CERIDWEN (pronounced KARE-id-wen) is the Celtic Goddess of wisdom and magic. She had three children, a beautiful maiden named Creirwy, an ugly but strong son named Morvran, and an extremely ugly son named Afagddu. Unfortunately, Afagddu had no skills or knowledge that would compensate for his looks. Ceridwen, as Goddess of magic, decided to brew a potion that would give her son the gifts of poetry and wisdom. The potion took a year and a day to brew, and Ceridwen employed a blind man to tend the fire under it and a boy named Gwion to stir it. Just as the potion was ready to be used, three drops splashed out of the cauldron and burned Gwion's thumb--he instinctively licked them off, thereby gaining the gifts of the potion. The rest of the potion was useless, and Ceridwen was so angry with Gwion that she chased him down. He tried to turn into a rabbit, but she turned into a dog. He turned into a fish, but she became an otter and followed him into the water. He turned into a bird, and she pursued him as a hawk. Finally, he turned himself into a grain of corn, hoping that she would not be able to distinguish him from the other grains. But, of course, Ceridwen immediately recognized Gwion and, turning herself into a hen, she ate him.
Ceridwen soon found that she was pregnant, and knew that her child would be Gwion reborn and that he would remember his previous life and retain all the knowledge that he had stolen from her son. She swore that she would kill him as soon as he was born, but the baby was so beautiful that she couldn't bring herself to do it. Instead, she wrapped him in a sealskin and set him out to sea. The baby was rescued by a Celtic prince named Elffin, who named him Taliesin. He grew up to be one of the greatest bards of Celtic history.
Ceridwen's name means "blessed poetry", and has several variations, including CARIDWEN, CEREDUIN, CERRIDU, CERRIDWEN, KERIDWEN, KERRIDWEN, KERITUEN, KERRITUEN, KERRITWEN, KYRRIDUEN, and KYRRITUEN.
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INKOSAZANA is the Zulu Goddess of agriculture. She can manifest as a rainbow, a snake, a mermaid, a beautiful white woman, or as the rain. She is called upon in the spring to bring fertility to the land, and also by virgins to help them find a suitable husband. Inkosazana is also called QUEEN OF THE HEAVENS, PRINCESS OF THE HEAVENS, and INKOSAZANA-Y-ZULU.
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The Disting and Ostara celebration is the time the Disir are the strongest. The veil between here and the world of the Disir is the thinnest. Kindle a fire and speak of their greatness. Remember, that evening they will hear you across the generations of your family and you will feel their strength and gifts.
Celebrate this special time with a Feast to the Disir. Spring is the time when the Goddesses go on the hunt; this is a time for the Ancestral Mothers to ride with Freya (or Frigga) leading the hunt! If you hear it, you are lucky; if you see, you are dead or going to be soon. Every time you speak their names and sing their deeds, they live forever.
WHO ARE THE DISIR?
The Disir are the ancestral mothers, the first of each of our ancestral line. There are around 400 votive altars raised all over Europe dedicated to ancestral mothers.
Freya is considered the 'Queen of the Disir' due to her fertility and magical qualities, but Frigga could very well fill this role. Frigga is the Goddess of fertility in the motherly aspect. She is mother Earth and the Patron Goddess of mothers and family. She assists in childbirth, as the Disir are said too.
The Disir are said to have these same qualities. "They are present at every persons birth, through their life and at their death." (Ancient Mothers, Winefred Hodge) It could also be argued that they fill the role of the Norns, being past, present and future. Another theory is that the Disir are the displaced Souls of the Ancestral Mothers. (Theedrich Yeat)
Upon our birth the ancient mothers enter our bodies with our first breath and guide us through our lives, and on our death, we release their spirit with our last breath for the next of kin. Freya or Frigga could very well be the First of our Line that our Folk have carried with us generation upon generation, hence the title Vanadis, Queen of the Disir.
The Disir are family specific, and an important aspect of both men's and women's souls. Each family has their ancestral mother's blood flowing in their veins. The Disir are the little voice inside of us that tells us to go forth or hold back. They are the woman's intuition that we inherit from our mothers, both ancient and modern.
The Disir are important to both men and women, since we all carry our mothers' line. The Gods and the Goddesses represent the collective unconscious Soul; the Disir (and the Einherjar) represent our conscious soul, our living soul. They aid us now in our waking state. They give us awareness of things we need during our conscious state: strength, intuition, inspiration, etc. They are important to us as the healing, seeing, wise female spirits that guide us in our daily lives, the gut instinct that you get when something feels so right or terribly wrong.
Source: Odinic Rite, Article by Kathy Metzger
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The VALKYRIES (pronounced VAL-kir-ees) are the Norse Goddesses who choose which warriors will go to Valhalla when they are slain. The name Valkyries means "choosers of the slain", and these beautiful women rode on winged horses to battlefields, where they would choose the bravest of the dead warriors and bring them to join Odin's army in Valhalla. The Valkyries wore armor and carried spears, and their armor gives off a glow that flashes through the northern sky as the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights.
Various individual Valkyries are listed in mythology, some with translations of their names:
ALVITR (all-white)
BRYNNHILDR (mailcoat of battle)
FRIAGABI (giver of freedom)
GEIRAH"od (battle of spears)
GEIRAV"oR
GEIRDRIFUL
GEIR"oNUL
GEIRSK"oGUL
GJ"oLL (battle cry)
G"oNDUL (spear thrust)
GRIMHILDR (mask of battle)
GUdR (sword stroke)
GUdR'uN (battle-rune)
GUNNR (battle)
HERFJ"oTUR (war-fetter)
HERJA
HILDEBERG (battle fortress)
HILDEGUND (battle war)
HILDR (battle)
HJALMthRIMUL
HJ"oRthRIMUL (battle of swords)
HL"oKK (din of battle)
HRIST (shaker)
HRUND
K'aRA
KREIMHILDR
MIST
"OLR'uN (knower of the mysteries of ale)
R'adGR'idR (counsel of peace)
RANDGR'i-dR (shield of peace)
REGINLEIF (heritage of the gods)
R'oTA (she who causes turmoil)
SANNGR'idR (swift stroke)
SIGRDR'iFA (she who drives victory)
SIGR'uN (knower of mysteries of victory)
SKALM"oLD
SKEGGJ"oLD (wearing a war axe)
SK"oGUL (raging)
SKULD (she who is becoming)
SV'aFA (Suebian)
SVANHV'iT
SVEId
SVIPUL (storm)
^I"oGN
^IRIMA
^IR'udR (power)
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