Coinneach Odhar

Coinneach Odhar is best known in Scottish tradition as the Brahan Seer, a figure from the Highlands whose prophecies became part of enduring local legend. Accounts usually place him in Ross-shire and connect him with the Mackenzies of Brahan, though details of his life are difficult to separate from folklore.

The stories surrounding him describe a man gifted with second sight who foresaw deaths, political upheaval, and changes in the Highlands. Because these tales were passed down and retold over generations, he is remembered less as a documented historical author than as a prophetic character in Gaelic and Highland storytelling.

No confirmed modern portrait of him was found from reliable page images, which is not surprising for a figure preserved mainly through tradition rather than formal biography.