{"id":10570,"date":"2026-04-21T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/cailleach-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:42:38","slug":"cailleach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/fr\/cailleach\/","title":{"rendered":"Cailleach"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10570\" class=\"elementor elementor-10570 elementor-1035\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cailleach, d\u00e9esse de la tradition celtique<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cailleach est une d\u00e9esse de la tradition celtique.<\/p><p>La Vieille, d\u00e9esse de l&rsquo;hiver et forgeresse de pierres du monde celtique.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Dieu \/ D\u00e9esse : puissance supr\u00eame personnifi\u00e9e dans le panth\u00e9on d'une culture, avec des attributions pr\u00e9cises \u2013 forces naturelles, destin, guerre, fertilit\u00e9. 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cailleach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La Cailleach est l&rsquo;une des figures les plus anciennes de la <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"La transmission du savoir et des r\u00e9cits \u00e0 travers les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> celtique. Son nom (\u00ab celle qui porte le voile \u00bb, \u00ab vieille voil\u00e9e \u00bb) d\u00e9signe une puissance f\u00e9minine primordiale et ambivalente : d\u00e9esse de l&rsquo;hiver, forgeresse de montagnes et de rochers, m\u00e8re originelle du paysage, et, dans la tradition tardive, figure mena\u00e7ante de sorci\u00e8re. Elle se situe \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re entre d\u00e9esse et d\u00e9mone, entre cr\u00e9atrice cosmique et force obscure de l&rsquo;hiver.<\/p><p>Dans la tradition irlandaise et ga\u00e9lique \u00e9cossaise, la Cailleach est associ\u00e9e \u00e0 certaines montagnes, \u00eeles et transitions saisonni\u00e8res. Elle r\u00e8gne de Samhain \u00e0 Beltane ; au printemps, elle se change en pierre ou redevient jeune. Sa g\u00e9ographie foisonnante \u2013 des centaines de toponymes, formations rocheuses, sommets \u2013 fait d&rsquo;elle la figure vraisemblablement la plus profond\u00e9ment ancr\u00e9e dans le paysage de la <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"L'ensemble des r\u00e9cits mythiques transmis par une culture sur ses dieux.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythologie<\/span> celtique.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aper\u00e7u rapide : Cailleach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type :<\/strong> M\u00e8re primordiale ambivalente, d\u00e9esse de l&rsquo;hiver, forgeresse du paysage<br>Origine : Tradition celtique pr\u00e9chr\u00e9tienne<br>Textes : Dindsenchas, l\u00e9gendes toponymiques, tradition populaire<br>P\u00e9riode : archa\u00efque jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 nos jours<br>Diffusion : Irlande, \u00c9cosse, \u00eele de Man<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contexte<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">P\u00e9riode des textes<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Situ\u00e9 arch\u00e9ologiquement dans la tradition celtique pr\u00e9chr\u00e9tienne. Premi\u00e8res attestations litt\u00e9raires dans les Dindsenchas irlandais (explications de toponymes, Xe\u2013XIe s.). Riche <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"La transmission du savoir et des r\u00e9cits \u00e0 travers les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> dans le <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Science qui \u00e9tudie la culture quotidienne, les coutumes et les repr\u00e9sentations transmises.\" tabindex=\"0\">folklore<\/span> ga\u00e9lique \u00e9cossais des XIXe et XXe s. (Campbell, Carmichael, McNeill). Renouveau moderne dans le n\u00e9opaganisme.