Cigfa

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In Welsh mythology, Cigfa or Cigva is the wife of King Pryderi of Dyfed and a prominent character in the Third Branch of the Mabinogi.

After the death of his father Pwyll, Pryderi invites Manawydan to marry his beautiful mother Rhiannon and live with him and Cigfa in Dyfed. Soon, however, the kingdom turns into a barren wasteland, and all its inhabitants disappear except the four members of Pryderi's family. While out hunting one day Pryderi follows a white boar and does not return, so his mother Rhiannon goes looking for him. She finds him motionless inside a mysterious building, touching a golden bowl. She tries to free him, but becomes enchanted herself when she puts her hand on the object. Manawydan and Cigfa stay together and finally free their spouses when they capture a mouse which is actually the wife of Llwyd ap Cil Coed, Rhiannon's enemy, and force the magician to lift the curses plaguing their land.