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Welsh
Goddess Kerridwen Statue
Ceridwen or Cerridwen Staue, Wall Decor, Plaque |
CERIDWEN
- Mother of Grain and Inspiration
Ceridwen is a great earth Goddess associated with the eternal cycle of life,
death, and rebirth. We worship her at harvest time. She tends her cauldron of
wisdom and inspiration. Her totem animal is the white sow and she is a
shapeshifter, able to be seen as a greyhound, an otter, a hawk, and a black hen.
She was mother to the great Celtic bard Taliesin (often thought to be Merlin)
according to a favorite Celtic regeneration myth. He attributed his magic
talents to her.
Her herbal potions bring forth initiation and transformation, just as tiny
grains become vast fields of wheat that then transform into the bread of
sustenance.
Kerridwen is the Welsh Triple Goddess. Her cauldron was the Celtic symbol for
prosperity and rebirth. The Mother Goddess is famous for nurturing her children.
Her totem animal, the corpse-connected white sow, also represents the moon as
well as Kerridwin's crone/transformatrix aspect.
She can be equated with Greek Demeter, Diana
and Kali, all goddesses who both
give and take away. |
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