To the new members previous entries to Warrior Women of the Celtics have been saved in our Documents Todays Warrior Women of the Celtics One of the major features of the Celtic Goddesses is a fusion of fertility powers with those of war. These goddesses were in effect the Openers and Closers of the way of life; the Givers and Takers. The apparent conflict between a goddess ruling both fertility and death. Although later eastern concept of dominant hero and swooning maid is not inherent in Celtic myth, heros were drawn into the Otherworld by beautiful young maiden-type goddesses. The Celts had no straightforward Goddess of Love, such as the Classic Venus or Aphrodite, but they seem to have worshipped nature Goddesses, often portrayed as beautiful and desirable women. They set tasks, not as mere tasks of manhood, but to send the improved hero back to his tribe or clan having achieved something, or gained some higher state of being which would benefit them all. It was often a dangerous task and in may ways the hero was considered a sacrifice for the good of his people Niamh of the Golden Hair One such maiden Goddess , Niamh of the Golden hair, daughter of Mannanan, the Celtic God of the Sea who roamed our west coast waters and gave his name to the isle of Man. It was Leod (Liotr) grandson of Godred the Black, King of Man, who established Dunvegan castle as the seat of Clan MacLoad, Niamh is described thus. ...her Golden hair hung in tresses, and at the end of each plait hung a head. to some men her hair was the colour of the yellow flag Iris which grows by summer water; others thought it like ruddy polished Gold. Slender and exquisite as a birch tree, of shape as sweet as the fine clover, of colour as fair as the summer morning, she is the type of the glory of the lands.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:20:05 +0000
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