Les Lavandières, or the Midnight Washerwomen, are three old laundresses in Celtic mythology. Names in various Celtic languages include the "kannerezed noz" in Brittany and the "Bean nighe" in Scottish. They can also be found in the Celtic folklore of Iberia as "Las Lavanderas" in Cantabria, "As lavandeiras" in Galicia or "Les Llavanderes" in Asturias. The three old women go to the water's edge at midnight to wash shrouds for those about to die, according to the myth and folklore of Brittany; or to wash the bloodstained clothing of those who are about to die, according to Celtic mythology. The Midnight Washerwomen may be related to the old Celtic tradition of the triple goddess of death and slaughter.