Pigwiggen

Cf. "ouphs," _Merry Wives of Windsor, _ V.v. [4] _Pigwiggen_.

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

One day, coming home and finding his queen absent, Oberon vows vengeance on the gallant, and sends Puck to ascertain the whereabouts of Mab and Pigwiggen.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Pigwiggen, seconded by Tomalin, encounters Oberon, seconded by Tom Thum, and the fight is “both fast and furious.”

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

The fairy Pigwiggen is so gallant to Queen Mab as to arouse the jealousy of King Oberon.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Mab has an amour with Pigwiggen; Oberon being jealous, sends Hobgoblin to catch them, and one of Mab's nymphs opposes him by a spell.

Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746