December 8 Festival Of Ixchel

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ON THIS NIGHT IN SOUTHERN MEXICO, THE ANCIENT MAYAN GODDESS, "IXCHEL, "IS STILL HONORED WITH THE" FESTIVAL OF IXCHEL", WHICH INCLUDES PROCESSIONS AND RITUALS THAT BLESS BOATS AND FIELDS. SHE IS THE MAYAN GODDESS OF WATER, WEAVING, CHILDBIRTH, MEDICINE, AND THE MOON. SHE WAS PERHAPS THE GREATEST OF THE MAYAN GODDESSES. IN HER DESTRUCTIVE SIDE, SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLOODS AND HEAVY RAINS, AND, AS A RESULT, WAS SAID TO PERSONIFY THE DESTRUCTIVE SIDE OF WATER AND WAS GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE AN ANGRY OLD WOMAN. HOWEVER, SHE DID SO IN ORDER TO CLEANSE THE EARTH TO MAKE READY FOR REBIRTH.

IN FACT, IN HER DARK ASPECTS, SHE WAS GENERALLY SHOWN AS HAGGARD AND CLAWED WITH A SERPENT AROUND HER HEAD AND CROSSBONES ON HER SKIRT; SHE CARRIES A JUG OF WATER. THE SERPENT ASSISTED HER IN THE ROLE OF KEEPER OF THE CYCLES OF LIFE AND DEATH, KEEPER OF FEMALE SEXUALITY, AND GODDESS OF MAGIC AND MEDICINE. SERPENTS SYMBOLIZE REGENERATION, CYCLES, AND THE POWER OF SEXUALITY IN MAGIC AND MEDICINE. WITH HER JUG OF WATER, "IXCHEL "WOULD POUR RAINSTORMS AND FLOODS ONTO THE LAND TO DESTROY, CLEANSE AND MAKE WAY FOR REBIRTH

IXCHEL PROTECTED WEAVERS AND WOMEN AND CHILDBIRTH. MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS MADE PILGRIMAGE TO HER TEMPLE ON COZUMEL, KNOWN AS THE "ISLAND OF WOMEN", OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF MEXICO.

VERY APPROPRIATELY, THE MOST RECENT GLOBAL WARMING SUMMIT BEGAN WITH PRAYER TO " IXCHEL". CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE U.N. FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND A NATIVE OF COSTA RICA, OPENED THE SUMMIT WITH AN INVOCATION TO THE ANCIENT MAYAN JAGUAR GODDESS IXCHEL, SAYING THAT IXCHEL WAS:

"THE GODDESS OF REASON, CREATIVITY AND WEAVING. MAY SHE INSPIRE YOU -- BECAUSE TODAY, YOU ARE GATHERED IN CANCUN TO WEAVE TOGETHER THE ELEMENTS OF A SOLID RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, USING BOTH REASON AND CREATIVITY AS YOUR TOOLS."

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