An Cailleach – hag, crone, ancestral goddess, mentor, divine mother; all these things and then some, the figure an Cailleach has been venerated (and by many feared) throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man (where she’s known as Caillagh ny Groamagh) for ages and is still worshipped and revered today within those lands and by practitioners of Gaelic paganism all around the world. She is called an Cailleach, which is a title rather than name. The word ‘cailleach’ is found in Irish and Scots Gaelic and means ‘hag’ or ‘old woman’ but can also be translated to mean ‘witch’.

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