#FolkloreSunday: The hag goddess #Cailleach was sometimes said to appear as a hare or other small creature. A shout went up from harvesters as they approached the end of a field to “drive the Cailleach” into the next field. Some argue that this harvest […]

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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: The hag goddess #Cailleach was sometimes said to appear as a hare or other small creature. A shout went up from harvesters as they approached the end of a field to “drive the Cailleach” into the next field.
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📖 Read about various Scottish Gaelic Cailleach entities - yes, multiple! - here: https:// theaddersden.wordpress.com/tag/the-cailleach/

#pagan #witch #celtic #cailleach #folklore #scotland #history

Meet Caillch, the embodiment of the "Cailleach" concept.
In Gaelic tradition, Caillch lived for ages, shaping the land and commanding the weather. It is said that storms and winter are her greatest domains.
#cailleach #animegirl #anime #AI #AIart

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `An #Cailleach grows old in autumn and becomes younger as the winter passes, until in spring she relinquishes her hold and lets the summer flowers blossom.`
Source: https://emeraldisle.ie/an-cailleach

#FolkloreThursday FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `An #Cailleach grows old in autumn and becomes younger as the winter passes, until in spring she relinquishes her hold and lets the summer flowers blossom.`
Source: emeraldisle.ie/an-ca...

#FolkloreThursday In harvest lore of Scotland the last sheaf could become the #Cailleach, the “Old Woman.” Kept through winter, the grain might later be fed to livestock or returned to the earth.

The old harvest spirit carried into the new. 🌾

🎨 Cailleach by Mairin-Taj Caya

#WyrdWednesday 🌾
In Scottish harvest lore, the last sheaf could become the #Cailleach, the “Old Woman.” Kept through winter, the grain might later be fed to livestock or returned to the earth.

The spirit of the old harvest carried into the new. 🍂🌾

🎨 Cailleach by Mairin-Taj Caya

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The #Cailleach was preeminently the goddess of harvest, whose name was given to the last sheaf cut in each field; dressed in women’s clothes and honored during the harvest festivities, the Cailleach sheaf was kept safe until the next […]

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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The #Cailleach was preeminently the goddess of harvest, whose name was given to the last sheaf cut in each field; dressed in women’s clothes and honored during the harvest festivities, the Cailleach sheaf was kept safe until the next year’s harvest.`
Source: P.
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In #Scottish and #Irish folklore the Dolly is associated with two figures of arguable antiquity: the #Cailleach or hag and #Brigit or the Bride, who may have been the hag’s maiden form.
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Thinking about Ailsa Craig and the Cailleach... and wanting to find out more #Folklore #Cailleach stonefolklore.wordpress.com/2026/09/13/a...

#FairyFriday 🧚‍♀️🌾
In Irish harvest lore, the last standing sheaf was called the Cailleach, the Old Woman.
In one tradition, it was left standing for the “wee fellows” before being cut and kept for the year.
#IrishFolklore #HarvestLore #Cailleach

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