"AMONG THE HITTITES, HANNAHANNA" WAS THE GREAT MOTHER AND BIRTH GODDESS. THE WORD HANNA MEANS GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH BIRTH, CREATION, AND DESTINY AS WELL AS MANY MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, SPRINGS, AND SPIRITS OF THE PAST WHO BECOME GODS AFTER THEIR DEATH. SHE WAS THE "QUEEN OF HEAVEN" AND THE "MOTHER OF ALL," THE "HOLY GRANDMOTHER" WHO BRINGS LIFE. IN THE MYTHS, SHE BESTOWS LIFE AND ALSO APPEARS AS THE WISEST OF THE DEITIES, A PERSONAGE TO WHOM THE OTHER GODS TURN IN TIME OF DISASTER. A GODDESS OF WISDOM, IT WAS ALSO SAID THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO FORETELL THE FUTURE.
APPARENTLY LIKE "DEMETER, HANNAHANNA " WOULD DISAPPEAR FOR AWHILE IN A FIT OF ANGER, AND WHILE SHE WAS GONE, CATTLE AND SHEEP WERE STIFLED AND MOTHERS, BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMA, COULD TAKE NO ACCOUNT OF THEIR CHILDREN. IT WAS SAID THAT WHEN SHE WOULD COME UP TO THE SURFACE OF EARTH FROM UNDERGROUND, THE WORLD WOULD COME BACK TO LIFE.
IN HITTITE MYTHOLOGY SHE WAS SERVED BY A BEE. "HANNAHANNA" SENT THE BEE TO FIND THE LOST FERTILITY GOD "TELEPINU "WHO HAD FALLEN INTO A DEEP SLEEP, AND NO ONE KNEW WHERE TO FIND HIM. AND, WHILE HE SLEPT, THE WELLS, RIVERS, AND STREAMS WERE DRYING UP. ALL THE HITTITE GODS HAD FAILED IN THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND "TELEPINU," BUT THE BEE, ALTHOUGH SMALL AND WEAK, WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ITS QUEST, AND THE LAND WAS IMMEDIATELY BLESSED WITH RAIN.
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TO THE WARAO OF VENEZUELA, THE FOREST IS A TRIBE OF TREES, BUSHES, AND PALMS, AND THE RED "CACHICAMO" TREE IS "DAUARANI", THE "MOTHER OF THE FOREST", THE GODDESS OF LIGHT. IN EXCHANGE FOR HER COVETED MEDICINAL INGREDIENTS, SHE CAREFULLY INVENTORIES AND WATCHES OVER THE FOREST. TO MAKE A CANOE, ONE MUST SEEK HER PERMISSION. THE SPIRIT OF THE TREES LIVES ON IN THE CANOES WHICH ARE CARVED FROM THE EMBODIMENT OF "DAUARANI" WHOSE WOMB IS BOTH THE BIRTH CANAL AND COFFIN.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO FELL A TREE NEEDS A SHAMAN TO INTERCEDE ON HIS BEHALF AND ASK "DAUARANI" TO TO ACCEPT HIM AS A HUSBAND OF OF ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS. HENCE, SHAMANS RITUALLY APPROACH THE TREE WOMAN WHO IS GENERALLY DEPICTED AS A MAIDEN WEARING A COMB AND A NECKLACE OF BLUE, WHITE, AND RED BEADS, AND SING TO HER. THE CANOE CARVED FROM HER WOOD IS VULVA SHAPED. THE WARAO, WHO CALL THEMSELVES CANOE PEOPLE, COMPARE ITS CARGO TO THE FRUITS CREATED BY THE "MOTHER OF THE FOREST". UPON DEATH, A WARAO IS BURIED IN A DUGOUT CANOE CALLED THE "VAGINA OF DAUARANI. "
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"OLWEN" IS A WELSH GODDESS OF THE SPRING AND SUNLIGHT; SHE IS DEPICTED AS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH PALE SKIN AND YELLOW HAIR FLOWS BEHIND HER AS SHE MOVES. HER NAME MEANS WHITE PATH AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT SHE LEAVES A TRAIL OF WHITE CLOVER OR TREFOILS AS SHE PASSES IN THE AWAKENING MEADOWS OF SPRING. HER MAGIC CAUSES ALL THE FLOWERS AND TREES TO BLOOM. SHE IS ALSO CALLED THE "WHITE LADY OF THE DAY. "
IN WELSH LEGEND, "OLWEN" WAS A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN, THE LOVER OF "CULHWCH" AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE GIANT, " YSPADDADEN". HER FATHER IS FATED TO DIE IF SHE EVER MARRIES, SO WHEN "CULHWCH "COMES TO COURT HER, HE INSISTED THAT "CULHWCH "COMPLETE SEVERAL SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TASKS BEFORE HE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO MARRY, AND WITH THE HELP OF HIS COUSIN," KING ARTHUR, CULHWCH "SUCCEEDS AND THE GIANT DIES, ALLOWING "OLWEN" TO MARRY HER SUITOR.
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