#great queen

[of-faunsandyellowflowers]

Me: huh, I havent seen a lot of crows or ravens today, really havent even seen one. Maybe Morrigan isnt watching rn

5 min later: sees a bunch of crows and ravens

Me: 👁👄👁

[screechingtrashpanda]

To the Great Queen, a memory of heartache

She stands with head held high and speaks Peace to Sky Sky to Earth Earth below sky Words dripping like rain soaking the scorched earth From a voice filled with feathers and croaks Like whisky and cigarettes  Her eyes always keen Alert A predator always watching for prey A warrior always watching for an enemy A queen surveying her lands In her I see three Of raven gaze And mother’s love And life’s end  Hair like Blood/Ebony/Starlight In her I sense a Fury/Calmness/Sorrow So many in one/three That their voices sometimes overlap A discordant harmony of War/Life/Death Being twisted together like so many threads Woven into a tapestry  She knows and will always know Even as the words fall from her lips The blood and fury it takes To garner peace  The words fall like ruby drops from her lips “Have you a story?” Peace to sky Be it so lasting

[forest-faerie-witch]

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖆𝖓

The Morrígan’s name translates from the Irish as 'Great Queen' (from Old Irish mór=great and rígan=Queen). This name is a key to Her nature, showing that sovereignty and queenship are core aspects of Her identity and power. Some scholars have given the name an alternate etymology, translating it as 'Phantom Queen' (from proposed Proto-Celtic *mor, connoting terror/nightmare, or *mar, connoting the dead).

As the Morrígan is best documented in Irish literature, reflecting early medieval perceptions of Iron Age Celtic society, a cattle-raiding warrior culture, we know Her best as a Goddess of battle, heroes, and the dead. The Morrígan is deeply associated in Her source lore with incitement of heroes toward glory in battle with the granting of victory, and with their deaths; in Her own words, She says to the great hero Cú Chulainn, "I am guarding your death."

In battle, She takes part in the action primarily through the use of sorcery, Druidic magic, and shapeshifting, terrorizing the foe, and giving aid and strategic information to Her people. She shapeshifts into many forms in Her tales, including crow and raven, cow, wolf, eel, and both old and young women. She also appears as a sexual figure, offering victory and prophetic aid to Her chosen war-leader with whom She mates.

Morrigan also fulfills important roles with regard to poetry and prophecy, giving poetic incitements to the heroes of the Tuatha Dé Danann to rise in their hour of need, giving prophetic pronouncements of victory or of doom on the eve of decisive battles, and announcing the victories and the tales of great deeds afterward.

As most of us today are not engaged in warfare to protect our food supply from cattle raids by neighboring tribes, Her relevance to modern folk has necessarily shifted with changes in culture. For many of us, Her primary role is as a Goddess of Sovereignty – teaching us to honor and to fight to protect our dominion, both personal and collective.

She also continues to act as an ally for warriors in our time, including all those who put themselves on the line to fight for what they love and value. This includes military service people, martial artists, and other physical fighters; but it also can include activists and advocates, and all manner of people who find themselves faced with choices that require a warrior’s courage and commitment to fulfill.

The Morrígan also continues to have a hand in the journey of souls who die in war, both soldiers and civilians alike. And She has wisdom and power to share with all of us through Her message that every one of us is descended from heroes and warriors, somewhere in our ancestral lines, and that we each of us carry the heroic blood within us, waiting to rise up and carry us to greatness.

When we dare to heed the Morrígan’s call and come to Her as kin, She will claim us as Her own and help us to find that heroic strength within us so that we may be of greater service to all that we love and value.

[the-lunar-vixen]

                             Eclectic Witch and the Morrigan Devotee 

“Listen child, lest you forget, I shall watch you hidden in shadows, I shall challenge you for your understanding of self. And when the time is right, I shall take you with me for I am the Morrigan, I am the Raven Queen” 

[sparklespirits]

The Morrighan

Man this lady does not fuck around. I’ve been loving everything about her since she decided I may be worth her time. Thus far she is satisfied by my burning things for her, though I know she’ll ask for menstrual blood at some point and I have no CLUE how the fuck I’m gonna get that on her altar without all kinds of grossness going on.

