Fairy and Underworld Beings

Mandrake

Mandrake: European Mandrake Image Ruled by: Mercury, Uranus, Pluto Invocatory: Diana, Ishtar, Aphrodite, Circe and Saturn Element: Water/Earth Gender: Feminine Gemstone: Quartz Tarot: The World Common Names: Gallows, Devil’s Apples, mayapples, mandragona, manikin, herb of Circe. The American Mandrake is… (Read more)

The Place Between the Worlds

THE PLACE BETWEEN THE WORLDS PART ONE ©By Anna Franklin Visit Anna Franklin’s Site Used w/Permission “I conjure thee, O circle of power, that thou mayest be a meeting place of love and joy and truth….” So begins the invocation… (Read more)

Apollo

The Birth and Song of Apollo Latona our Goddess was swollen heavy with the seed of Heaven. She crossed the Tigris-Euphrates River in the pangs of labour. As she reached the distant shore, Her water broke, causing the first life-giving… (Read more)

Black Moon

Black Moon By Ariana Silver © 2003 May Updated 2009 July To reprint this article contact author for written permission at csolarwolf1@aol.com What is the Black Moon, is it another term for Dark Moon? No. Black Moon is when two… (Read more)

Eko, Eko

Eko, Eko Azarak Eko, Eko Zamelak Eko, Eko Aradia Eko, Eko Cernunnos (Karnayna) Bagabi lacha bachabe Lamac cahi achababe Karellyos Lamac, Lamac Bachalyas Cabahagy sabalyos Baryolos Lagoz atha cabyolas Samahac et famolas Hurrahya! Harrison writes: a possible ritual word Basque… (Read more)

The Wolf

THE WOLF AS A SYMBOL Lup/lupul = wolf/the wolf in Romanian; lup/lupu = to die/dead in Etruscan. Similarly, haita = wolf pack in Romanian; Aita = the god of the underworld the equivalent of Greek Hades, for the Etruscans. Etruscan… (Read more)

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/quakerpagan/2015/10/samhain-is-my-fertility-festival.html By Cat Chapin-Bishop There is just something about the light this time of year. Of course, it helps that I live in New England, where the slanted light of autumn pours over leaves that are themselves turned gold.  There are mornings… (Read more)

Banshee i.e. Bean Sidhe

Bean Sídhe, the O’Neill Banshee By Mac and O You’ll always know True Irishmen they say’. But if they lack The O and Mac, No Irishmen are they’. The Banshee is believed to be an unearthly attendant on the ancient… (Read more)

Feast of Mongfind i.e. Samhain (so wín)

Many Blessed and Greetings to All this Féile Moingfhinne i.e. Feast of Mongfind, Samhain, and Feast of the Dead. This is the time in which we honour those who came before us, our Ancestors those who came from the roots… (Read more)