nigheag
nature_spirit water Highland folklore single tradition · 1
Nigheag is the washer woman of the ford, encountered by Gille-cas-fliuch. She is found washing and rinsing, moaning and lamenting. Gille-cas-fliuch demands three promises from her in exchange for her freedom.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Gille-cas-fliuch
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Source passages
“And when he was westering the loch, whom should he see before him in the vista on the ‘clachan’, stepping stones, but the washer woman of the ford, washing and rinsing, moaning and lamenting— “A leineag bheag basis na dorn, A mailaran broin na beul.””
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