Replacement Words

Ever notice how wicca and many modern day pagan mythoss lack a male counterpart for the maiden, mother, and crone?

well BOY do i have something sweet for you. :]

a bodach is the male counterpart of hag or crone

[irish]

the cailleach is the name for a hag or crone fitting the irish theme

they are sovereigns or emperors/empresses compared to the mother/father trope

morrigan = mother queen

dagda = [dad] father king

maid or maiden [irish: bean]

lad or laddie [irish: fear]

for wee babes, or non divine fae:

nymph [female] or faun [male]

irish:

cailín - female

buachaill - male

bean, morrigan, cailleach

fear, dagda, bodach

the young being neuter, but i will specify gender with nymph or faun