Cym: Pregnant in Battle
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Cymeinfoll, sometimes known as Cymdei Cymeinfoll (Pregnant in Battle) as the wife of Llasar Llaesgyfnewid. Together they were the keepers of the Cauldron of Regeneration which Brân eventually wrests from them. Every six weeks Cymdei Cymeinfoll gives birth to a fully-formed and armed warrior. She is both larger than and dominant towards her husband whose only role seems to be as the guardian of the cauldron. Both also emerge from a lake — all of this together; the association with water, Cymidei as an obvious war goddess and her superiority over her husband makes her a raven warrior goddes in the same mould as the Irish Badb.
As guardian of the Cauldron of Regeneration and a warrior goddess Cymdei Cymeinfoll may actually be an aspect of Branwen herself.
