The Goddess Rhiannon

The Goddess Rhiannon

I thought I would do a few of my favorite Celtic Goddess. I have always love the Celtic legends and I do have Irish blood. So I would love to share with you all my first Goddess of the Celtic - 
The Goddess Rhiannon - Goddess of the Moon - Divine Queen of the faeries  besides being the enchanted Goddess of the faeries she is one of truth and survival.
Rhiannon Goddess of the Faeries ~
Rhiannon the Goddess of Divine Queen of the Faeries, was promised in marriage to an older man she found repugnant. Defying her family wishes, Rhiannon had loved another and decline to marry the one of her own kind. In the - Land of the Divine Faeries.  
Instead, Rhiannon chose the mortal Prince ll as her husband. One afternoon Rhiannon appeared to the Prince ll while he stood with his companions on a large grassy covered mounds, that were deep in the forest surrounding his castle. These mounds were called Tors. They were thought to be magical places, perhaps covering the entrance to the Ethelda beneath the earth. It was thought also that, who ever stands upon them would become enchanted, so most of the Prince ll people would avoid them at all costs. 
So it is no surprise that the young prince was enchanted by the vision of the Beauty of the young

Goddess Rhiannon - Divine Queen of the faeries, who was dressed in glittering gold as she galloped by on her powerful pure white horse. 
Rhiannon rode by on her most powerful and enormous white horse without sparing the prince even a glance. Of course this intrigued and entrapped him by her enchantment and beauty even more. He had never had a lady of such beauty not ex-knowledge his noble invitation. His companions were understandably concerned. Ignoring the protest of his friends, Prince ll sent his servant off to ride his horse as swiftly as his horse would go, to catch up with the Goddess Rhiannon and to ask her to return to meet the Prince.
But of course the servant soon returned and reported that she had rode so swiftly that it seemed like her horse's feet scarcely touched the ground. He told the Prince he could not even follow her to learn where she had went. 
The next day the prince decided to take matters in his own hands against the wishes of his friends advice, and returned alone to the mound once again in hopes to see the Celtic Goddess one more time. To his surprise and gratitude the lovely Rhiannon appeared yet out of nowhere. She was mounted on her beautiful pure white horse, standing before the prince. Then in a blink of an eye, she was off on her horse which ran faster than ever before. The prince couldn't believe how fast her horse could run. The distance between them was always the same, about 20 feet so it was very hard to keep up with the Goddess but the Prince was very determined to catch up with the lovely Goddess Rhiannon. Finally after the Prince's horse began to tremble with exhaustion he stopped dismounted  and called out to her. The Prince then sat near by his horse feeding him some food he had brought with him waiting for the Goddess Rhiannon. And after he called out her name he saw that she had waited for him. The Beautiful Goddess was sitting on her horse waiting for the Prince to catch up with her.

The sight of the Celtic Goddess waiting for him, had tugged on the Prince's heart. When he finally reached to the Celtic Goddess, he reached for her reins to guide her to his Kingdom. He said,'Welcome to my Kingdom.' 
Rhiannon just smiled tenderly and shook her head, telling him that they must wait one year and that is when she would marry him. In the next moment, The Goddess Rhiannon of the Faeries simply disappeared from him into the deep forest. And the Prince didn't see the beautiful Goddess for that entire year.
Rhiannon's Return~
Well Rhiannon did indeed return a year later, dressed as before to greet the Prince on the Tor. He

was accompanied by a troop of his own men as it should be for a prince on his wedding day. Speaking now words, the Goddess Rhiannon turn her horse and gestured her horse for the men to follow her into the tangled woods. Although fearful, they complied, As they rode through the trees, suddenly it parted before them and a clearing of a huge valley turned into a path. As they walk on the path with their horses, with a slow trot the forest behind them closed. When they passed through, what seem to be an enormous valley, they soon entered another clearing and were joined by a flock of small colorful songbirds that swooped down playfully in the air around Rhiannon golden hair. The sound of the song birds beautiful caroling put all fear and worry out of the heads of the Princes' men.  Suddenly they felt a peace and harmony within their hearts and felt no threat where they were going.
Rhiannon's Home ~

Before they all arrived at Rhiannon's Father palace, the Prince and his men were stunned by the site before them. There was a castle unlike any that they have ever seen before in their lives. It wasn't built of wood or stone but of pure crystal and silver. The castle was in the center of this enormous deep blue lake that seem to get a deep purple color in the center for what they could see. Around the lake was the most beautiful flowers and and very tall trees. The song birds seemed to be coming from those trees. 

Rhiannon's family and people were both welcoming and helping the prince and his men up the stairs to the King's Castle and when they all arrived the spiral steps steps disappeared under their feet. 

A place of beautiful gardens and and lakes high in the heavens. 
Where as soon as they got there the wedding happened so fast the wedding feast had already had started, in celebration of the marriage of the Goddess Rhiannon Divine of the Faeries and everyone was merry. But even in a perfect world there is problems. 
Quarrel in the Festivities ~ 
While everyone was having a grand time, a quarrel had broke out in the courtyard of the castle during the festivities of Rhiannon's and the Prince's great Feast.
It was said that the man she'd once been promised to marry to, was making a scene. He was arguing that, she should not be allowed to marry outside the kingdom and only with her own kind. 
Rhiannon slipped away from her husbands side to deal with the situation and as directly as she could...
Using a bit of magic she turned the persistent suitor into a badger and caught him into a bag which she tied up closed and threw the bag into the lake of the courtyard grounds. Unfortunately he manages to escape and later returned to cause great heartache in the Goddess Rhiannon.
Rhiannon leaves her homeland~ 
The next day Rhiannon left with the Prince and his men to go to Wales as his Princess when they

