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"Hear my cries, Cailleach of the storm,
Nicnevin underground,
Brigid leave your flowers and come to me."
Watch as the olde gods of Great Britain return in their terrible glory. Experience #Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen. #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/R2poBBjqqH
In old #Scottish lore Bride, the Princess of Summer, is enslaved by the Cailleach, hag goddess of winter. Bride is given snowdrops by kindly Father Winter, which she shows to the hag, who is enraged as they mean her reign is coming to an end. #FolkloreThursday Img: Cicely Barker
Cailleach – the dark mother is a #Celtic goddess of winter, appearing as an old one-eyed hag with a magical hammer. She creates mountains, brings storms, and protects wild animals such as deer and wolves.
#FolkloreThursday
In Scottish folklore, Cailleach Bheur, the Queen of Winter, is also a creation deity, credited with making the mountains of the Highlands with her magic hammer. A one-eyed giantess with white hair and blue skin, Ben Nevis was her mountain throne. #FolkloreThursday
Welcome, Cailleach ... Ancient Spirit of our Land ... ✨
Known by many names ... Olde Names that only the Wind and the Trees can pronounce ...
#WinterInTheAir
The Cailleach, the 'veiled one', is the Gaelic embodiment of the dark mother/harvest goddess. Called the bringer of storms, she is a crone often portrayed riding on a wolf with a hammer made of human flesh. She sometimes wears human skulls on her clothes. #FolkloreThursday
#inktober day 8! The Cailleach. It’s said she made the mountains and streams.
#illustration #inktober2019 #erynillustrates #art #myart #myth #magic #magicalcreatures #scotland #fae #fantasy #faerie #scottishlore #draw #witchtober
Cailleach Queen of Winter #freeze #inktober #Inktober2019 #inktoberday4
Bhí na cailleacha i réim inniú i mBaile Cliath do @ImramFeile. Bhí mé féin (agus Rita) le Gaelscoileanna na Fuinseoige & Thaobh na Coille i nDún Droma. Tá múr-mhaisiú déanta ag Julian Hill i leabharlann @gsnafuinseoige agus Rita agus an dragún ann! Dochreidte! Buíochas ó chroí x
Is cailín beag í Rita le smaointe móra. Samhlaíonn sí cailleach a bheith aici & go mbeidh spraoi agus diabhlaíocht ar bun acu atá fiáin-gan-srian & dorcha draíochtach. Ach cad é a dhéanfaidh Rita má chuireann an chailleach ruaig ar a cairde? Nó má thugann sí bia lofa le hithe di?
In old #Scottish lore Bride, the Princess of Summer, is enslaved by the Cailleach, hag goddess of winter. Bride is given snowdrops by kindly Father Winter, which she shows to the hag, who is enraged to see her reign is coming to an end. #FolkloreThursday
Illust: Cicely Barker
The Cailleach Bheur, bringer of Winter snows and storms and mother of all gods and goddesses in Scottish mythology #folklorethursday
Image ©Andy Paciorek @andypaciorekart
#INKTOBER DOUBLE WHAMMY PART ONE
Day 3: Cailleach Bheur, the crone goddess of death, disease, wisdom, seasons
Rhoda Taylor series of 6 paintings on the Cailleach legends at @Johnmillcove @GraphicStudioG @SolomonFineArt @JorgensenArt @CorkPrintmakers