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aire de diffusion<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Irlande (Cailleach Bh\u00e9ara, Cailleach Beara), \u00c9cosse (Cailleach Bheur, Cailleach nan Cruachan), \u00eele de Man (Caillagh ny Groamagh). Des centaines de lieux portent son nom : sommets, rochers, \u00eeles. Particuli\u00e8rement dense sur la c\u00f4te atlantique de l&rsquo;ouest de l&rsquo;\u00c9cosse et de l&rsquo;ouest de l&rsquo;Irlande.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00c9tat des sources<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-nosnippet>Dindsenchas, livre de toponymie, collections des Highlands occidentaux de Campbell, <em>The Silver Bough<\/em> de F. Marian McNeill (1957, 68), <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Science qui \u00e9tudie et compare les cultures et les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s.\" tabindex=\"0\">ethnologie<\/span> moderne des r\u00e9gions c\u00f4ti\u00e8res ga\u00e9liques.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nom et variantes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Irlandais :<\/strong> <em>cailleach<\/em>, litt\u00e9ralement \u00ab celle qui porte le voile \u00bb (du lat. <em>pallium<\/em>, voile), \u00e9largi \u00e0 \u00ab vieille femme, nonne, sorci\u00e8re \u00bb.<br>Ga\u00e9lique \u00e9cossais : <em>cailleach<\/em> ; sp\u00e9cifiquement <em>Cailleach Bheur<\/em>, \u00ab la Vieille ac\u00e9r\u00e9e \u00bb.<br>\u00c9pith\u00e8tes : Cailleach Bh\u00e9ara (r\u00e9gion de Kerry), Cailleach nan Cruachan (Highlands \u00e9cossais), Caillagh ny Groamagh (\u00eele de Man).<br>D\u00e9esses apparent\u00e9es : Morr\u00edgan (d\u00e9esse de la guerre), Danu (m\u00e8re originelle des Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann).<\/p><p>Le nom comporte trois couches de sens : physiquement, une vieille femme ; religieusement, une nonne voil\u00e9e (sous influence chr\u00e9tienne) ; mythiquement, m\u00e8re primordiale et ma\u00eetresse de l&rsquo;hiver. Ces trois couches demeurent simultan\u00e9ment actives dans la tradition populaire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Apparence<\/strong><\/p><p>Vieille femme, grande, parfois \u00e0 la peau bleue, aux dents brunes, n&rsquo;ayant qu&rsquo;un seul \u0153il. Courb\u00e9e, s&rsquo;appuyant sur un b\u00e2ton. Lors de sa m\u00e9tamorphose : jeune femme, belle reine ou rocher. Dans la tradition hivernale : accompagn\u00e9e d&rsquo;un cerf blanc ou d&rsquo;une vache.<\/p><p><strong>Comportement<\/strong><\/p><p>Elle fa\u00e7onne le paysage, jette des pierres qui deviennent des montagnes, porte de la terre dans son tablier qui se transforme en \u00eeles. Elle gouverne l&rsquo;hiver : elle frappe le sol de son b\u00e2ton et g\u00e8le la terre. \u00c0 Beltane (1er mai), elle se change en pierre ou redevient jeune.<\/p><p><strong>Domaine d&rsquo;action<\/strong><\/p><p>La nature sauvage, les montagnes, les rochers, les \u00eeles, la mer. Le temps, en particulier l&rsquo;hiver et les temp\u00eates. Les changements li\u00e9s \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge et les transitions. Dans certaines traditions, \u00e9galement gardienne des animaux sauvages (cerfs, loups).<\/p><p><strong>Classification mythologique<\/strong><\/p><p>Non pas une d\u00e9esse classique au sens romain, mais une puissance primordiale pr\u00e9chr\u00e9tienne. R\u00e9interpr\u00e9t\u00e9e apr\u00e8s la christianisation en sorci\u00e8re ou en sainte (liens avec la Sheela-na-Gig), sans perdre sa dimension mythique. V\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e \u00e0 nouveau dans les n\u00e9opaganismes modernes.<\/p><p><strong>Apparence et symbolique<\/strong><\/p><p>La Cailleach est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e comme une femme immense et tr\u00e8s ancienne au visage sillonn\u00e9 de rides. Parfois, elle n&rsquo;a qu&rsquo;un seul \u0153il. Elle porte une robe bleue ou verte et un b\u00e2ton. Ses pas ont form\u00e9 les montagnes et les vall\u00e9es. La pierre et l&rsquo;hiver sont ses symboles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profil : Cailleach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Les aspects essentiels de la Cailleach en un coup d&rsquo;\u0153il.