"BADB "IS THE IRISH GODDESS OF WAR; SHE IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE "FURY, "AND IN OLD IRISH, HER NAME MEANS CROW." BADB" IS THE CRONE ASPECT OF THE TRINITY OF WAR GODDESSES WHICH INCLUDES HER SISTERS,THE "MORRIGAN" AND " MACHA". HER NAME MEANS "CROW "IN OLD IRISH.
MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, SHE IS ALSO THE KEEPER OF THE SACRED CAULDRON, CONTROLLING FATE, TIME, AND REBIRTH. SHE USED MAGIC TO CONFUSE AND FRIGHTEN WARRIORS IN BATTLE BY FLYING OVER THE BATTLEFIELD AND SHRIEKING WILDLY. THE BATTLEFIELD IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE "LAND OF BADB." SOLDIERS PRAYED TO HER, IMAGINING HER AS A GIGANTIC AND BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN, IMPLORING HER TO HELP THEM CROSS STREAMS AND OVERCOME THEIR ENEMIES. WHEN A SOLDIER SAW BADB WASHING HIS OR HER WEAPONS IN A STREAM, HE OR SHE KNEW DEATH WAS NEAR.
SHE IS DESCRIBED IN THE "BOOK OF INVASIONS "AS ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF "ERNMAS" WHICH ALSO REFERS TO HER AS THE SISTER OF ANU, ERIU, BANBA, AND FOTLA. SHE BROUGHT DOWN A THREE DAY RAIN OF SORCERY, FIRE AND BLOOD ON THE HEADS OF THE FIR BOLGS. In the mythological account of the second battle of Mag Tuired, wherein the Tuatha De Danann defeated the Fomorians in battle, Badb is said to have recited the following prophecy of the end of the world:
SUMMER WITHOUT FLOWERS,
KINE WITHOUT MILK,
WOMEN WITHOUT MODESTY,
MEN WITHOUT VALOUR;
CAPTIVES WITHOUT A KING,
WOODS WITHOUT MAST,
sea without produce
SOME SOURCES SAY THAT BADB WAS A FRIEND AND HELPER OF THE IRISH FOLK HERO CUCHULAIN. WHEN CUCHULAIN WAS KILLED, BADB FLEW OVER HIS BODY IN THE FORM OF A CROW. THE FACT THAT CUCHULAIN DID NOT STRIKE OUT AT HER PROVED THAT HE WAS DEAD.
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SULIS is the Celtic Goddess of hot springs, worshipped particularly at Bath, which the Romans called Aquae Sulis (the waters of Sulis). Since her waters were seen as healing, Sulis became integrated with the Roman Goddess Minerva, Goddess of medicine. Minerva's role as Goddess of wisdom and justice was also brought over to Sulis-many inscriptions have been found which ask Sulis to intervene in disputes and punish guilty people. Sulis's name has been interpreted as either "good flooder" or "bright one", and is also seen as SUL, SULLA, SULEI, and SULIS MINERVA.
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BAGALAMUKHI is the Hindu Goddess of truth and deceit. She is one of the Mahavidyas, the wisdom Goddesses. She has the power to tell truth from lies, and to stun liars into silence. She is usually depicted dressed in yellow, seated on a golden throne, and surrounded by yellow lotuses. With one hand, she holds the tongue of a demon, and her other hand holds a club with which she will silence the demon. Bagalamukhi is called on by worshippers for success in stopping gossip, for victory in legal matters, and to undo the effects of black magic or the evil eye. Her name is also seen as BAGALA, BAGLA, or BAGLAMUKHI, and her stotra of 108 names is as follows:
BAGALA (restrainer)
BAGALAMUKHI (she who restrains the mouth)
BAGALAVASI (she who restrains speech)
VACAMATA (mother of speech)
MANTRAMATA (mother of mantra)
STAMBHANI (paralyzer)
PRANAYAMI (restrainer of breath)
MUDGARAVINI (she who holds the mace)
JIVHAUNMULAYATI (she who pulls out the tongue)
PITISURYA (she who is yellow like the sun)
KANAKI (she who is golden)
TEJASURYA (she who is resplendent like the sun)
HLIMA (the embodiment of the bija hlim)
ASURAGHNI (she who slays asuras)
GAMBHIRAGHOSI (she whose voice is profound)
VIMOCHANI (she who gives release)
MOKSHACHANI (she who gives liberation)
HAIMA (golden)
RAKTASANA (she who loves blood)
STAMBHANAKARTI (she who causes paralysis)
SUDARSHANI (she who is pleasant to look upon)
JIVHASTHITI (she who is stationed on the tongue)
VASHINI (she who keeps persons under control)
SAPTAVIDYA (the seventh wisdom)
MAHANADI (she who has great sound)
VIJAYA (she who is victorious)
SARVAMANTRAVIDYA (she who knows all mantras)
AMARSANI (she who is angry)
KRODHAVANI (she whose voice causes agitation)
HASTATHADAMOKSHA (she who gives liberation from her hand)
DAMANADAMBHA (she who suppresses arrogance)
BHOGAKARA (she who enjoys pleasures)
UNMATTAVESI (she who appears insane)
MAHABALA (she who is very strong)
TIGMAMANYU (fiercely angry)
NIYANTRA (she who restrains)
SUKHAKARA (she who causes joy)
MADHUSANA (she who loves wine)
VIHASA (she who laughs)
MATTA (she who is intoxicated)
AKSHAKASHAMA (she whose eyes are akasha)
JIHVASTAMBHINI (she who paralyzes the tongue)
