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Awen is also an alternate name for the Xavante.
Awen is a Welsh word historically used to describe the divine inspiration
of gifted bards in the Welsh poetic tradition and, in a more general sense,
sometimes ascribed to musicians and poets today. It can be compared to the
Classical Muse. The first recorded reference to the Awen occurs in Nennius'
Historia Brittonum, a Latin text of circa 796 CE, based on earlier writings
by the Welsh monk, Gildas.
The feminine noun, Awen, has been variously translated as 'inspiration',
'muse', 'genius', or even 'poetic frenzy'.'Awen' derives from the
Indo-European root *- uel, meaning 'to blow', and is the same root as the
Welsh word 'Awel' meaning 'breeze'. Awen is the breath of inspiration, wind
of the spirit, or breath of the divine which gives inspiration. There is a
parallel word to 'awen' in Irish, 'ai', also meaning 'poetic inspiration'
which derives from the