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Origine<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Puissance primordiale pr\u00e9chr\u00e9tienne ; anc\u00eatre possible des d\u00e9esses celtiques. Forgeresse du paysage, d\u00e9esse de l&rsquo;hiver, gardienne de la nature sauvage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Concernant<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>L&rsquo;ensemble de la communaut\u00e9 dans le cycle annuel, en particulier les bergers et les habitants des campagnes qui d\u00e9pendent du temps et de l&rsquo;hiver.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apparence<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vieille femme au b\u00e2ton, parfois \u00e0 la peau bleue, aux dents brunes, n&rsquo;ayant qu&rsquo;un \u0153il. Capable de se m\u00e9tamorphoser : jeune reine, belle femme ou rocher. Accompagn\u00e9e d&rsquo;un cerf ou d&rsquo;une vache.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fonction<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fa\u00e7onne le paysage, apporte l&rsquo;hiver, g\u00e8le la terre. Ambivalente : \u00e0 la fois destructrice et ordonnatrice du monde. Au printemps, elle se change en pierre ou redevient jeune.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comment se pr\u00e9munir contre la Cailleach<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aucune d\u00e9fense \u00e0 proprement parler \u2013 respect et reconnaissance rituelle. Certaines plantes (sorbier, ajonc) et certains lieux (pierres de la Cailleach) sont honor\u00e9s par des offrandes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00c9quivalents<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fonctionnellement apparent\u00e9e \u00e0 la M\u00f3rr\u00edgan irlandaise et \u00e0 la B\u00e9find en tant que forgeresses vieillissantes du destin ; \u00e0 <a href=\"\/fr\/baba-jaga\/\">Baba Yaga<\/a> (slave) en tant que sorci\u00e8re des for\u00eats et de l&rsquo;initiation ; \u00e0 la Frau Holle\/Holda germanique ; \u00e0 la Grand-M\u00e8re-Araign\u00e9e am\u00e9rindienne (Hopi\/Cherokee). Dans l&rsquo;espace celto-\u00e9cossais, la Cailleach se fond avec des esprits f\u00e9minins montagnards locaux ; H\u00e9cate, son \u00e9quivalent dans la tradition grecque, partage le profil d&rsquo;une puissance nocturne li\u00e9e aux seuils.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Culte et coutumes populaires<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Rites saisonniers<\/strong><\/p><p>Samhain (31 octobre \/ 1er novembre) marque le d\u00e9but de son r\u00e8gne, Beltane (1er mai) sa fin. Dans certaines r\u00e9gions, \u00e0 Imbolc (1er f\u00e9vrier, jour de Brigid), on mettait en sc\u00e8ne sa rencontre avec la jeune Brigid : la Vieille ramasse du bois de chauffage pour un hiver long ou court, selon le temps qu&rsquo;il fait.<\/p><p><strong>Cultes li\u00e9s aux lieux<\/strong><\/p><p>Des centaines de lieux portant le nom de la Cailleach en Irlande et en \u00c9cosse. Des pierres, des sommets et des grottes associ\u00e9s \u00e0 la Cailleach sont encore respect\u00e9s aujourd&rsquo;hui. Certains paysans laissent une rang\u00e9e de c\u00e9r\u00e9ales dans leurs champs comme \u00ab part de la Cailleach \u00bb.<\/p><p><strong>Lecture du temps<\/strong><\/p><p>Le mois de f\u00e9vrier \u00e9cossais apporte ses derni\u00e8res temp\u00eates ; la \u00ab temp\u00eate de la Cailleach \u00bb pr\u00e9sente des signatures m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques particuli\u00e8res. Le temps des Douze Jours apr\u00e8s No\u00ebl, les \u00ab jours de la Cailleach \u00bb, est interpr\u00e9t\u00e9 comme une pr\u00e9vision pour les douze mois \u00e0 venir.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Parall\u00e8les et \u00e9poque moderne<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Parall\u00e8les europ\u00e9ens :<\/strong> Perchta et Hulda dans la tradition germanique sont fonctionnellement proches : vieilles femmes li\u00e9es \u00e0 l&rsquo;hiver, ambivalentes et dangereuses. Baba Yaga dans l&rsquo;espace slave partage certains traits \u2013 vieille femme, univers propre, position interm\u00e9diaire entre protectrice et menace.