Beira is the name given by 20th century journalist and anthropologist Donald Alexander Mackenzie to the Cailleach Bheur, a goddess of winter, and the mother of the gods and goddesses in Scottish mythology.[1]
She is associated with one of the Celtic creation myths (which usually pertain to local land features) and bears a similar role to Gaea in Greek Mythology, and Jord in Norse Mythology.
See also
References
- ^ Mackenzie, Donald Alexander (1917) "Beira, Queen of Winter" in Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend"
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