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Dedicated to the Goddess Morrigan
Sideblog dedicated to my Matron Goddess, the Celtic Morrigan.
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Irish mythology : Morrigan - Goddess of war, battle and death
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Tarot Inspired Journal Prompts
Fool: what is something new you are doing or want to do?
Magician: what is a magical way to enhance my day? Or, how can I be more like the magician?
High Priestess: what are my thoughts on divination? What about intuition?
Empress: what part of myself do I want to grow/nurture?
Emperor: what part of my life needs me to take authority? How can I?
High Priest: what are my personal traditions? How is my spirituality unique to me?
Lovers: what relationships mean the most to me?
Chariot: what part of my life needs me to be more combative/ warrior-like?
Strength: what part of my life should I face with courage?
Hermit: what do I need to do alone more often? What do I need to do with others more often?
Wheel of Fortune: what do I think about luck, fate, and/or fortune?
Justice: when do I need to focus on legality vs fairness? Or, What may cause me to seek justice/retribution?
Hanged Man: what have/will I sacrifice for -x-? What am I never willing to sacrifice? What will I easily give up?
Death: what is something personal I want to end or change? What is something that will end or change no matter how I feel? How can I accept it?
Temperence: what part of my life needs more patience? What part needs more balance? How can I achieve both?
Devil: what is a primal desire I have? Should I grant it to myself? Why or why not? How can I get what I want?
Tower: what can I learn from the current or recent chaos/disaster in my life?
Star: what do I hope for? How can I get it?
Moon: what part of my life is best kept private? Why?
Sun: what makes me happy?
Jusgement: what part of me needs reflection? What is a fair assessment of that part?
World: what parts of my life have been fulfilled? What parts are still lacking?
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I had a dream last night I danced and sung at the edge of the woods - and that the forest sang back.
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The Crystal Ball (1902)
Oil on canvas
John William Waterhouse 1849-1917 (Italian/British)
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📜 Sabbats Journal Prompts 📜
The Witches’ Sabbats are good moments in the year to reflect and meditate, using your journal. Here are a few prompts for each festival, to help you in your mindfulness journey.
💀 SAMHAIN 💀
October 31
Write about dead relatives and passed loved ones.
What cycle is currently closing in your life? Is this a positive ending?
Have you noticed signs of the thinning veil this month?
What have you inherited that needs banishment?
What have you inherited that needs to be cultivated?
Write about your spiritual journey since last Samhain.
Are you scared of divination/spirits? Why or why not?
❄️ YULE ❄️
December 19-22
Write a list of everything good that has happened this year.
What deserves a fresh start in your life?
Write a happy memory from the festive season.
What are your goals and dreams for the next year?
As a witch, what meaning do you attach to Christmas?
What do you find difficult about the holiday season?
Write about the energy you can draw from the darkness.
🕯️ IMBOLC 🕯️
February 1
Write how you plan to take care of nature in the following months.
Write about what needs cleansing in your life.
Why are you in pain and what helps you heal?
What metaphorical seed do you need to plant and nurture this year?
Write your feelings on climate change.
How can you nurture yourself and others right now?
Describe the garden of your dreams.
🐣 OSTARA 🐣
March 19-22
Write about negative thoughts that you are choosing not to bring with you in the coming spring.
What area of your life feels balanced at the moment?
What does fertility and growth mean to you?
What idea in your life is ready to hatch and turn into action?
Write about spring activities that you can enjoy now that winter is over.
What do you feel is your truest purpose this spring?
As a witch, what meaning do you attach to Easter?
🌸 BELTANE 🌸
May 1
Write a list of everything about yourself that gives you self-confidence.
Is there something that is making you very happy right now?
Write about your sexuality and what gives you pleasure.
What does celebrating life mean to you?
What turns you on? What turns you off?
How can you use the spring energy to make your dreams come true?
What would you want to harvest in the coming fall?
☀️ LITHA ☀️
June 19-22
Write about a difficult topic that needs addressing in the second half of the year.
In which area of your life do you feel the strongest?
How can you use the solar energy to achieve your goals?
Write a memory from your childhood summer breaks.
How can you make this summer extra special?
Write a love-letter to your body.
What is your favorite outdoor activity?
🌽 LAMMAS 🌽
August 1
Write about what you are harvesting in your life at the moment.
Make a list of everything you’ve accomplished in your life.
What will you miss most about summer once fall arrives?
Write about professional goals and plans you have for September.
How can you have a healthier lifestyle by next summer?
What is one thing you love about where you live?
What does abundance mean to you?
🍂 MABON 🍂
September 19-22
Write a list of everything you are grateful for this year.
What makes you proud in your life?
Do you feel like your life is out of balance?
Are you excited about the cold season coming up? Why or why not?* Write about welcoming darkness and becoming more magical.
Make a list of your favorite horror movies.
Write about what scares you and why.