But Goddess, the Great Queen is everything I need! I think I’ll write up some praises for her at some point, but still, if anyone learns any new tidbits, let me know! She’s great to work with but isn’t going to talk about herself too much to me outright. I have to search, and well, there isn’t much out there that’s easy to find! Good for me crows are social creatures. ;P

[yoga-onion]

Sumerian Mythology - The earliest deities of ancient Mesopotamia (10)

Ninhursag - Earth Mother Goddess, Goddess of Fertility

Ninhursag, also known as Damgalnuna and Ninmah ("Great Queen"), is the Sumerian mother goddess, who was associated with agricultural fertility. Many of the gods are her offspring, and many mortal rulers claimed her as their mother as well. She is also Enki's primary consort.

In the legend of Enki and Ninhursag, Ninhursag gave birth to a daughter, Ninsar ("Lady Greenery") by Enki. Enki raped the daughter, and Ninsar gave birth to a daughter Ninkurra ("Lady of the Pasture"). Enki raped her, and the result was that she gave birth to a succession of daughters, each of whom was raped by Enki. And Ninkurra gave birth to a daughter named Uttu (“Lady of the Weaver”).

Enki then pursued Uttu, who was upset because he didn't care for her. Uttu, on Ninhursag’s advice buried Enki's seed in the earth, whereupon eight plants (the very first) sprung up. Enki, seeing the plants, ate them, and became ill in eight organs of his body. Ninhursag cured him, taking the plants into her body and giving birth to eight deities.

In the text 'Creator of the Hoe', she completed the birth of mankind after the heads had been uncovered by Enki's hoe.

In creation texts, Ninmah (another name for Ninhursag) acts as a midwife whilst the mother goddess Nammu makes different kinds of human individuals from lumps of clay at a feast given by Enki to celebrate the creation of humankind.

Ninhursag’s main temple was the E-Mah in Adab, but she was also associated with the city of Kesh, and she is sometimes referred to as the "Belet-Ili (Akkadian: Lady among the gods) of Kesh" or "she of Kesh". One of her main symbols is a divine emblem resembling the later Greek letter omega.

シュメール神話～古代メソポタミア最古の神々(10)

ニンフルサグ〜大地母神・豊穣を司る女神

ニンフルサグ（ダムガルヌンナ、ニンマー：’偉大なる女王’とも呼ばれる）はシュメールの母なる女神であり、農業の豊饒さと関連していた。多くの神々はニンフルサグの子孫であり、多くの人間の支配者もニンフルサグを母とした。また、エンキの主要な伴侶でもある。

エンキとニンフルサグの伝説では、ニンフルサグはエンキの間に娘のニンサル（緑の女）を産んだ。エンキがその娘を犯し、ニンサルは娘のニンクルラ（牧草地の女）を産んだ。その娘をエンキが犯し、その結果、娘が次々と生まれ、それぞれがエンキに犯される。そして、ニンクルラはウトゥ（糸を紡ぐ女）という娘を産んだ。

エンキはウトゥを追いかけたが、ウトゥは自分を大切にしてくれないと憤慨した。ウトゥはニンフルサグの助言で、エンキの種を土に埋めると、最初の植物である8つの植物が生えてきたという。エンキはその植物を見て食べてしまい、体の八つの器官が病気になってしまいました。ニンフルサグは彼を治療し、植物を自分の体に取り込み、8人の神々を生んだ。

「鍬（すき）の創造主」という文書では、エンキの鍬（すき）によって頭部が暴かれた後、彼女は人類の誕生を完成させた。

創造の文書では、ニンマ（ニンフルサグの別称）が助産師の役割を果たし、エンキが人類の創造を祝うために与えた饗宴（きょうえん）で、母なる女神ナンムが粘土の塊からさまざまな種類の人間を作っている。

ニンフルサグの主な神殿はアダブのエマフ寺院だったが、彼女はケシュの町とも関係があり、「ケケシュのベレト・イリー（アッカド語で、神々のなかの貴婦人の意 ）」または「ケシュの娘」と呼ばれることもある。彼女の主要なシンボルの1つは、後のギリシャ文字オメガに似た神の紋章である。

[geniusofthelamptimes]

Queen Olympias

[blossomandglow]

artist Ksenia Svincova @irenhorrors:

"Morrigan (Morrigu), is a goddess of war from Irish mythology. She is primarily associated with fate, especially with foretelling doom and death in battle. In this role she appears as a crow, flying above the battlefield 🗡"