Gwyllion (Gallicenä, celt. Rel.), Druidinnen auf der Insel Sena (Sain), es waren neun an der Zahl, sie blieben immer Jungfrauen, konnten durch ihre Lieder Meer u. Winde erregen, sich in jede Thiergestalt verwandeln, die schwersten Krankheiten heilen u. die Zukunft voraussagen; bes. wallfahrteten die Schiffer zu ihrem Orakel.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
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