CP – The Witch’s Rede
Posted by Morrighan on June 1, 2000 at 7:36 am | Last modified: February 19, 2011 4:20 pmThis version is author unknown.
Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust.
Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give.
For tread the Circle thrice about to keep unwelcome spirits out.
To bind the spell well every time, let the spell be said in rhyme.
Light of eye and soft of touch, speak you little, listen much.
Honor the Old Ones in deed and name, let love and light be our guides again.
Deosil go by the waxing moon, chanting out the joyful tune.
Widdershins go when the moon doth wane, and the werewolf howls by the dread wolfsbane.
When the Lady’s moon is new, kiss the hand to Her times two.
When the moon rides at Her peak then your heart’s desire seek.
Heed the North winds mighty gale, lock the door and trim the sail.
When the Wind blows from the East, expect the new and set the feast.
When the wind comes from the South, love will kiss you on the mouth.
When the wind whispers from the West, all hearts will find peace and rest.
Nine woods in the Cauldron go, burn them fast and burn them slow.
Birch in the fire goes to represent what the Lady knows.
Oak in the forest towers with might, in the fire it brings the God’s insight.
Rowan is a tree of power causing life and magick to flower.
Willows at the waterside stand ready to help us to the Summerland.
Hawthorn is burned to purify and to draw faerie to your eye.
Hazel-the tree of wisdom and learning adds its strength to the bright fire burning.
White are the flowers of Apple tree that brings us fruits of fertility.
Grapes grow upon the vine giving us both joy and wine.
Fir does mark the evergreen to represent immortality seen.
Elder is the Lady’s tree burn it not or cursed you’ll be.
Four times the Major Sabbats mark in the light and in the dark.
As the old year starts to wane the new begins, it’s now Samhain.
When the time for Imbolc shows watch for flowers through the snows.
When the wheel begins to turn soon the Beltane fires will burn.
As the wheel turns to Lamas night power is brought to magick rite.
Four times the Minor Sabbats fall use the Sun to mark them all.
When the wheel has turned to Yule light the log the Horned One rules.
In the spring, when night equals day time for Ostara to come our way.
When the Sun has reached it’s height time for Oak and Holly to fight.
Harvesting comes to one and all when the Autumn Equinox does fall.
Heed the flower, bush, and tree by the Lady blessed you’ll be.
Where the rippling waters go cast a stone, the truth you’ll know.
When you have and hold a need, harken not to others greed.
With a fool no season spend or be counted as his friend.
Merry Meet and Merry Part bright the cheeks and warm the heart.
Mind the Three-fold Laws you should three times bad and three times good.
When misfortune is enow wear the star upon your brow.
Be true in love this you must do unless your love is false to you.
These Eight words the Rede fulfill:
“An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will;
Unless in self defense it be, then ever mind the Rule of Three“
CP – A Solitary’s Rede
Posted by Morrighan on at 7:32 am | Last modified: February 19, 2011 4:20 pmAuthor Unknown
Deosil or Widdershins,
In this place I do begin.
The path is clear,
No end is near,
The journey best,
At friend’s behest.
Solitary must share lore,
That others, too,
May come to fore.
Lest blindly led,
And singly fed,
She stumble thrice,
Once plus twice.
CP – Tir N’Aill
Posted by Morrighan on February 1, 1999 at 5:45 pm | Last modified: February 19, 2011 4:20 pmThe Goddess’ and Heroes of Celtic beliefs are many, and of varied temperment! If you are looking for one in particular, the Ladies are listed in alphabetical order. I have tried to cover as many of the Celtic cultures as possible!
Achtland ~ legend has it she took a giant for husband because no mortal man could satisfy her!
Adsullata ~ possibly the origin of the Anglo-Celtic sun Goddess Sul.
Aerten ~ a Welsh Goddess of Fate.
Aife ~ sister to Scathach, was leader of a band of warrior horse-women. Was a lover of Cuchulain.
Aine ~ an Irish cattle, sun, and fire Goddess.
Andraste ~ her name means “the invincible one”. A war Goddess.
Anu ~ the Maiden aspect of one of the Triple Goddesses. A Goddess of abundance.
Arianrhod ~ a Welsh Goddess of the Full Moon, and the Wheel of the Year. Her name means “silver circle”.
Badb ~ the Crone aspect of Anu in the Triplicity. A war Goddess often associated with the “Ban-Sidhe”.
Banbha ~ one of the three Goddess who tried to keep the Milesians from invading Ireland.
Bean Naomha ~ an Irish Goddess of wisdom.
Blodeuwedd ~ a Goddess of the May, she was created out of flowers by Math and Gwyddion as a wife for Llew.
Boann ~ an Irish Goddess of water. The Boyne river is named for her.
Branwyn ~ A Welsh Goddess of love.
Brighid ~ the great Mother Goddess of Ireland. She initiated the use of the mourning cry called the “caoine” or keening after her son’s death in battle. TOP
Cailleach Beare ~ the archetypical Crone Goddess.
Caireen ~ a mother Goddess, specifically for children.
Cebhfhionn ~ a Goddess of inspiration and knowledge.
Cerridwen ~ her cauldron of knowledge is famous. She is a Goddess of the moon, and grain, as well as knowledge. Generally perceived as a mother.
