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Nine maidens (mythology)
Many cultures around the world have stories about groups of nine women. In Great Britain they occur in a variety of situations. In Scotland there are references to Nine Maidens, purportedly a group of,〔Forbes, AP. ''Kalendars of Scottish Saints'' 1872, Edinburgh, p420〕 and there were a number of wells dedicated to them,〔Mackinlay, J F. ''Traces of the Cultus of the Nine Maidens'' Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1910 pp255-65〕 but like all similar groupings would appear to have had their origin in pre-Christian times. In Arthurian material, the best known of these groups are Morgan and her sisters who live on the Isle of Avalon and are both seeresses and healers.〔Parry, JJ. ''The Vita Merlini'' 1925, University of Illinois Press, p27〕 It is in this latter aspect that they appear after Arthur’s last battle at Camlann, taking the grievously injured ‘king’ off to their island home. Another group occur in the Welsh tale of Peredur son of Efrawg, and these are the armed witches of Caer Lyow.〔Jones,G & Jones T. 1993, ''The Mabinogion Everyman'' p164〕 Also in Welsh mythology, we have nine maidens who tend the fire below the Cauldron of Cerridwen, an early mother goddess figure. This cauldron is the target of Arthur’s raid on the Underworld in Taliesin’s famous poem Preiddeu Annwfn.
==Iceland==
Groups of Nine Maidens crop up in the Icelandic tales of Thidrandi〔Jones, G. ''Eirik the Red and other Icelandic Sagas'' 1961, Oxford University Press, p160〕 and in Brand’s saga, in the story of Svipdagr, as Valkyries 〔Grimm, J. 1880-88, ''Teutonic Mythology'' vol 1, p421〕 and as the daughters of the sea goddess Rán.
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