Cara2000
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The Morrigan
"Great Queen" or "Phantom Queen", she is the dark Celtic triple Goddess of death, war and battle. She is always fully armed and carries two spears.
Collectively called the Morrigan, She is Nemain(frenzy), Badbh(vulture) and Macha(battle Goddess, crone aspect) altogether. As Nemain, she is the venomous one, goddess of war and battle; As Badbh, she assumes the form of a raven her favorite disguise and is then referred to as Badb Catha, meaning “battle raven” and influences the outcome of battles by causing confusion among the warriors with her magic. The battle-field is often called “land of Badb”; As Macha she is the athlete, queen and warrior, wife of Nemed or wife of Cruchchu who encourages fighters to battle madness. Goddess of death, disease, destruction and fertility, Macha feeds on the heads of slain enemies.
Patroness of priestesses and Witches, and Goddess of Magick, she rules over battles, warriors, fate, death, and rivers. She is associated with revenge, night, magick, prophecy, wisdom, war and peace. As a War Goddess she never joined in battles but encouraged fighters, sings runes and casts charms before battles to strengthen her favorite warriors. She would prophesize the outcome of the battle, fly over the battlefields in the form of a raven and choose who would live or die. The raven is one of her symbols and it would be wise to note due to her raven symbolism that ravens don’t kill people, they eat and transform bodies. Thus the Morrigan is not death but the keeper of death, symbol of transformation and regeneration.
Morrígan was the daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas. She marries the Dagda at Samhain.
She belongs to the Tuatha De Danann, the Irish race of gods founded by the Goddess Danu who originally lived on the islands in the west, and later settled on the land now known as Ireland and takes active part in their battles. Statues, menhirs, and stone slabs dating back beyond the Copper age show her having a bird head and very prominent long breasts falling from her chest.
In the modern battlefields of our daily lives, she doesn’t advocate destruction, but bravery, skill, courage, and the death of indiscipline and fear. She advocates independence.
I like The Morrigan very much and gathered this information about her for another of my mythology assignments.
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Cara
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