page_title: Cailleach
hierarchical_section_title: Cailleach
caption_attribution_description: English: Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland. Español: Acantilados de Moher en County Clare, Irlanda.
context_page_description: In Gaelic mythology the Cailleach is a divine hag, a creator deity, a weather deity, and an ancestor deity. In modern Scottish folklore studies, she is also known as Beira, Queen of Winter. The word literally means "old woman, hag", and is found with this meaning in modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and has been applied to numerous mythological figures in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
context_section_description: In Gaelic mythology (Irish, Scottish and Manx) the Cailleach ([kiˈlʲax; ˈkalʲəx], [ˈkʰaʎəx]) is a divine hag, a creator deity, a weather deity, and an ancestor deity. In modern Scottish folklore studies, she is also known as Beira, Queen of Winter. The word literally means "old woman, hag", and is found with this meaning in modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and has been applied to numerous mythological figures in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
caption: Ceann na Caillí ('The Hag's Head'), the southernmost tip of the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. One of many locations named for the Cailleach.[1]
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