BRAHMARANDHRAPAVARTRI (she who opens the brahmarandhra)
HRIYANTRINI (she who has a yantra for a heart)
MAHAKALAMUKHI (she whose mouth is very black)
MAUNAKARTA (she who causes silence)
SAMBRAHMI (she who is a furious and awesome attendant upon Shiva)
KRIYAPADA (she whose words are actions)
KRITABHAYANA (remover of fear)
BANDHAKI (she whose form is illusion)
SIMHANADI (she who makes a sound like a lion)
TRYAKSI (she who has three eyes)
RATHAKARTI (chariot-maker)
RATNAYONI (she whose yoni is a jewel)
DEVASURAVARAPRADA (she who gives boons to gods and demons)
MUKTAKESI (she whose hair is unbound)
GABHIRA (she who is somber and profound)
VYAKARANODBHAVI (originating from correct use of language)
GAYATRI (identical with the Gayatri-mantra)
MAHANGA (having great limbs)
PITAMANIRUPA (she whose form is topaz)
MAMSATTI (meat-eater)
VARA (she who is excellent)
NADIPATYA (belonging to sound)
PITAROMANA (she whose hair is yellow)
MANAMUKHA (she who measures the mouth)
BALAHA (she who is strong)
SUKHAMBIKA (mother of pleasure)
YUDDHAMBIKA (mother of war)
SUNADIKARTA (maker of good sounds)
BHRANTIKARAMARDINI (slayer of those who cause error and confusion)
HASTASTAMBHANA (she who paralyzes the hand)
RUDRANI (she who wails)
VAGALADI
ADHARATA (she who is in the south)
KRODHINI (agitated)
VAJRAYANI (she who has a thunderbolt)
MANOGRAHINI (she who captivates the mind)
SUMANOHARA (very captivating)
MANTRAPRANA (she whose breath is mantra)
SMASHANI (she who dwells in the cremation ground)
PALASHASAPADUKA (she who wears sandals of Palasa wood)
KATURAVAMUKHI (frog-mouthed)
HELAKARTA (she who causes hatred)
HARITALANI (she who loves yellow pigments)
KAPALAPRAKSHUDI (she who crushes the skull)
AKSHARAMBIKA (mother of letters)
BHASMADATVA (giver of sacred ashes)
YAMI (consort of Yama)
SVAJAPA (she who commands that mantras be recited)
SIDDHAUSHADHA (panacea)
SHIVA (auspicious)
DURVACAMARDINI (slayer of the demon Durvaca)
RAKTAMKRITA (she who is adorned with blood)
GIRNIMATA (mother of praise)
TRILOKAMOHANI (she who stuns the three worlds)
NILAKANTHADHARNI (supporter of the blue-necked god)
VIMADA (sober)
SUVARCASI (splendidly shining)
BHISHA (she whose actions are frightening)
GAMAKI (she who clarifies and convinces)
ANAPAYYA (she who does not drink water)
RASAVACA (the essence of speech)
ANAPAHNAVA (she who does not conceal the truth)
ABHIVADYA (she who is worthy of being saluted)
ABHAYADA (bestower of fearlessness)
PRETACARINI (she who walks among ghosts)
SARVABHIDHA (all-hearing)
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"EEOSTRE IS THE ANGLO-SAXON GODDESS OF SPRING, THE EAST, A SIGN OF REBIRTH, AND RESURRECTION; SHE IS ALSO THE MAIDEN ASPECT OF THE THREE-FOLD GODDESS. EOSTRE APPEARS AS A GODDESS OF PURITY, OF YOUTH, OF BEAUTY...OF NEW LIFE AND NEW BEGINNINGS...THE RIPENESS WITHIN. EOSTRE REPRESENTS THE REBIRTH OF LIFE AFTER THE HARSH WINTER MONTHS; THE EGG, A SYMBOL OF EOSTRE, IS BELIEVED TO REPRESENT THAT VERY REBIRTH. HER GERMANIC NAME MEANS MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SUN. "AND, WHEN EOSTRE MAKES HER APPEARANCE, SHE PROCEEDS TO BLANKET THE EARTH WITH FERTILITY; HENCE, THE FEMALE HORMONE ESTROGEN WAS NAMED AFTER HER.
SHE IS USUALLY DEPICTED AS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN WITH DAFFODILS CASCADING DOWN HER HAIR. EOSTRE IS THE PLAYFUL GODDESS WHO GAINS CONTROL OVER THE EARTH IN THE SPRING. HER PATRON ANIMAL IS THE HARE, AND HERE IS AN INTERESTING LEGEND SURROUNDING THIS HARE.
IT SEEMS THAT ONE YEAR, WHEN EOSTRE WAS LATE IN MAKING HER APPEARANCE, A LITTLE GIRL DISCOVERED A BIRD THAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO DEATH; THE POOR LITTLE CREATURE COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE COLD. THE LITTLE GIRL CALLED OUT TO EOSTRE FOR HELP, AND NO SOONER DID SHE DO THAT, THAN A RAINBOW BRIDGE SEEMED TO APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE. AND EOSTRE CAME, CLOTHED IN A ROBE OF WARM SUNLIGHT WHICH MELTED ALL THE SNOW. BUT, THE POOR LITTLE BIRD WAS BEYOND HELP. EOSTRE MAGICALLY CHANGED IT INTO A SNOW HARE WHICH WOULD BRING RAINBOW EGGS....A SIGN THAT SPRING WAS COMING. SHE THEN INSTRUCTED THE LITTLE GIRL TO WATCH EACH YEAR FOR THE SNOW HARE TO COME TO THE WOODS.
AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE THINK OF RENEWING OURSELVES AS WELL. WE RENEW OUR DREAMS, OUR HOPES, OUR ASPIRATIONS. THIS IS THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR TO BEGIN SOMETHING NEW OR TO COMPLETELY REVITALIZE THE OLD. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT THE SEEDS OF NEW IDEAS, NEW JOBS.
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