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Praise to Nodens, Cloud-Maker!
He brings the rain and nourishes the land and the soul. A blog for Brythonic polytheism. This is a side blog, so if I follow you, it will be on my main.
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(Re. an ask I commented on yesterday, I went and found this old note about Nodens in my drafts. Just some early thoughts, not going into his mythological role or relationships with other gods.)
I feel him associated with mists, soft rain, overcast days, estuaries, flats and marshes, brackish waters, fish that navigate both sea and stream i.e. salmon, sea trout, and eels, fishing, healing - but not acute or obvious injuries, rather chronic, mental, and invisible/unknown ailments; I can see him as lord of fallow times, retreat, looking inward as a path to healing and awareness, and ‘tending to old wounds’. He is gentle, still, wise, a sanctuary. Even the natural phenomenon most associated with him in my mind - the Severn Bore - signifies natural/cyclical movement within rather than dramatic external events. A slightly out-there possible upg I once considered is that he is associated with the moon (tides, hunting, repose?), but I haven’t found solid evidence for the hunting connection and now doubt this.
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Celtic Gods and Goddess
The Celtic world included Ireland, Britain, and a large section of the mainland
Aine: Goddess of love and fertility; encouraged human love; has command over crops and animals; daughter of Eogabail
Amaethon: God of agriculture
Anu or Danu/Dana: Mother goddess
Aonghus: God of love; son of Dagda and Boann
Badb: Irish goddess of battle; could influence the outcome of conflict by inspiring fear or bravery in warriors
Balor: The one-eyed god of death, everyone he looked upon was destroyed
Belenus or Bel: Sun god; appears throughout the Celtic world in different forms; Beltaine celebrates him
Boann: Water goddess; mother of Aonghus
Brigantia: Chief goddess of Brigantes tribe; associated with water, war and healing
Brigid/Brigit: Goddess of healing and fertility; said to help women during labor; possibly same goddess as Brigantia
Camulos: God of war mostly worshiped in Belgium areas; said to wield an invincible sword
Ceridwen: Goddess of fertility
Cernunnos: God of wild animals, forest, and plenty; possibly also the god of death; known as the horned one
Cliodhna: Goddess of beauty; her three birds could sing the sick to sleep and heal them
Dagda: The great god; could restore the dead to life
Dian Cecht: God of healing
Don: Welsh version of Dana
Donn: God of the dead
Dylan: Sea god
Epona: Horse goddess
The Formorii: Sea gods; violent and misshapen
Goibhniu: Smith god
Lir: God of sea, healing and magic
Lugh: Sun god (Ireland)
Lugus: Sun god (France and Britain)
Mac Cecht: God of eloquence
Macha: One of the war goddess
Manannan Mac Lir: Sea god; could stir up or soothe the sea
Manawydan: Welsh sea god, extremely similar to Manannan
Morrigan/Morrigu: Goddess of death on the battlefield
Nechtan: Water god
Nemain: Goddess of war
Nemglan: Bird god
Nodens: God of healing; owned magic healing hounds
Ogma: God of eloquence; creating of Ogham, the oldest writing system in Ireland
Taranis: Name means thunderer; Romans equated him to Jupiter; symbol was the wheel
Teutates or Toutatis: Romans equated him to Mars
**Not all inclusive
All information gathered from “The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Mythology by Arthur Cotterell and Rachel Storm
#brythonic and celtic gods both listed here#I primarily associate Nodens with the weather but he is also associated with some water-based healing locations and with dogs#so I imagine he would be effective at helping with a number of health conditions
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a prayer of thanks
Oh great Bringer of Rain
we thank you for your blessing!
You who makes the grass green and the trees bloom
as you nourish all life with your bounty!
We witness your strength and your power
as we drink in the beauty of your storms!
Thank you for bringing us the water
which nourishes our souls.
O Great Rainbringer,
Nodens of the sky!
We thank you!
