The #Cailleach was also called the “daughter of the little sun,” presumably that of winter. Mumming dances drove her away in #spring. The day of her defeat, when the winter-witch was frozen into stone, was March 29.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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The Cailleach, or “Veiled One,” was a Celtic goddess who ruled over the winds and winter. She is also known as as the Queen of Air and Darkness. She was a patron of animals especially wolves. She was neither good or evil in lore. #SuperstitiionSat

The legend of the #Cailleach, goddess of winter, can be found not only in #Ireland, but in #Scotland and the #IsleOfMan, too. She is associated with winter, and the creation of the landscape. The Cailleach displays several traits befitting the personification of winter: she herds deer, she fights spring, and her staff freezes the ground.
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The Cailleach, or “Veiled One,” was a Celtic goddess who ruled over the winds and winter. She is also known as as the Queen of Air and Darkness. She was a patron of animals especially wolves. She was neither good or evil in lore. #SuperstitiionSat