Post by ivymoon on Jul 3, 2007 20:39:52 GMT -5
The Morrigan ~
A triple aspect goddess, Nemain; as the Virgin, Macha; as the Mother, & Badb; as the Crone.
Immensely strong figure, and as a protectress;
She ''empowers'' an individual to confront challenges with great personal strength and even against seemingly over whelming odds.
Ireland, Wales, and Britain ~
Supreme War Goddess, Queen of the Phantoms, Shape shifter. The Crone Aspect of the Goddess, Great White Goddess, Patrones of Priestesses and Witches. Revenge, night, magick, prophecy.
The Morrigan is a goddess of battle, strife, and fertility. her name translate as either ''Great Queen or ''Phantom Queen'' and both epithets are entirely appropriate for her.
The Morrigan appears as both a single goddess and a trio of goddesses.
The other deities who form the trio; Badb (Crow), Macha (Crow) and Nemain (Frenzy). The Morrigan frequently appears in the guise of a hooded crow.
She is one of the Tuatha De' Danaan (''Tribe of the Goddess Danu) and she helped defeat the Firlog at the First battle of Mag Tuireadh and the Fomorians at the Second Battle of Mag Tuireadh.
Origin~
The Morrigan seem to reach directly back to the merge lithic cult of the Mothers, usually appeared as triple goddesses and their cult was expressed through both battle ecstacy and regenerative ecstacy.
Eriu, a goddess connected to the land in a fashion reminiscent of the Mothers, could appear as a beautiful woman or as a crow, as could the Morrigan.
The Disir appeared in similar guises.
in addition to being a battle goddesses, they are significantly associated with fate as well as birth in many cases, along with appearing before a death or to escort the deceased.
She resides to the North, which was the realm ofthe dead, justice and the element of Earth.
She often appeared to a hero on the day he was to die. She was said to hover over battlefields in the form of a raven or crow and frequently foretold or influenced the outcome of the fray.
The Celts belived that, as they engaged in war fare, the Morrigan flew shrieking overhead, summoning a host of slain soldiers to a macabre spectral bane.
When the battle had ended, the warriors would leave the field until dawn in order that the Morrigan could claim the trophies of heads, known as '' the Morrigan's Acorn Crop''.
Another guise of the Morrigan is that of the ''Washer at the Ford'' who could usually be found washing the clothes of men about to die in battle.
In effect, she is thus choosing those whose lives will be lost in the upcoming conflict.
Mordern Pagans view the role of the Morrigan in a somewhat different light from that of the Ancient Celts, but she remains an appropriate deity for strong and independent individuals.
Many followers of the Morrigan erect a permanent shrine in her honor.
Should you wish the Morrigan to come to your aid, she asks that you have a shrine to honor her. Place a raven or crow feather or a piece of red cloth. She is honored by a sacrifice of your menstrual blood, which is a perfect symbol of both life and death, fertility and war. Offer yourself to her service, for she will come to your aid when you have need.
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A triple aspect goddess, Nemain; as the Virgin, Macha; as the Mother, & Badb; as the Crone.
Immensely strong figure, and as a protectress;
She ''empowers'' an individual to confront challenges with great personal strength and even against seemingly over whelming odds.
Ireland, Wales, and Britain ~
Supreme War Goddess, Queen of the Phantoms, Shape shifter. The Crone Aspect of the Goddess, Great White Goddess, Patrones of Priestesses and Witches. Revenge, night, magick, prophecy.
The Morrigan is a goddess of battle, strife, and fertility. her name translate as either ''Great Queen or ''Phantom Queen'' and both epithets are entirely appropriate for her.
The Morrigan appears as both a single goddess and a trio of goddesses.
The other deities who form the trio; Badb (Crow), Macha (Crow) and Nemain (Frenzy). The Morrigan frequently appears in the guise of a hooded crow.
She is one of the Tuatha De' Danaan (''Tribe of the Goddess Danu) and she helped defeat the Firlog at the First battle of Mag Tuireadh and the Fomorians at the Second Battle of Mag Tuireadh.
Origin~
The Morrigan seem to reach directly back to the merge lithic cult of the Mothers, usually appeared as triple goddesses and their cult was expressed through both battle ecstacy and regenerative ecstacy.
Eriu, a goddess connected to the land in a fashion reminiscent of the Mothers, could appear as a beautiful woman or as a crow, as could the Morrigan.
The Disir appeared in similar guises.
in addition to being a battle goddesses, they are significantly associated with fate as well as birth in many cases, along with appearing before a death or to escort the deceased.
She resides to the North, which was the realm ofthe dead, justice and the element of Earth.
She often appeared to a hero on the day he was to die. She was said to hover over battlefields in the form of a raven or crow and frequently foretold or influenced the outcome of the fray.
The Celts belived that, as they engaged in war fare, the Morrigan flew shrieking overhead, summoning a host of slain soldiers to a macabre spectral bane.
When the battle had ended, the warriors would leave the field until dawn in order that the Morrigan could claim the trophies of heads, known as '' the Morrigan's Acorn Crop''.
Another guise of the Morrigan is that of the ''Washer at the Ford'' who could usually be found washing the clothes of men about to die in battle.
In effect, she is thus choosing those whose lives will be lost in the upcoming conflict.
Mordern Pagans view the role of the Morrigan in a somewhat different light from that of the Ancient Celts, but she remains an appropriate deity for strong and independent individuals.
Many followers of the Morrigan erect a permanent shrine in her honor.
Should you wish the Morrigan to come to your aid, she asks that you have a shrine to honor her. Place a raven or crow feather or a piece of red cloth. She is honored by a sacrifice of your menstrual blood, which is a perfect symbol of both life and death, fertility and war. Offer yourself to her service, for she will come to your aid when you have need.
www.google.com/ Morrigan