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if a god tries to rule you by fear, they don’t deserve your worship
a truly wise god would not need to use fear to gain worshippers
a controlling and fearful god is not wise
and if a god is not wise, then what makes them a god?
don’t live life afraid of your god
#polytheism#gods#posted this on my main blog because I wanted to#and am reblogging it here as well#gods should lift up your life to a higher level#not leave you cowering in the dark
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Esus
I was exercising in the woods earlier and I felt suddenly called to pray to the god Esus, so I did. I vaguely remember him being something to do with trees from when I was reading at some point. Gonna look him up in more detail in a bit.
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My finished Yule Log
My yule log is actually gluten free, since my dad doesn’t eat gluten. It contains eggs (yolks and whites), sugar, cooking chocolate, double cream, and a little liqueur.
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Happy Solstice!
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑
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Winter Solstice
I’m going to do my usual thing that I’ve been doing for the Winter Solstice tonight, which admittedly is a bit of an eclectic thing that sounded good to me. What I’ve been doing is that I light a candle at dusk while praying/saying that it represents the Sun, leave it burning all night while also staying up until dawn, and then when it’s dawn I put out the candle while returning the representation of the Sun back to a normal candle. You need a big candle for this, since it’s quite a lot of hours that it needs to burn for, and it’d be bad luck for it to go out in the middle of the night.
I also bake a chocolate Yule Log, and, before I eat it, cut it ceremonially while reflecting on the last year and looking forward to the new one.
The previous years I’ve done this, I’ve done it without including any actual gods in my prayers, but this year I think I’m going to include a section for thanking the gods for all they’ve done in the past year. I’m thinking of using some of my mum’s wine supply to make my first ever libation of something that isn’t water, too.
The way I usually see the Winter Solstice in general, anyway, is a time to reflect on everything that you were thankful for in the old year, and also the things you regret, and then to ceremonially move on from those regrets while learning from them, and look forward into the new year to new opportunities and experiences.
There is a small chance that I would be supposed to do it the night before the solstice instead of the night after, but I prefer to do it this way round so I don’t care. :P
Anyone else doing anything for the solstice?
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Offering To Lugus
I’ve been dedicating my workouts to Lugus, since I’m pretty sure He’s fairly strongly related to Lugh, who seems to be associated with sports and games. In any case, Lugus is a god who is skilled at many things, and the point of exercise is to become skilled at physical tasks through means of practice and hard work.
I hadn’t in general been getting much of a response from Lugus, but I think this is the best thing I’ve tried for him yet. Plus, it’s finally got me back to a regular exercise routine for the last couple of weeks after months of skipping practices since part way through the summer heatwave. It’s definitely helping me feel motivated to get out of bed at six in the morning in the dark to do cardio before work.
So, yes: Lugus. Apparently, good to ask for help with your fitness routine. Don’t say I never post anything helpful here.
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An Offering
Bought some M&Ms today and tried offering the blue ones to Nodens by saying/loudly thinking a short prayer, and then eating them with the idea that when I was eating it, He was also eating it. I’m not really sure how the ancient Britons did offerings and I haven’t found any good resources yet, but He seemed to like it, so I think it was a good idea.
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Fantasy book: What if ALL GODS were real??
Me: *stares into camera*
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✨ beginner polytheist tips✨
I notice a lot of new polytheists and aspiring devotees asking what to do to find their deities/feel closer to them/talk to them/etc, so I thought I’d share somewhat in detail what has helped for me when I chose to put my faith in them - aside from prayer and divination
🌱🔸make plans/rules for yourself and follow them. habit forming is a stepping stone to worship. for me, if I don’t do anything else faith-driven, I at least ring my chime. It doesn’t have to be so obvious, try to work it into your normal routine
🌱🔸just about anything can be an offering! buried offerings are my biggest but writing, brushing your teeth, self control, treat yo’ self, baths, your blog, video games with character select any video games, photos, playlists - you name it. if it makes you think of them, it honors them
🌱🔸on the other hand - if you feel they are stubbornly distant, study them more, try new offerings, look elsewhere. do you have pop culture icons that remind you of someone without inherently representing them? has something at the store been catching your eye? dig deep, follow your gut!
