ist ein hässliches und bösartiges altes Weib aus der walisischen Mythologie.

Die Mallt-y-Nos reitet in der „Wilden Jagd“ gemeinsam mit Arawn und den Cŵn Annwn, den Hunden aus der Anderswelt. Sie treibt mit ihren Klagerufen und Schreien die Hunde an, die dann die verlorenen Seelen nach Annwn jagen.

Es wird auch erzählt, sie sei einst eine schöne aber gottlose normannische Edelfrau gewesen, die die Jagd über alles liebte. Ihr Ausruf: „Wenn es im Himmel keine Jagd gibt, dann will ich nie dorthin kommen!“ ging in Erfüllung , deshalb schreie sie nun so jammervoll beim Ritt durch die Nacht.

Die Gestalt der Mallt-y-Nos hat Ähnlichkeiten mit der Korrigan (Bretagne), Black Annis (Leicestershire), Banshee und Cliodhna (Irland), Gwrach y Rhibyn (Wales), Cailleach (Irland, Schottland, Isle of Man) oder der erzgebirgischen Winselmutter.

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