Tag: Cailleach

• Cailleach

  

  In Gaelic mythology ‘Cailleach is’ Irish for “hag”. A divine hag, a creator deity and weather deity, and an ancestor deity. In Irish lore, she goes under many names, including Digde, Milucra, Birog, Buach, etc. The word itself is found as a component in many Terms, such as cailleach-dhubh (“nun”); cailleach-oidhche (“owl”); cailleach feasa (“wise…

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  November 12, 2020

  Article Series, Fiction, Ireland, Legend, Part Work, Update

  Cailleach, Hag, Ireland, Legend, Seasonal Deity, Witches

• The Fairy Finder

  

  A Short Story Wherever you travel in Ireland there is a phrase you may often hear, namely – “Finding a fortune”. When a man dreams of wealth he will often say that he is “dreaming of finding a fortune. Likewise, if any poor man eventually becomes a man of wealth, this progress is scarcely ever…

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  November 3, 2020

  Fairy Story, Fiction, Ireland, Legend, Short Story

  Cailleach, Crock of Gold, Dreams, Fairies, Folklore, Ireland, Legend, Leprechauns, Wealth