Nantosuelta Gallic Protective Goddess

Written by Judi Singleton


Nantosuelta"Winding River". A Gallic protective goddess and goddess of water. Amongrepparttar Mediomatrici of Alsace she is often portrayed holding a model of a house, indicating a domestic function.

Nantosuelta wasrepparttar 130702 consort of Sucellos,repparttar 130703 God of Agriculture. Her name means ' Winding River' though her attributes do not show her as a water-deity. Chief amongst these is her little house, usually depicted on a long pole like a sceptre of some kind. Other associated objects include a bird, a bee-hive and honeycombs. The latter certainly have homely connotations and she therefore appears to have been a goddess of hearth and house, well-being and prosperity. Like her husband, she also had nourishment and fertility aspects and sometimes carried a cornucopia. In Britain, she is probably to be found depicted on a small stone from East Stoke in Nottinghamshire. Her partner is clearly Sucellus. The goddess shown has bushy hair and carries a bowlful of apples. She is often shown with a Raven. She is associated with ravens, and may be connected withrepparttar 130704 Morrigan

Catholic: First appearance of "The White Lady" to Bernadette at Lourdes, France. The site was long sacred to Persephone/Proserpina in Roman Gaul. One ofrepparttar 130705 great Osiris festival cycles inrepparttar 130706 ancient Egyptian calendar, celebrated especially atrepparttar 130707 main center of Osiris worship in Abydos (2/11) and at Busiris,repparttar 130708 ancient holy city ofrepparttar 130709 Nile delta. The principal ceremony performed onrepparttar 130710 last of these three days was a dawn ritual of openingrepparttar 130711 doors ofrepparttar 130712 horizon, and thereby reaffirmingrepparttar 130713 precision ofrepparttar 130714 divine order operating between Sun and Earth. (Month of Pamenot, days 28 - 30). The Pharaonic melody for this feast, as preserved in music ofrepparttar 130715 Coptic church, has been found by Dr. Maged Samueel in Cairo.

Nantosuelta; Breton name is Nataseulta Health; Miracles; Providence; Abundance; Home and Hearth Celtic/Continental She is a water goddess as river goddess, or water nymphs. She is associated with Spring Water; Cornucopia ,Associated Element: Water.

The Goddess Iduna

Written by Judi Singleton


Idunn, Idun and .

The goddess who keepsrepparttar apples of youth, by whichrepparttar 130700 gods stay ever-young. Loki arranged forrepparttar 130701 etin Thjazi to abduct her, but then was forced to get her back, a deed which ended in Thjazi's death. Apples are one ofrepparttar 130702 oldest and holiest symbols of life and rebirth amongrepparttar 130703 Germanic folk, appearing as grave-gifts fromrepparttar 130704 Bronze Age onward. One wonders what significancerepparttar 130705 symbol ofrepparttar 130706 apple had here withrepparttar 130707 apple inrepparttar 130708 Garden of Eden. Didrepparttar 130709 serpent offer Eve immortality. Was she punished for being likerepparttar 130710 Gods?

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