Anu Celtic Goddess of FertilityWritten by Judi Singleton
Anu Celtic Goddess of Fertility Anu, pronounced an-oo, (aka Anann, Dana, Dana-Ana) is Irish Goddess of plenty and is maiden aspect of Morrigu. She is Mother-Earth Goddess and flowering fertility Goddess. Ireland - Mother Earth; Goddess of plenty, another aspect of Morrigu; Great Goddess; greatest of all goddesses. The flowering fertility goddess, sometimes she formed a trinity with Badb and Macha. Her priestesses comforted and taught dying. Fires were lit for her at Midsummer. Two hills in Kerry are called Paps of Anu. Maiden aspect of Triple Goddess in Ireland. Guardian of cattle and health. Goddess of fertility, prosperity, and comfort. Anu is associated with Celts as mother Goddess of ancestors, reaching so far back into time there is very little record of her... externally at least. She is identified with Goddess Danu and Children of Danu (Tuatha De Danaan) and four great cities Falias, Gorias, Finias and Murias. In beginning it was Anu who watered first Oak tree Bile from heavens and granted life to earth, from tree fell two acorns which Anu nurtured as her own and in turn they became God Dagda and Goddess Brighid. Anu has been known to appear in form of a swan, representing purity of female and gracefulness in motherhood.
| | Cailleach The Goddess of Life and DeathWritten by Judi Singleton
Cailleach [COY-lck or CALL-y'ach] Author: Judi Singleton Cailleach [COY-lck or CALL-y'ach] Author: Judi Singleton Subject: A Light in Window Published: March 14th 2004 Cailleach was an ugly, crone and hag. She had teeth of wild bear and tusks like a boar The meaning of word "cailleach", is old woman or veiled one. She only has one eye. see beyond duality of things to She oneness of life. She is a weather Goddess controlling winds, Winter cold. She is winter Goddess. . Cailleach is a dark Goddess. She represents winter and a going within. She kills all that s no longer needed, But she holds in frozen earth seeds of a new beginning. For all things are born in darkness into light. Cailleach is about transformation in some stories just before Spring appears she washes in a stream and becomes young again. Cailleach to be 'other' face of Goddess Brighid. In this legend, on eve of Latha Fheill Bride, Cailleach goes to Well of Youth. There at Well she drinks of water and emerges as youthful fair Brighid, whose touch turns grass to green once more. In Scottish folklore, An Cailleach is born old and ugly and grows younger as year turns to Spring and Summer Cailleach teaches us that there is a time to let go and let die even our most cherished. We must look at things we are most attached to and let them go. Cailleach prunes that which is no longer beneficial to each of us. Ultimately, we must let go of all. Every culture has an underworld, dark, hag goddess, whose primary fnction is to facilitate transformation from one state of being to next. We are in time of letting go and making room for new. Wee cannot create that which we want without room in our lives to do that. So we must let go of old to have room for new. Goddess I am experiencing a time of transformation help me to know what to let go of and how to be reborn. gleaned from: Celtic Goddesses: Warriors,Virgins and Mothers Miranda Aldhouse Green Clan of Goddess: Celtic Wisdom & Ritual for Women By C. C. Brondwin The Red-Haired Girl from Bog: Celtic Spirituality & Goddess in Ireland By Patricia Monaghan The Celtic Goddess: Great Queen or Demon Witch? By Claire French
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