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  2. Ancient Celtic women - Wikipedia

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    Other female figures from Celtic mythology include the weather witch Cailleach (Irish for 'nun,' 'witch,' 'the veiled' or 'old woman') of Scotland and Ireland, the Corrigan of Brittany who are beautiful seductresses, the Irish Banshee (woman of the Otherworld) who appears before important deaths, the Scottish warrior women Scáthach, Uathach ...

  3. Baobhan sith - Wikipedia

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    The baobhan sith (literally "fairy witch" or "fairy hag" in Scottish Gaelic) is a female fairy in the folklore of the Scottish Highlands, though they also share certain characteristics in common with the succubus. [1] They appear as beautiful women who seduce their victims before attacking them and killing them. [1]

  4. Category:Scottish women - Wikipedia

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    also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: British: Scottish This category exists only as a container for other categories of Scottish women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.

  5. Brownie (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    A female spirit known as the Silkie or Selkie, who received her name from the fact that she was always dressed in grey silk, appears in English and Scottish folklore. [16] [49] Like a ghost, the Silkie is associated with the house rather than the family who lives there, [16] but, like a brownie, she is said to perform chores for the family.

  6. Bean-nighe - Wikipedia

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    Her characteristics vary depending on the locality, and differing traditions ascribe to her the powers of imparting knowledge or the granting of wishes if she is approached with caution. It is said that mnathan-nighe (the plural of bean-nighe ) are the spirits of women who died giving birth and are doomed to perform their tasks until the day ...

  7. Women in early modern Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll (1574–1607), attributed to Adrian Vanson. Women in early modern Scotland, between the Renaissance of the early sixteenth century and the beginnings of industrialisation in the mid-eighteenth century, were part of a patriarchal society, though the enforcement of this social order was not absolute in all aspects.

  8. List of Scottish women artists - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of women artists who were born in or are closely associated with Scotland This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

  9. Category:16th-century Scottish women - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:16th-century Scottish people. It includes Scottish people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories

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