CREIDDYLEDD
Creiddylad, Creiddylat, Creidyled

A lady at Arthur’s court, daughter of Lludd Silver Hand.

Creiddyledd was considered the most beautiful girl in the British Isles, and she was loved by Gwythyr (Gwythr), son of Greidawl, and Gwynn, son of Nudd. The warriors and their followers fought terrible battles over her, but Arthur intervened and the war came to a draw. Creiddylad remained unmarried, and both of her would-be paramours were forced to fight every May Kalends (May Day) for her love, until Judgment Day.

The episode is taken from Celtic mythology and the protagonists were probably originally divine figures. It has been suggested that, in Creiddyledd, we have the original of Shakespeare's Cordelia.