Irish and Scottish Names
Bean Feasa (wise woman), Irish
bansídaide (woman of the síd) Old Irish
Ban Túaithech (witch or magic worker) Irish
Bantúathaid (witch or magic worker) Old Irish
Spaewife (seer, fortune teller, woman) Scottish
Taibhsear (seer) Scottish
fhiosaiche (male) ban-fhiosaiche (female) – “knowing one” Scottish
Bean/fear fease (wise women/man): Scottish
Bean ghlúine (midwife): Scottish
Bean chaointe (keening women): one who cared for the dead and dying, keening or wailing during deaths, death midwife, Scottish
Caillech (veiled one) Irish
Cumachtach (powerful, potent woman) Old Irish
Scandinavian Names
Lövjerska: Leafy woman, herb practitioner Swedish
Trolkvinne: Magician, woman
Trolkarl, magician, man Swedish
Trollkona: magician, woman Swedish
Fjölkunnigr: knower of old traditions, old things, skilled in magic Old Icelandic
Kunnáttá: Knowledgeable, Klok (Icelandic)
Vísdómr: wisdome/wise, Wizard Old Icelandic
Lövjeri: trees and leaves, lifegiving ladies of trees who teach and give from the leaves, herb practitioner Swedish
Tietäjä: Shaman, seer, wiseman, knower Finnish
Volva: prophetess, healer, magical woman Seiðkona: sorceress (Old Norse) Spákona: seer, woman (Icelandic)
Some of these names courtesy of Johannes Gårdbäck and Cailleach's Herbarium
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