Cailleach
![Ceann Caillí ('Hag's Head'), the southernmost tip of the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. One of many locations named for the Cailleach.[1]](/Images/godic/202501/02/Lightmatter_cliffs_of_moher_in_County_Clare_Ireland1021.jpg")
![Ben Cruachan, highest point in Argyll and Bute, home of the Cailleach nan Cruachan](/Images/godic/202501/02/Cruachan1021.jpg")
![The Corryvreckan whirpool (Scottish Gaelic: Coire Bhreacain - 'cauldron of the plaid') washtub of the Cailleach](/Images/godic/202501/02/Corryvreckan1022.jpg")
![The burial chamber at the summit of Sliabh na Caillí](/Images/godic/202501/02/Summit_of_Slieve_na_Calliagh1022.jpg")
In Gaelic mythology (Irish, Scottish and Manx) the Cailleach (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkalʲəx], Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈkaʎəx]) is a divine hag, a creator deity and weather deity, and an ancestor deity. She is also commonly known as the Cailleach Bhéara(ch) or Bheur(ach). The word cailleach means "hag" in modern Scottish Gaelic, and has been applied to numerous mythological figures in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.