Editing Cigfa (section)

{{Short description|Character in Welsh mythology}}
'''Cigfa ferch Gwyn Glohoyw''' ([[Middle Welsh]]: ''Kigua'') is a minor character in [[Welsh mythology]], the wife of King [[Pryderi]] of [[Kingdom of Dyfed|Dyfed]]. She is mentioned briefly in the [[Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed|First Branch]] of the ''Mabinogi'', and appears more prominently in the [[Four Branches of the Mabinogi#Manawyddan.2C son of Llyr|third]]. Describing the character, [[Proinsias Mac Cana]] writes:  "Cigfa strikes one as a slight though effective vignette of a contemporary bourgeois snob<ref>Parker, Will. ''Four Branches of the Mabinogi''.</ref> while [[William John Gruffydd]] hypothesises that the character was a later addition to the tale.<ref>Gruffydd, W. D. ''Rhiannon'', Cardiff, 1953.</ref> [[John Rhys]] suggested a connection between Cigfa and the [[Irish mythology|Irish]] character ''Ciochba''.<ref name="Hughes MUL">Hughes, Ian. ''Manawydan uab Llyr''</ref>