No cosmogonic origin or creation myth for the coblynau is recorded in the supplied sources. Instead, accounts place them in the practical and narrative world of miners and quarrymen: they are folkloric spirits attached to the working landscape of mines and quarries and appear in miners' tales as unseen agents that make noises in passages and sometimes direct attention to mineral deposits. The available sources treat coblynau as part of miners' interpretive repertoire for explaining sounds, hazards, and occasional windfalls underground rather than as beings with a detailed origin myth.
The supplied materials consistently describe coblynau as "gnome-like" but provide no detailed physical description. Popular summaries and catalog entries compare them to small subterranean folk such as goblins or gnomes (the Archive description explicitly calls them a Welsh "Goblin"), and miners' narratives presume small, person-sized beings associated with underground workings; however, specifics such as stature, dress, coloration, or distinctive features are not recorded in the provided sources.
Sources report that coblynau haunt mines and quarries and are associated with audible knocking sounds in underground passages. Folkloric summaries and miner testimonies describe miners hearing knocks attributed to coblynau; secondary accounts also record stories in which coblynau directed miners toward riches in a mine. Beyond these behaviors—haunting specific worked places, producing knocks, and appearing in tales of guidance toward deposits—the provided sources do not ascribe further supernatural powers or capacities.
*Perkʷūnos
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*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
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57 Mnemosyne
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Abaddon
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Aban Yasht
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Abandinus
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Abarta (Ábartach)
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Abath
No corroborated folkloric entity named "Abath" is documented in the provided sources. The string appears in the supplied material only as a surname/personal name in Aruban/Dutch-Caribbean archival records and as an unrelated taxonomic or encyclopedic hit; no mythic attributes, origin stories, rituals, or apotropaic practices for an entity called Abath are present in the documents reviewed.
Abatur
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Abatwa (Twa / Batwa)
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Abcán (Abhcán)
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Abellio
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Community Record
- [1]Coblyn. Wikipedia, entry 'Coblyn' — describes coblyn as a mythical gnome-like creature haunting mines and quarries of Wales and areas of Welsh settlement in America.wiki
- [2]Coblynau (Wikidata). Wikidata item for Coblynau, labeling them "mythical gnome-like creatures."wiki
- [3]We found a wild Goblin (YouTube upload on Archive.org). Archive.org copy of a video description which summarizes miners' folklore: 'The Coblynau can be thought of as a Welsh "Goblin"... miners... could hear Knocking sounds... stories of Coblynau directing these miners toward riches in the mine.'folk
- [4]Myths, Gods & Fantasy (index entry: Coblyn). Alphabetical catalogue entry listing 'Coblyn' among small mythic/folkloric beings in a reference volume.other