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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mu Dh貌mhnall Alasdair MacCoinnich agus an leabhar aige Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend. Chaidh fhoillseachadh ann an naoi ceud deug is seachd-deug (1917).

Tha a鈥� chiad chaibideil mu dheidhinn na Cailliche Beura no, mar a sgr矛obh e fh猫in, 鈥�Beira, Queen of Winter鈥�. Bha tobar air Cruachan Bheann ann an Earra-Gh脿idheal. Bha a鈥� Chailleach a鈥� tarraing uisge bhuaithe gach latha. Aig 脿m 猫irigh na gr猫ine, bhiodh i a鈥� togail leac a bha a鈥� c貌mhdachadh an tobair. Gach feasgar, aig 脿m dhol-fodha na gr猫ine, bhiodh i ga cur thairis air an tobar a-rithist.

Ge-t脿, oidhche bha seo, dh矛ochuimhnich i an leac a chur air ais na h-脿ite. Cho luath 始s a chaidh a鈥� ghrian fodha, bhr霉chd uisge 脿s an tobar. Cha robh stad air. Ruith e leis a鈥� bhruthach agus l矛on e an gleann gu h-矛osal. Chruthaich sin Loch Obha.聽

Chruthaich a鈥� Chailleach Bheur beanntan cuideachd. L矛on i cliabh le clachan agus cr猫adh. Nuair a bha i a鈥� leum bho 脿ite gu 脿ite, bha an stuth bhon chliabh a鈥� tuiteam a-mach. Chruthaich i iomadh eilean anns an d貌igh sin.

Bha mic aice. Bha iad uile m貌r. Ach cha robh iad d貌igheil agus bhiodh iad a鈥� sabaid le ch猫ile. Bhiodh iad a鈥� d矛readh nam beann agus a鈥� tilgeil chlachan air a ch猫ile. 始S e sin as coireach gu bheil uiread de chlachan m貌ra nan laighe air leathadan na G脿idhealtachd.

Bha 貌rd s貌nraichte aig a鈥� Chaillich. Nuair a bhuail i an talamh leis gu h-aotrom, bhiodh an talamh an uair sin cho cruaidh ris an iarainn. Nuair a bhuail i an talamh gu cruaidh, chruthaich i gleann. An uair sin bhiodh i a鈥� briseadh nam beann leis an 貌rd 鈥� gus am biodh cruth eadar-dhealaichte air gach t猫.

Bha c脿irdeas s貌nraichte eadar i fh猫in agus ainmhidhean nam beann. Bhiodh i a鈥� bleoghann nan 猫ildean agus nan gobhar. Nuair a bha an t-uisge a鈥� sruthadh far nam beann, a鈥� d猫anamh sruthlagan geala, bha na seann daoine ag r脿dh gun robh a鈥� Chailleach Bheura a鈥� bleoghann nan gobhar. Chan e uisge a bha a鈥� ruith, ach bainne.

I was telling you about Donald Alexander Mackenzie and his book 鈥榃onder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend鈥�. It was published in 1917.

The first chapter is about the Cailleach Bheur or, as he wrote himself, 鈥楤eira, Queen of Winter鈥�. There was a well on Ben Cruachan in Argyll. The Cailleach was drawing water from it every day. At sunrise, she would lift a slab that was covering the well. Every evening, at sunset, she would put it over the well again.

However, one night, she forgot to put the slab back in its place. As soon as the sun went down, water poured out of the well. There was no stopping it. It ran down the slope and filled the glen below. That created Loch Awe.

The Cailleach Bheur created mountains also. She filled a creel with stones and soil [clay]. When she was jumping from place to place, the stuff from the creel was falling out. She created many islands like that.

She had sons. They were all big. But they weren鈥檛 good-tempered and they would fight with each other. They would climb the mountains, throwing stones at each other. That鈥檚 why there are so many large stones lying on hillslopes of the Highlands.

The Cailleach had a special hammer. When she lightly hit the ground with it, the ground would then be as hard as iron. When she hit the ground hard, she created a glen. Then she would break the mountains with the hammer 鈥� so that each one would have a different shape.

She had a special relationship with the animals of the mountains. She would be milking the hinds and the goats. When water was pouring off the hills, making white streamlets, the old people were saying that the Cailleach Bheur was milking the goats. It wasn鈥檛 water that was flowing, but milk.