<\/p><p><strong>R\u00e9ception n\u00e9opagane :<\/strong> Dans la Wicca moderne et le n\u00e9opaganisme celtique, la Cailleach est v\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e comme l&rsquo;aspect Crone de l&rsquo;une des \u00ab D\u00e9esses Triples \u00bb (Maiden-Mother-Crone). Cette interpr\u00e9tation est moderne et syncr\u00e9tique, non historico-celtique, mais poss\u00e8de sa propre l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9.<\/p><p><strong>Litt\u00e9rature et culture :<\/strong> La litt\u00e9rature irlandaise contemporaine (Nuala N\u00ed Dhomhnaill) reprend la Cailleach comme <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un signe qui repr\u00e9sente une id\u00e9e ou une signification.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbole<\/span> de l&rsquo;ambivalence f\u00e9minine. Le mouvement culturel \u00e9cossais l&rsquo;invoque comme figure fondatrice d&rsquo;identit\u00e9.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp39ff509 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp39ff509\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp9063709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp9063709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La Cailleach en tant que forgeresse du paysage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpa62624f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpa62624f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpc3026f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpc3026f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dans la <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"La transmission du savoir et des r\u00e9cits \u00e0 travers les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> ga\u00e9lique d&rsquo;\u00c9cosse et d&rsquo;Irlande, la Cailleach n&rsquo;est pas seulement un personnage de r\u00e9cits, mais une puissance explicative du paysage lui-m\u00eame. De nombreuses montagnes, collines, formations rocheuses et \u00eeles sont interpr\u00e9t\u00e9es dans les l\u00e9gendes locales comme son \u0153uvre.<\/p><p>On dit qu&rsquo;elle aurait laiss\u00e9 tomber des pierres de son tablier, formant ainsi des cha\u00eenes de montagnes, ou qu&rsquo;elle aurait creus\u00e9 des vall\u00e9es avec un marteau. De tels r\u00e9cits \u00e9tiologiques sont diss\u00e9min\u00e9s \u00e0 travers les Highlands \u00e9cossais, les H\u00e9brides et une partie de l&rsquo;Irlande.<\/p><p>Un exemple particuli\u00e8rement bien document\u00e9 est le tourbillon de Corryvreckan, entre les \u00eeles de Jura et Scarba.<\/p><p>Une <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un r\u00e9cit transmis ayant souvent un fond historique et des traits merveilleux.\" tabindex=\"0\">l\u00e9gende<\/span> r\u00e9pandue explique les eaux grondantes par le fait que la Cailleach y lave son plaid \u00e0 l&rsquo;automne, et lorsqu&rsquo;il est lav\u00e9, il est blanc et la premi\u00e8re neige recouvre le pays. Ce r\u00e9cit relie la Cailleach \u00e0 la transition saisonni\u00e8re vers l&rsquo;hiver.<\/p><p>La folkloristique \u2013 notamment dans les travaux de Donald Mackenzie au d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle et, de fa\u00e7on plus critique, dans des \u00e9tudes r\u00e9centes \u2013 a ainsi interpr\u00e9t\u00e9 la Cailleach comme la personnification de la nature sauvage et pr\u00e9humaine. Elle est plus ancienne que les hommes, plus ancienne en partie que les dieux nomm\u00e9s, et elle incarne la montagne, la temp\u00eate et la saison froide.<\/p><p>Il importe de faire preuve de prudence m\u00e9thodologique : une grande part de ce qui appara\u00eet aujourd&rsquo;hui comme une <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"L'ensemble des r\u00e9cits mythiques transmis par une culture sur ses dieux.