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Creiddylad

In Insular Brythonic mythology, Creiddylad was a goddess, daughter of Llyr. She was the object of a battle between Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwythr ap Greidawl. In William Shakespeare's King Lear, Cordelia was based off this goddess.

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