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✨ Find my Witches’ Sabbats Masterpost here ✨
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Words from The Morrigan
“Your spirit isn’t broken because despite all this, you still keep on trying. There are people who stay down for a much longer time before they try again. So keep on. Fight. With teeth, claws and everything you have, fight against the current threatening to drag you down. Don’t get comfortable, keep your focus. Just because the enemy is wounded doesn’t mean he’s dead yet, doesn’t mean you can claim victory. Not before he is slain and you’ve seen his life blood drain away with your own eyes, can you let down your guard. There will be times when you feel like you can’t keep going anymore, but you have to if you don’t want to be struck down again.”
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me: i’m so. y’know.
me: so big sad
me: …
me: *remembers I work with Án Morrígan*
me: oh sHIT NEVERMIND YEAH I’M A HOT BITCH
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*screams into the void*
the morrigan is not maiden mother crone
almost no goddesses are
can we please stop reducing entire goddesses to their reproductive capabilities pls thx
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Prayer to the Morrigan
Your cry of anger rings clear across the battlefield,
Your cry of anguish settles in their hearts as a curse,
Your cry of power brings storms of blood and fear
You cry the cry of thousands,
of rage and despair,
of protest and frenzy
Your cry mingles with ours, spurs us on,
and validates, tempers, soothes
Thank you for crying with me, Mother,
both raising my voice and drying my tears
Your thrice-beating heart a shield
to protect mine.
Fierce with love and fierce with justice,
our hearts ever entwined
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Fox With The Celtic Morrigan,
art by Tora Williams
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My top 5 songs for Baduhenna (associated with the Morrigan)
Black Vultures (Stripped version) - Halestorm
Heavy is the Crown - Daughtry
Empire of our Own - REIGN
Fae - SeeD
Valkyriesletten - Asynje
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The Morrígan
“Thou hast no power against me," said Cúchulainn.
"I have power indeed," said the woman; "it is at the guarding of thy death that I am; and I shall be," said she.
The Cattle-Raid of Regamna, from the Yellow Book of Lecan
The Morrígan is depicted in the Irish cycles as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the wife* of the Dagda, and a goddess ruling over the spheres of fate, death, war, and land. She is often associated with ravens, crows, and heifers, whose forms she takes.
Name & Epithets: Morrígan, Morrígu, Mórrígan (Middle Irish— “Great Queen”), Mór-Ríoghain (Modern Irish)
Role as a Goddess of War
The Morrígan is seen in the Cycles as bringing victory in war, or foretelling death in battle. In the Cath Mage Tuired, which describes how the Tuatha Dé Danann overthrew the tyrannical Fomorians, she proclaims the victory of the gods over their enemy and foretells the end of the world. In the Ulster Cycle, she is the sometimes-patron, sometimes-enemy of the hero Cúchulainn, whose death she prophesies after he offends her, and then reminded of his fate by taking the form of an old woman washing his bloodied clothes in a creek.
Role as a Sovereignty Goddess
Sovereignty goddesses in Irish tradition represent the land itself, and thus marriage to one creates a legitimate rule or guardianship over that land. In Early Medieval Ireland (and perhaps before), a king’s coronation would include a symbolic marriage to the land, thereby granting himself power and legitimacy. The Morrígan is one such sovereignty goddess, or at least perceived as one by the 12th Century, as the Book of Invasions names her the sister of Ériu, Banba, and Fódla, personifications of Ireland married to each of her three kings.
Role as a Triplicate Goddess
The Morrígan is inconsistently referred to as one of three or a combination of three figures. In the Mythological cycle, she is named as the sister of Badb (’crow’), a war goddess, and Macha, a land goddess. Together, they are called the three Morrígna. Macha is also the name of several other figures, and Badb appears barely distinguishable from the Morrígan. Whatever the case, the names appear less like the archetypal ‘Maiden, Mother, Crone’, and more like simply different aspects of the goddess given different titles, as is common in Irish religion.
*Marriage with the Dagda
The fact of her “marriage” with the Dagda is contentious but well-supported by the texts we have access to. One of her best-known stories from the Cath Mage Tuired is the Dagda’s pact with her before the battle against the Formorians. This part of the text is often mistranslated as the Dagda meeting her [for the first time] at a certain point in the year, when really a perhaps more accurate translation would be “On this day [near Samhain] the Dagda met her yearly.” Additionally, the “union” described between her and the Dagda does not appear to be purely sexual. The word used, ‘oentaith’ is difficult to translate but probably also refers to a general agreement/pact [dil.ie/33541], not unlike a modern marriage. Additionally, as a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a ceremonial marriage to a sovereignty and agricultural goddess such as the Morrígan would be appropriate for the Dagda and make sense to an early Irish audience.
My UPG with the Morrígan
Recommended reading + Sources
Cath Mage Tuired [Translation] [Original]
Book of Invasions
The Cattle-Raid of Regamna
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