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Ceridwen or Cerridwen (pronounced [kɛrˈɪdwɛn] ⓘ Ke-RID-wen) was an enchantress in Welsh medieval legend. She was the mother of a hideous son, Mordfran, and a beautiful daughter, Creirwy. Her husband was Tegid Foel and they lived near Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) in north Wales. Medieval Welsh poetry refers to her as possessing the cauldron of ...
The raven (Hebrew: עורב ; Koine Greek: κόραξ) is the first species of bird to be mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, [5] and ravens are mentioned on numerous occasions thereafter. In the Book of Genesis, Noah releases a raven from the ark after the great flood to test whether the waters have receded (Gen. 8:6–7).
Tartarus. Uranus. v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Nyx (/ nɪks / NIX; [2] Ancient Greek: Νύξ Nýx, [nýks], "Night") [3] is the goddess and personification of the night. [4] In Hesiod 's Theogony, she is the offspring of Chaos, and the mother of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Erebus (Darkness). By herself, she produces a brood of children which are ...
Macha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈmˠaxə]) was a sovereignty goddess [ 1 ][ 2 ] of ancient Ireland associated with the province of Ulster, particularly the sites of Navan Fort (Eamhain Mhacha) [ 3 ] and Armagh (Ard Mhacha), [ 4 ] which are named after her. [ 5 ] Several figures called Macha appear in Irish mythology and folklore, all believed to ...
Deities depicted as ravens or whose myths and iconography are associated with ravens. Pages in category "Raven deities" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Ravens in Native American mythology. The Raven sits on a frog after having rescued children from a flood. Raven Tales are the traditional human and animal creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They are also found among Athabaskan -speaking peoples and others.
In Celtic mythology, Nantosuelta is the goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility. A 1948 article suggests that there is an uncanny resemblance between Nantosuelta and what we know of the Irish goddess The Morrígan, who was associated with death and war. The two are compared and the authors suggest that Nantosuelta was cognate to the ...
The Morrígan. The Morrígan or Mórrígan or Danu, also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-ríoghan in modern Irish before the spelling reform, [1] and it has been translated as "great queen" or "phantom queen". The Morrígan is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death, or ...