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- In Gaelic (Irish, Scottish and Manx) myth, the Cailleach (Irish: [ˈkal̠ʲəx, kəˈl̠ʲax], Scottish Gaelic: [ˈkʰaʎəx]) is a divine hag, ****ociated with the...
- (Irish: Cailleach Bhéarra, also known as The White Nun of Beara, The Cailleach or The Old Woman of Dingle) is a mythic Irish Goddess: a Cailleach, or divine...
- means the Cailleach is asleep and winter is almost over. At Imbolc on the Isle of Man, where she is known as Caillagh ny Groamagh, the Cailleach is said...
- Nunton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Cailleach) is a settlement on Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Nunton is within the parish of South Uist...
- The goddess in question usually is identified as Celtic, the hag-like Cailleach figure of Irish and Scottish mythology. Margaret Murray proposed this...
- origin; it may refer to: Alleged Celtic Goddess Bronach (also called Cailleach) Saint Brónach (sometimes anglicised to Bronagh), a 6th-century holy woman...
- 25 other banshees who would always be at her attendance. Baobhan Sith Cailleach Caoineag Clíodhna Devil Bird La Llorona Klagmuhme Madam Koi Koi Psychopomp...
- Stranger in 2010. In 2011, she appeared in the BBC1 series Merlin, as the Cailleach, the gatekeeper to the spirit world. Also in 2011 she appeared in the...
- goddess of the bear Axona - Gallic goddess of the river Aisne Beira - see Cailleach Belisama - Gallic and Brittonic goddess Bergusia - Gallic goddess of Alesia...
- the beithir and the mythological hag known as the Cailleach Bheur. In a story from Argyll the Cailleach was slain by a hunter who hacked her to pieces,...