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Cailleach
In
Gaelic
mythology (
Irish
,
Scottish
and Manx) the (, ) is a divine
hag
, a
creator deity
and
weather deity
, and an ancestor deity. She is also commonly known as the
Cailleach Bhéara
(
ch
) or
Bheur
(
ach
). The word
cailleach
means "hag" in modern
Scottish Gaelic
, and has been applied to numerous mythological figures in
Ireland
,
Scotland
and the
Isle of Man
.
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