Cailleac Bhuer Descritption: Is a version of the Scottish Crone Goddess. She walks through the Scottish Highlands in tattered robes of either white or blue in color, carrying a staff made of holly and a crow perched on her left shoulder. She is also considered one of the deities of winter. Powers/Abilities: Cailleac's are known as excellent shape-shifters. They may take on the apperance of young maidens, hares, cats, stones, and trees. As well as the form of a deer, a form that is often assumed by most fairy women. Her holly staff has the ability to kill a mortal with just one touch. Purpose: She is the old hag of winter and on May Eve at midnight she tosses her staff in to a holly bush and then is turned to stone until Halloween when she is to rise again for the coming winter season. Also known as: The Blue Hag, The Mistress of Wild Things, the Veiled One Source: Eason, Cassandra. A Complete Guide to Faeries & Magical Beings. York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, 2002
Cailleac Bhuer
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