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythologie<\/span> coh\u00e9rente de la Cailleach n&rsquo;a \u00e9t\u00e9 assembl\u00e9 en un syst\u00e8me que par les collecteurs des XIXe et XXe si\u00e8cles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp4708569 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp4708569\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2629f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp2629f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cailleach et Brigid : la querelle pour l'ann\u00e9e<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2e76df6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2e76df6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpcdcc72e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpcdcc72e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Une repr\u00e9sentation r\u00e9pandue en \u00c9cosse et en Irlande place la Cailleach en opposition \u00e0 la figure du printemps, souvent appel\u00e9e Brigid.<\/p><p>Selon cette tradition narrative, la Cailleach r\u00e8gne sur les mois d&rsquo;hiver, de <em>Samhain<\/em> d\u00e9but novembre \u00e0 <em>Bealtaine<\/em> d\u00e9but mai. Avec le d\u00e9but du printemps, son pouvoir prend fin, et certaines versions la voient se changer en pierre ou se rendre \u00e0 une fontaine de jouvence d&rsquo;o\u00f9 elle ressort rajeunie.<\/p><p>Un d\u00e9tail souvent cit\u00e9 concerne la f\u00eate de <em>L\u00e0 Fh\u00e8ill Br\u00ecghde<\/em>, le jour de Brigid d\u00e9but f\u00e9vrier. Si ce jour est ensoleill\u00e9 et lumineux, dit-on, c&rsquo;est que la Cailleach est dehors \u00e0 ramasser du bois de chauffage pour une longue et rude fin d&rsquo;hiver \u2013 ce qui fait du beau temps ce jour-l\u00e0 un mauvais pr\u00e9sage.<\/p><p>Si le jour est au contraire sombre, c&rsquo;est que la Cailleach a dormi trop longtemps, que sa r\u00e9serve de bois reste maigre et que l&rsquo;hiver se terminera bient\u00f4t. Cette r\u00e8gle m\u00e9t\u00e9orologique est structurellement apparent\u00e9e \u00e0 la coutume de la marmotte et de la Chandeleur en Europe centrale.<\/p><p>L&rsquo;interpr\u00e9tation propos\u00e9e par les sciences des religions est ici plus prudente que les pr\u00e9sentations populaires. On ne peut d\u00e9cider avec certitude, \u00e0 partir des sources, si la Cailleach et Brigid \u00e9taient con\u00e7ues \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque pr\u00e9chr\u00e9tienne comme deux aspects d&rsquo;une m\u00eame d\u00e9esse ou comme des figures rivales.<\/p><p>Cette mise en opposition est en grande partie reconstruite \u00e0 partir d&rsquo;un <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"La culture populaire transmise, avec ses coutumes, ses r\u00e9cits et ses chants.\" tabindex=\"0\">folklore<\/span> plus r\u00e9cent. Ce qui est \u00e9tabli avec certitude, c&rsquo;est que la Cailleach \u00e9tait fermement associ\u00e9e, dans la tradition narrative vivante, au semestre hivernal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpdb538b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpdb538b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpca8ff2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpca8ff2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La derni\u00e8re gerbe et la coutume de la moisson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp62132ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp62132ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd835c69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpd835c69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Au-del\u00e0 des mythes paysagers, la Cailleach \u00e9tait int\u00e9gr\u00e9e, dans les Highlands \u00e9cossais et les H\u00e9brides jusqu&rsquo;au XIXe et parfois au XXe si\u00e8cle, dans une coutume concr\u00e8te li\u00e9e \u00e0 la moisson. La derni\u00e8re gerbe coup\u00e9e dans un champ s&rsquo;appelait dans de nombreuses r\u00e9gions \u00e9galement <em>Cailleach<\/em>, la Vieille.<\/p><p>Celui qui terminait le dernier sa fauchaison h\u00e9ritait de la Cailleach, ce qui \u00e9tait souvent consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme une honte, car on devait alors nourrir cette bouche inutile tout l&rsquo;hiver.