The druidesses of Sein
The Île de Sein, seven miles west of the Pointe du Raz, was in Gaulish times inhabited by nine druidesses — the Senae according to Pomponius Mela. They healed sailors, controlled the winds, and prophesied. No man lived there.
1 The nine
Pomponius Mela writes (around 43): «Sena, in the British sea, opposite the shore of the Osismii, is famous for the oracle of a Gaulish deity whose priestesses, sworn to perpetual chastity, are nine in number. The Gauls call them Gallizenae. They are believed to have the gift of stirring sea and winds by their songs, of changing themselves into any animal they will, of healing incurable diseases, of knowing and foretelling the future — but only to those mariners who come on purpose to consult them.»
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