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- Nicneven, Nicnevin or Nicnevan is a witch or fairy queen from Scottish folklore. She is often said to be the same figure as the Gyre-Carling or Hecate...
- Scottish fairy queen was called Nicneven, the Gyre-Carling, or Hecate. Later scholarship has disputed this; Nicneven's earliest known appearance was in...
- conversation with her, and she says she will lead him to Mother Nicneven. Ch. 2 (28): Mother Nicneven reveals herself as Magdalen and rebukes Roland. A retainer...
- fairies with Nicneven, the "gyre-carlin," or Hecate. This was accepted by authors such as Sir Walter Scott, but has baffled later scholars; Nicneven is, properly...
- Alexander Montgomerie's satirical Flyting (c. 1585) describes a witch named Nicneven who rides at the head of a wild procession of witches. Oddly, in some copies...