<\/p><p>Diverses strat\u00e9gies permettaient d&rsquo;\u00e9chapper \u00e0 la Cailleach. Les faucheurs lan\u00e7aient leur faucille dans le dernier bouquet de tiges ou le liaient rapidement pour le pousser vers le voisin le plus lent.<\/p><p>La derni\u00e8re gerbe \u00e9tait parfois tress\u00e9e avec soin en forme de figure, conserv\u00e9e dans la maison, puis donn\u00e9e au printemps suivant au premier semis ou au b\u00e9tail. La force contenue dans le grain \u00e9tait ainsi pr\u00e9serv\u00e9e pendant l&rsquo;hiver et transmise au nouveau cycle.<\/p><p>James George Frazer a cit\u00e9 cette <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Une pratique r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9e au sein d'une communaut\u00e9 et transmise par la tradition.\" tabindex=\"0\">coutume<\/span> dans <em>The Golden Bough<\/em> comme exemple du d\u00e9mon du grain \u2013 une puissance r\u00e9sidant dans les c\u00e9r\u00e9ales et captur\u00e9e avec la derni\u00e8re gerbe.<\/p><p>La recherche r\u00e9cente est sceptique \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9gard du grand sch\u00e8me de Frazer, mais souligne que la coutume de la Cailleach \u00e0 la moisson est ind\u00e9pendamment bien attest\u00e9e. Elle montre la Cailleach dans un r\u00f4le tout diff\u00e9rent de celui de la gigantesque forgeresse de montagnes : celui d&rsquo;une figure quotidienne, \u00e0 moiti\u00e9 redout\u00e9e et \u00e0 moiti\u00e9 moqu\u00e9e, du monde du travail paysan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7788a48 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp7788a48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpbf6b671 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpbf6b671\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00c9tymologie et le probl\u00e8me des sources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp36c0b44 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp36c0b44\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpe9589af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpe9589af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Le nom <em>Cailleach<\/em> signifie en ga\u00e9lique \u00e9cossais et irlandais litt\u00e9ralement \u00ab la voil\u00e9e \u00bb ou \u00ab la vieille, vieille femme \u00bb. Le mot est d\u00e9riv\u00e9 de <em>caille<\/em>, voile, lui-m\u00eame emprunt\u00e9 au latin <em>pallium<\/em>.<\/p><p>Sur le plan de l&rsquo;histoire de la langue, le terme est donc relativement r\u00e9cent et porte un sens qui d\u00e9signait \u00e0 l&rsquo;origine la nonne voil\u00e9e ou la vieille femme en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Il s&rsquo;ensuit une cons\u00e9quence m\u00e9thodologique importante : le nom lui-m\u00eame ne prouve pas l&rsquo;existence d&rsquo;une d\u00e9esse pr\u00e9chr\u00e9tienne, mais est un terme g\u00e9n\u00e9rique appliqu\u00e9 \u00e0 diverses figures.<\/p><p>Le po\u00e8me m\u00e9di\u00e9val irlandais sur la <em>Cailleach Bh\u00e9arra<\/em>, la Vieille de Beara, est l&rsquo;une des traces litt\u00e9raires les plus anciennes. Il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;une lamentation d&rsquo;une vieille femme sur sa jeunesse et sa beaut\u00e9 pass\u00e9es, dat\u00e9 du VIIIe ou IXe si\u00e8cle.<\/p><p>La question de savoir si la figure qui y prend la parole est un personnage mythologique ou une personnification litt\u00e9raire de la vieillesse fait l&rsquo;objet d&rsquo;un d\u00e9bat dans les \u00e9tudes celtiques. Certains chercheurs y voient le vestige d&rsquo;une d\u00e9esse de la souverainet\u00e9, d&rsquo;autres lisent le po\u00e8me principalement comme une r\u00e9flexion chr\u00e9tienne sur la fugacit\u00e9.<\/p><p>Cet \u00e9tat des sources explique pourquoi la Cailleach moderne est si polymorphe. Il n&rsquo;existe pas de <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un r\u00e9cit transmis sur des dieux, des origines et l'ordre du monde.