what does "meiga" mean?

Question

I saw the name at a place where they rent cabins. it was called la meiga. it had all sorts of names and there was allways a witch. does it have any thing to do with witches? I;m really intrested in finding out. serious awnsers please.

Answer 1

Meiga: Galician for the Spanish maga, literally "female magician," but in Galicia (as interpreted by the author), she is a beneficent and wise witch who is capable of shape-shifting and an important character from Galicia's Celtic folklore.

Night of the Meiga


in the moonlit whirlpool
my green tresses swirl at the whim of the tides
the juice of mussels drips down my arms
as I lick their opal purple shells

after the incantation
the spell is cast in the goblet of orujo
the chorus of voices soars on Atlantic wind
bonfires sparkle on the sand
but I turn west to face eternity

dancing in the dark blue ether
perfumes of pine and eucalyptus
lift my body surrendered to the sky
I sway to the murmur of leaves
and the soft drumming of waves

then my mouth kisses the sea
the taste intoxicates me
and I plunge into fathoms of darkness

in the silence of the lair
his body soothes my ancient longing
until the tide recedes

reluctantly I return to my throne on Montebranco
and wrap the salty mist around my shoulders
tracing the memory of my lover's face
lazy fingers caress
a thousand stars in the sky

sweetly I succumb to dreaming
soon the sun will rise
and the grapes will glisten with morning dew

-- Finisterre, Galicia 2001

Answer 2

The word meiga comes from Latin magicus and it is used in Galicia and the provinces of Leon and Asturias, (mainly in Galicia), with the meaning of "person of extraordinary or magical powers and who can agree with the devil". In many aspects they are the equivalent one to the witches.

Answer 3

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