More ancient than the stories of the wild hunts of Herne the Hunter and Gwyn Ap Nudd at the approach of Samhain, are the wild hunts led by the night goddesses that include Holda, Perchta, Bertha, Diana, Herodias or Habondia, and their wild retinue is sometimes referred to as the Lussiferda, a host of witches…
Flora is the ultimate goddess of flowers and blossoming, having her festival, the Floralia on 27th or 28th April and lasting five days. She is our original May Queen. Her name comes from the latin word meaning flower ‘Floris’ – her Greek counterpart was Chloris, goddess of flowers and a nymph from the islands of…
At Imbolc, the beginning of February, we celebrate the fire goddesses of the hearth, where we retreat to in winter, the safety and sacredness of our own homes; much as the animals retreat and hibernate in tunnels below ground and we nurture our creativity, whilst we await the awakening of the living energy of the…
In midwinter, we are better placed to view the night sky and its multitudes of stars. And so it is we look to the heavens to see the beautiful goddess Nut, the ancient Egyptian Goddess of the Stars, the cosmos, the heavens and the universe. In very ancient times, she was depicted with a waterpot,…
With rabbits and eggs abounding everywhere at this time of the Spring Equinox, I thought it a good idea to talk about a very ancient Hare Goddess, long before the Easter Bunny and older than the Saxon Goddess Eostre. Her name is Wenet, or occasionally Unut. She is shown sometimes as a hare, sometimes as…
The month of August dedicated to the Sumerian Goddess Inanna, was known as Kin-Inanna, or ‘Work of Inanna’ according to the calendar of Nippur. The statues of the goddess were cleansed and purified in the river before the return of her beloved husband Dumuzi. The new moon this year on 19th August is a time…
In the week of Lughnasadh, or Lammas, the ancient cross quarter fire festival of the first harvest, when the ripening grain is cut, I write of the Irish Goddess of Sovereignty, a mother earth goddess, called Tailtiu. Tailltiu was miume, or foster mother, to the sovereign Irish god Lugh and whilst we know little of…
As I write this post approaching the Spring Equinox of 2022 my heart is heavy at the horror of the invasion of Ukraine, I honour their ancient deities and call upon them for their help to their people. And their deities are those of the Russian people, who are also suffering at the hands of…
The ancient Mother Goddess arose with our evolving consciousness as the womb from which all life sprang. She was seen as the hearth fire around which all gathered for warmth and sustenance; as the cave that protected and gave shelter and the life force within the bellies of women and the earth from which all living…