Tag: Goddess

Scotland’s Giantesses: Storm Hags, Queens and Goddesses

Oct 29, 2025 | Bride, Cailleach, Giantesses, Giants, Gods and Goddesses

Scottish Giantesses are formidable! In Scottish mythology, whenever you meet a giant, it is...

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The River Spey: In Pursuit of a Goddess

Jul 20, 2025 | Cailleach, Gods and Goddesses, Kelpie, Loch Ness Monster, Mythical creatures, Myths and Legends, River Spey, Saint Columba

Annually, the River Spey hosts an opening ceremony at the start of the Salmon Fishing season. The...

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The Feast of the Nine Maidens: A Christian Feast or a Pagan Memory

Jun 18, 2020 | Anglo-Saxons, Beltane, Britons, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Dragons, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Imbolc, Myths and Legends, Nine Maidens, Picts

The 18th of June is the Feast Day of the Nine Maidens in Scotland. But who were these women? Did...

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Halloween Origins: Samhain and the Cailleach

Oct 30, 2019 | Beltane, Cailleach, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Myths and Legends, Samhain and Halloween, Wheel of the Year

The origins of Halloween date back to an ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced...

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