The legend of the cyhyraeth is sometimes conflated with tales of the
Gwrach-y-Rhibyn and is sometimes depicted as washing her hands there. Most often the Gwrach y Rhibyn will wail and shriek "Fy ngŵr, fy ngŵr!" (
My husband! My husband!) or "Fy mhlentyn, fy mhlentyn bach!" (
My child! My little child!), though sometimes she will assume a male's voice and cry "Fy ngwraig! Fy ngwraig!" (
My wife! My wife!). If it is death that is coming, the name of the one doomed to die is supposed to be heard in her "shrill tenor". Often invisible, she can sometimes be seen at a crossroad or a stream when the mist rises. Some speculation has been asserted that this apparition may have once been a water deity, or an aspect of the Welsh goddess
Dôn. She is the wife of
Afagddu, the despised son of
Ceridwen and
Tegid Foel, in some retellings of the
Taliesin myth. == References ==