Corra ~ a Scottish Goddess of prophecy.
Creiddylad ~ another May Goddess over whom two warriors must fight to the death for the fertility of the land.
Cyhiraeth ~ now much like Ireland’s BanSidhe, she was once a Goddess of streams.
Danu ~ another great Mother Goddess of Ireland.
Dia Greine ~ a minor sun Goddess.
Eire ~ The Goddess Protector of Ireland. The island is named for her.
Elphame ~ a Scottish Goddess of death and disease.
Epona ~ A Celtic-Gaul horse Goddess, Epona’s legend and myth spread as far west as Ireland, and as far east as Rome. She is the only Celtic deity to have been worshipped in Roman shrines, where she was known as Eponae. You may know of the horse image cut into the hill at Uffington, England. This was directly linked to her followers.
Erce ~ A harvest Goddess sometimes symbolised by the Horn of Plenty.
Eri ~ A Tuatha de Danann virgin Goddess.
Fachea ~ an Irish Goddess of poetry. Sometimes heralded as the patron Goddess of the bards.
Fand ~ Once married to the sea God Manann, she was a minor sea Goddess, as well as one of the Goddess Twins of earthly pleasures with her sister Liban.
Fland ~ A minor lake Goddess.
Flidias ~ a shape-shifting Goddess of the Woodlands.
Fodlha ~ One of the Triplicity with Eire and Banbha.
Garbh Ogh ~ Goddess of the Hunt. It is thought the Horned God is her consort.
Goewin ~ Welsh Goddess of sovreignty.
Goleuddydd ~ A Welsh sow Goddess, the mother of Culwch.
Grian ~ Once a powerful Sun deity in Ireland, she is also the Goddess of the waning year.
Habondia ~ A Goddess of prosperity.
Henwen ~ The Anglo-Celtic sow Goddess, similar to the Welsh Cerridwen.
Kele-De ~ An Irish Goddess of feminine power.
Latis ~ a lake Goddess who eventually became the Goddess of ale and Mead.
Liban ~ With her twin sister, Fand, she is one of the Goddesses of Earthly pleasures and Health.
Luaths Lurgann ~ A warrior Goddess, known as Ireland’s fastest runner.
Macha ~ One of a triplicity, she represents death, destruction, strife and disease.
Matrona ~ Goddess of the Marne River.
Melusine ~ A serpent Goddess.
Morgan LeFay ~ Half sister to King Arthur, she was a Goddess of Glastonbury Tor, as well as the Sea, Death, and Sovreignty.
Morrigan (also Morrigu) ~ Often misinterpreted as a triplicity, Morrighan is a goddess of war, death and change.
Murrigen ~ Irish lake Goddess associated with the deluge myths.
Naas ~ This Goddess was a wife of Lugh, the Sun God.
Nemain ~ a war Goddess.
Nemetona ~ Goddess of all sacred spaces.
Niamh ~ A Goddess who leads deceased warriors to Tir na Nog, land of the forever young.
Nimue ~ Also thought to be a Goddess of Glastonbury Tor or Avalon. It was Nimue who sealed Merlin in his Ice Castle, although from love or spite is unclear to me!!!!
Noctiluca ~ A Goddess of Magick.
Plur na mBhan ~ Daughter of Niamh and Ossian, a Goddess of Beltaine.
Ratis ~ Goddess of protective fortifications.
Rhiannon ~ A potent symbol of fertility, bringer of dreams, and a Moon deity, she is also the Goddess of the Otherworld, and Death. She is thought to be a Welsh version of Epona. Her stories are sad, yet beautiful at the same time. TOP
Scathach ~ The great warrioress who ran a training school for warriors. Sister to Aife, who taught women to fight, the two were in perpetual competition with each other.
Scena ~ Wife to Amergin, possibly once a Goddess of confluence.
Scota ~ A Mother Goddess. She was the wife of Mil, and the mother of the Milesians who invaded Ireland, and the daughter of the Egyptian pharoah Cingris.
Sequana ~ An Earth and River Goddess.
Sheila na Gig ~ A Goddess of regneration.
Sin ~ One-time patron Goddess of warriors.
Sinann ~ Grand-daughter of Manann, she was the namesake and Goddess of the River Shannon.
Sul ~ A Goddess of hot springs, she had a shrine near the present day spa at Aquae Sulis, in England.
Taillte ~ An Irish Goddess of competition and the Lughnasadh Sabbat. Said to have been the foster-mother of the Sun God Lugh.
Tea ~ Goddess of the Royal Stronghold at Tara, some say the site is named for her.
Tlachtga ~ A Samhain Goddess.
Triuduana ~ A Goddess of the Edinburgh area, rather than submit the the Pict King Nechtan’s advances, she plucked out her own eyes in order to destroy her beauty.
The Triple Goddess ~ An ever changing trio of Goddesses, symbolising Maiden, Mother, Crone.
Turrean ~ A lovely Goddess turned into an Irish Wolfhound by a jealous rival. The two are often noted as the Maiden and Crone.
Uathach ~ A warrior Goddess similar to her mother, Scathach.
Viviane ~ See Nimue. Sometimes seen as one and the same, sometimes as entirely separate beings.
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