The Nine Maidens
The Nine Maidens
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When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there.
When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there.
When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there.
When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there.
They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology.
Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. Whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries.