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Clooth-na-Bare
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W. B. Yeats's transmogrification of Cailleach Bhéirre. Unlike her predecessor in Irish tradition, Clooth-na-Bare is not a sovereignty figure. Instead, she seeks the deepest lake in which to drown her fairy life as she has grown weary of it.
Subjects: Religion
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