December 11 Sacred To Arianrhod

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"ARIANRHOD "IS THE MOON GODDESS OF WALES; SHE IS THE MOTHER ASPECT OF THE OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS. "ARIAN" MEANS "SILVER", AND "RHOD" MEANS "WHEEL". HENCE, SHE WAS CALLED THE" LADY OF THE SILVER WHEEL. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE GREAT MOTHER GODDESS, "DON", AND HER CONSORT, "BELI". SHE WAS THE SISTER OF THE MAGICIAN, "GWYDION, "THE MOTHER OF" DYLAN "AND" LLEU LLAW. ARIANRHOD" IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOON, NIGHT, MAGIC, FERTILITY, AND REINCARNATION AND KARMA...

...AND BECAUSE SHE IS THE MOTHER OF THE SUN WHICH IS BORN EVERY YEAR AT THE "WINTER SOLSTICE", SHE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR. SHE EMBODIES THE TURNING OF THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR AND IS THE GODDESS OF THE SEASONS, TIME, AND TIDES. SHE IS SOMETIMES DEPICTED AS A WEAVER WHICH LINKS HER TO THE CREATION MYTHS.

"ARIANRHOD" IS SAID TO BE ABLE TO SHAPESHIFT INTO A LARGE OWL, AND THROUGH HER GREAT "OWL" EYES, SHE IS ABLE TO SEE EVEN INTO THE DARKNESS OF THE HUMAN SUBCONSCIOUS AND SOUL. THE OWL IS SYMBOLIC OF DEATH AND RENEWAL, WISDOM, MOON MAGIC, AND INITIATION. HER PALACE IN THE SKY, "CAER ARIANRHOD (AURORA BOREALIS)," IS SAID TO BE WHERE SHE, WITH HER FEMALE ATTENDANTS, CARES FOR THE SOULS WHO AWAIT REINCARNATION; THE SHOOTING STARS ARE SAID TO BE SOULS RETURNING TO EARTH FROM HER HOME. AT TIMES, SHE COMES DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS IN HER PALE WHITE CHARIOT TO WATCH OVER THE TIDES THAT SHE RULED.

"IN CELTIC MYTH, ARIANRHOD'S UNCLE, MATH, HAD TO KEEP HIS FEET IN THE LAP OF A VIRGIN WHENEVER HE WAS NOT AT WAR, BUT THE VIRGIN IS RAPED WHILE HE IS AWAY ON A MILITARY CAMPAIGN; THUS, ARIANRHOD'S BROTHER SUGGESTS THAT PERHAPS SHE WOULD MAKE A GOOD REPLACEMENT..."

."...BUT FIRST, MATH DEMANDS THAT SHE PROVE HER PURITY BY MAKING HER STEP OVER HIS MAGICIANS ROD...AND JUST AS SHE DOES THIS, SHE GIVES BIRTH TO DYLAN, A SEA SPIRIT WHO FLEES INTO THE OCEAN AND A FORMLESS BLOB THAT ONLY HER BROTHER, GWYDION, NOTICES. SHE RETREATS, ASHAMED OF THE PUBLIC HUMILIATION. MEANWHILE, GWYDION SCOOPS UP THE BLOB AND PLACES HIM INTO A MAGICAL CHEST. "

"FOUR YEARS LATER HE TAKES THE CHILD BACK TO THE GODDESS, BUT SHE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOY AND CURSES HIM SAYING HE WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED A NAME, TO BARE ARMS, OR TO MARRY ANY WOMAN OF THIS EARTH. "

"USING TRICKERY AND MAGIC GWYDION BREAKS THE CURSES EVEN FORMING LLEU LLAW A WIFE OUT OF FLOWERS. "

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