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythe<\/span> canonique unique. Le mot a \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9 au fil des si\u00e8cles pour d\u00e9signer des esprits montagnards locaux, des puissances m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques, des personnifications de la moisson et de la nature, et ce n&rsquo;est que par les folkloristes des XIXe et XXe si\u00e8cles que ces fils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9unis en un seul personnage.<\/p><p>Quiconque s&rsquo;int\u00e9resse scientifiquement \u00e0 la Cailleach doit donc distinguer entre les textes m\u00e9di\u00e9vaux, la tradition r\u00e9gionale des l\u00e9gendes et la synth\u00e8se moderne.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Liens internes recommand\u00e9s<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Liens internes recommand\u00e9s :<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"\/fr\/celtique\/\">Celtique<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/fr\/banshee\/\">Banshee<\/a>, <a href=\"\/fr\/sluagh\/\">Sluagh<\/a>, P\u00faca, <a href=\"\/fr\/dullahan\/\">Dullahan<\/a><\/li><li>Morr\u00edgan, <a href=\"\/fr\/brigid\/\">Brigid<\/a> (d\u00e9esses celtiques)<\/li><li><a href=\"\/fr\/baba-jaga\/\">Baba Yaga<\/a> (parall\u00e8le slave, page de d\u00e9tail \u00e0 venir)<\/li><li>Perchta\/Hulda (parall\u00e8les germaniques)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bibliographie (s\u00e9lection)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p>Une s\u00e9lection de travaux essentiels sur la Cailleach :<\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>McNeill, F. Marian : <em>The Silver Bough<\/em>. 4 vol. Glasgow 1957, 68.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>\u00d3 h\u00d3g\u00e1in, D\u00e1ith\u00ed : <em>Myth, Legend and Romance<\/em>. New York 1991.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Hull, Eleanor : \u00ab Legends and Traditions of the Cailleach Bheara. \u00bb In : <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"La culture populaire transmise, avec ses coutumes, ses r\u00e9cits et ses chants.\" tabindex=\"0\">Folklore<\/span><\/em> 38 (1927).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Monaghan, Patricia : <em>The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"La culture populaire transmise, avec ses coutumes, ses r\u00e9cits et ses chants.\" tabindex=\"0\">Folklore<\/span><\/em>. New York 2004.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>D&rsquo;autres ouvrages de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence dans la <a href=\"\/fr\/bibliographie\/\">bibliographie<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw-add-cailleach e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgkw-add-cailleach\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw-add-cailleach-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgkw-add-cailleach-t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Compar\u00e9e aux figures masculines du panth\u00e9on celtique, la Cailleach se pr\u00e9sente comme une grande d\u00e9esse \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re, incarnant l&rsquo;hiver, la temp\u00eate et les montagnes.<\/p><p>L\u00e0 o\u00f9 un dieu celtique typique repr\u00e9sente la tribu, la guerre ou l&rsquo;artisanat, elle incarne une couche plus ancienne, ancr\u00e9e dans le paysage : montagnes, formations rocheuses et changements de saisons sont associ\u00e9s \u00e0 sa figure en \u00c9cosse, en Irlande et sur l&rsquo;\u00eele de Man.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1614,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Cailleach","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Cailleach \u2013 d\u00e9esse de la tradition celtique | iWell Guard","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Cailleach, la Vieille, d\u00e9esse de l'hiver et forgeresse de pierres du monde celtique. \u00c9cosse, Irlande, \u00eele de Man : mythe du paysage et f\u00eate 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