FAERY
/ FAIRY GODESSES, pg 2
GRIAN
Greine, House of the Sun, is a Celtic Solar Goddess; a crone goddness
who awakens the fertility of the earth every Spring. Her priestesses
dwelt in "Griannon", sun houses. Also called Grian, Grainne
(hatefull goddess), Grania, or Grian of the Bright Cheeks, she devolved
into the fairy Queen of Leinster, Ireland. Cnoc Greine, in Lienster,
is her sacred hill.
There are several legends about Grian. When Conall's sons attacked
the stronghold of her father, King Cormac Mac Art, she ran them down
and turned them into badgers. Most of Grian's legends center on her
elopement with Diarmuid of the Love Spot. Cormac had promised Grian
in marraige to Finn MacCool, the head of his bodyguards. But the willfull
Grian had her own ideas about marrying the aged Finn, and things when
awry at the wedding.
Heroes gatherd to celebrate the wedding feast, and Grian offerd herself
to each man in turn, until Diarmuid accepted her advances. There are
versions of the tale in which the handsome Diarmuid is the only one
Grian wants, but he is too afraid of Finn's wrath to respond. the
usual versin of the story is that Grian fell in love with Diarmuid
after she glimpsed the magickal spot on his forehead that renderd
any woman who saw it, hopelessly in love with him.
Defying her father, Grian used magick to escape from Tara and elope
with Diarmuid. They slept in separate tents at first, and it took
several nights before she was able to have her way with him. Relentlessly
pursued by Finn MacCool, they wandered the length and bredth of Ireland
for sixteen years, camping outdoors. Piles of stones called "the
bed of Diarmuid and Griana" were once a common site in Ireland.
A cloak of invisibility helped Grian to escape capture. After many
adventures, the intercession of the love god Angus and Finn enabled
the couple to finally rejoin the community and live together in peace.
They had four sons together.
Diarmuid was killed by a boar while hunting. Grian blamed Finn MacCool
for this and swore vengeance upon him, but he was able to seduce her
into accepting him and they were finally married.
Inovoke Grian for sorcery, fairy magick, wisdom, battle, transformation,
working with herbs, solar magick, invisibility, fertility, making
your own choices, being responsible for the consequences of your actions,
and for the fertility of the earth. The Sun is her planet.
MORGAN
LE FAY
Morgan the Fairy (Morgan Le Fay or Morgan L`a F`ee), Queen of Avalon,
is the half-sister of the legendary King Arthur. She is also the mother
of Sir Mordred by him. She is a mysterious, complicated figure who
takes several forms in Celtic mythology, British lengends, and Anglo-French
literature. To Celts she was the Winter Goddess of Death and Darkness,
and a sovereignty goddess. Some see her as a Celtic queen, and/or
a pagan priestess. She is said to dwell with her eight sisters in
Avalon, the Fairy otherworld where they brought Arthur after his final
battle.
Morgan Le Fay is also a literary figure, a Christianized version of
the Celtic goddess Morgen. The evil things she did to Arthur were
actually tests of his suitability for kindship, misinterpreted by
Christian re-tellers of the ancient tales. This explains her confilcting
roles as both black witch and Arthur's healer/protector. It is also
why there is no tale of Morgan and Merlin battling it out magickally
as representatives of the opposing forces of good and evil.
King Accolon of Gaul is Morgan's lover in some myths. She is the mother
of Yvain/Owein as well as Mordred/Modred. Morgan Le Fay is associated
with both the mystical Isle of Avalon and with the Orkney Islands,
Scotland. She is described as an old woman who is ever young and beautiful,
and is usually depicted with dark hair or with red hair.
Call upon Morgan Le Fay for magick, enchantment, sorcery, glamoury,
art, shapeshifiting, healing, protection, witchcraft, sex magick,
female power, lunar magick, and creating magickal weapons.
PERCHTA
Perchta or Percha, the Elf Woman, is a Germanic Sun and Mother goddess.
She is a White goddess whose titles include Shining One and Bride
of the Sun.
Perchta has long white hair and wears a white cloak. She can be seen
moving through fields, like mist. The matron of spinning, she cannot
tolerate laziness or wastefullness. Perchta punishes the lazy and
the wastefull by scratching thier faces, or by scratching thier stomachs
open.
Invoke Perchta for fertility, spinning, and the fertility of cattle
and sheep. The sun is her planet. The last day of Yule is sacred to
her. Pancakes are traditionally made in her honor then, and the remains
of the meal left as offerings for her. It is said that anyone who
tries to spy on Perchta when she comes will go blind that year.
RODENICA
Rodenica (or Rozhenica) is a glowing white Slavic fairy goddess. Originally
the Lady, creator of the universe with her consort Rod, the Lord,
she developed into a fairy during the Christian era. Rodenica and
her daughter are said to appear at a baby's birth, in order to divine
the child's fate.
Invoke Rodenica for creation, divination, and fairy magick. Ritual
foods that may be eaten in her honor include mead, bread, porridge,
and cottage cheese.
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