🌱🔸if they do at all, they will not likely present predictably. they have shown themselves to me through physical objects, in birds, in the sunlight between the blinds, in baths, the melodies of my heart, and I suspect endless other variations. but never once did i expect it
🌱🔸 rainfall can be an excellent tool for communication. speak/pray to your deity and listen to the shift in the weather for responsive gestures
🌱🔸 new moons are good for being noticed! light candles to illuminate yourself, talk to them full moons are good for noticing them! turn out/dim the lights and let yourself be overwhelmed
🌱 🔸can’t bury/burn food? don’t like throwing away offerings? your deity might prefer that you eat it for them! if you have strange cravings or see something new, indulge! even if you don’t like it, you tried it for them and tbh that’s just as special
🌱🔸if you’re having trouble branching out, ask your current deity what they think of other gods you are interested in. pay attention when you reread their summaries, was there someone who stuck out this time? don’t forget, the lore is not a set in stone representation of their behavior/interactions with others but it’s important to still be mindful
🌱🔸 if you are trying to use divination, ask your tools what they think of your deities/reach out to a third party diviner some readings might be more willing (and more helpful!) than others.
🌱🔸 if you can’t lucid dream/astral travel (like me) give daydreaming a try! concentrate on what it would look like if you had a meeting spot with your deity. picture what you would wear (if anything), how large or small they are, setting details, lighting, etc. then lose yourself in that world during mediation, chores, walks, right before bed, whenever you can zone out
🌱🔸 if you still can’t, fake it til you make it. improvise with nature sounds, sit in the dark (if you’re okay with that), watch optical illusion gifs, anything that can get your mind creating. take notes on your theories and keep track of what you’ve tried.
🌱🔸 limited supplies? pick from what you’ve got save old jewelry for charms, grab your spare crystals, trinkets you’ve held onto for years, and you can use divination - or my personal favorite “just guess” what they might like. interacting with their item could help form those bonds
most importantly- keep them in your thoughts! you don’t have to do any of these things at all to connect with or find your deity. in fact, I have tried all of these countless times and still not reached some in particular. you might find your own method along the way and that’s all the more special.
remember that whomever they are, they love you already and they know you’re trying
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You: Do you believe in God?
Me, a polytheist: You’re going to need to be more specific.
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(Re. an ask I commented on yesterday, I went and found this old note about Nodens in my drafts. Just some early thoughts, not going into his mythological role or relationships with other gods.)
I feel him associated with mists, soft rain, overcast days, estuaries, flats and marshes, brackish waters, fish that navigate both sea and stream i.e. salmon, sea trout, and eels, fishing, healing - but not acute or obvious injuries, rather chronic, mental, and invisible/unknown ailments; I can see him as lord of fallow times, retreat, looking inward as a path to healing and awareness, and ‘tending to old wounds’. He is gentle, still, wise, a sanctuary. Even the natural phenomenon most associated with him in my mind - the Severn Bore - signifies natural/cyclical movement within rather than dramatic external events. A slightly out-there possible upg I once considered is that he is associated with the moon (tides, hunting, repose?), but I haven’t found solid evidence for the hunting connection and now doubt this.
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I’m posting more about the old Roman British stuff than the Welsh stuff, but you might find it interesting anyway. A lot of the resources also go into the Welsh stuff and/or pretty much treat some of the Welsh figures as pretty much the same set of gods but by different names, though the overlap isn’t 100%.
A site I found a lot of stuff on (fairly reconstructionist-leaning, mind you) is dunbrython.org and related sites.
anyone know a n y t h i n g about brythonic (welsh) polytheism? i think i’m finally able to get back into a religious mindset and i think this is a fitting path but ah. No resources
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I posted this onto my main blog a couple of days ago, but since it’s a poem I wrote for Nodens, I decided to reblog it here too.
A Poem For Nodens
petrichor
the rain fell today
the mist in the sky like islands
blending together to one
the smell of raindrops makes everything feel more real
and you are there
in the sky and the mist and the raindrops
you walk with me
the weather shapes itself at your call
your gentle hands bringing the world to life
Nodens, Cloud-Maker
you sweep in and the world is refreshed.
how can the world be more real than real?
you have sharpened our senses
at the same time as you have obscured
the world is a dream
or the dream is a world
here in the space between
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