emerged from the forest and the trees closed behind them. Rhiannon took one last moment to take a glance at her lovely home behind her. She knew that the entrance to her Fairy Kingdom was now closed forever and she could never return to her childhood home ever again. 
But she didn't pause for long and seemed to not have any regrets-  
Rhiannon was welcomed by her husbands people when they arrived in Wales at this Palace with open arms. They loved her great beauty and her singing. But after two years passed without becoming pregnant without an heir to the throne. The questions of her bloodline, her fitness to be the Queen began to be an issue?
Years of Happiness / Sadness of the Goddess Rhiannon~
In the next year, Rhiannon had a healthy heir to the throne, a son. However, this would become the

greatest source of sorrow for the Goddess Rhiannon and her King. 
As custom in those days, six women servants had been assigned to stay with the Goddess Rhiannon in her living quarters to help her care for the infant. The servant's were suppose to work in shifts in tending to the baby, throughout the night so Rhiannon could sleep and regain her strength after giving birth-
However this one evening would change everything that was good and happy in their lives, for the Goddess Rhiannon and her beloved King. 
That night all the servants had fell asleep on the job. When they woke up to find the cradle empty, they feared they would be punished severely for their carelessness so they devised a plan to cast the blame on Rhiannon, who was not really one of their own people in their mind. So what they did was, kill a small puppy and smeared its blood on the sleeping Goddess and scattered the puppy's bones all around her bed. Then they sound of the alarm and accused the Goddess Rhiannon of eating her own child. 
Rhiannon of course swore her innocence to her King. Suffering from his own shock and grief he was faced with the anger of his adviser and his own people of his Kingdom.
Who did not come strongly to Rhiannon's defense. Many said, the Prince would not divorce her and asked only that her life be spared. 
Rhiannon the Goddess punishment was announced ~  
Rhiannon Punishment~   
For the next seven years Rhiannon the Goddess was to sit by the castle gate, bent under the heavy

weight of a horse's collar and to greet all the guests that come to the grand gate with the story of her crime. Afterwards she is to offer to carry them on her back to the castle for seven years and to do this in all seasons of the years.
The Goddess Rhiannon bore humiliating with her punishment without one complaint. She would go thought the seasons of the bitter cold winters and the heated summers.  The Goddess would endured with quiet acceptance.  
Her courage was such that few accepted her offer to transport them into the castle. Respect for her began to spread throughout the country as travelers talked of the wretched punishment and the dignity with which the Goddess Rhiannon bore her suffering. 
In the fall of the fourth year, three strangers appeared at the gate - a well dressed nobleman and his wife with their young boy.
Rhiannon rose to greet them saying "Lord, I am here to carry each of you into the Prince's court, for I have killed my own child and this is my punishment." The man, his wife and the child dismounted. 
While the man lifted the surprised Rhiannon onto his horse, the boy handed her a piece of an infants gown. Rhiannon saw that it was cloth that she  had woven with her own two hands. The boy then smiled at her, Rhiannon recognized that he had the eyes of father - Prince ll.
The Goddess Rhiannon is Queen once again! 

Soon the story was told. Four years earlier, during a great storm the noblemen had been called to the field to help a mare in labor, then he heard the infant cries and found him lying abandoned. He and his wife took the baby in and raised him as if he were their own, when the rumors of the Goddess Rhiannon fate had reach their ears. The Nobleman realized what had happened and had set out at once to return the child to his parents. 
Most legends suggest that the badger actually was the enraged suitor that Rhiannon had rejected who had escaped and taken his revenge by kidnapping Rhiannon's infant son. 
The Prince and his people quickly recognized the boy as their heir to Rhiannon and the Prince ll. 
The Goddess Rhiannon was restored to her honor as Queen and was place beside her husband once again as Queen Rhiannon, along with her Prince son.
Although Rhiannon had suffered immensely by the hands of her own people, Rhiannon Goddess of Noble Traits, saw that they were ashamed and filled with forgiveness and understanding. 
So she decided to stay with her beloved Prince and the people grew to love her all over again. 

This story of the Celtic Goddess Rhiannon reminds me of the power of healing, tears, and forgiveness.  The Goddess Rhiannon is a gift of movement and change who remains stead fast, comforting us in times of crisis and loss. 
Rhiannon brings us grace and dignity through her seven(4years) of unjust punishment by the people who she trusted. And they use her trusted - still she endured and was empowering through promise that truth and integrity will always prevail. 
The Goddess Rhiannon gives us the assurance through her grace and dignity that there will always be balance in the universe. 
She is Truly a Divine Goddess of Peace, Truth and enlightenment.
Again as I wrote above I think Goddess Rhiannon is one of my favorite Goddess - her story and  what she brings to us all - Her grace, dignity, forgiveness, empowerment, trust, endures , healing powers, love of forgiveness ,integrity, truth, enlightenment,and giving us all the the assurance that there will be balance in our world and the universe.
I hope that you all! enjoy the beautiful images - there are from fantastic Artist that I found. That I felt  went well with this installment of the Goddess of Rhiannon.. 
Wendy 

Crow Spirit Black Panther Woman

My Name "CrowSpiritBlackPantherWomen"
 It came from a combination of two spiritual happenings for me. Years ago when we moved here. I

used to walked every morning and every evening around the parking lot of a small quaint group of stores. Each store was an individual building and set up in a circle area with a nice little park in the center. I would walk usually around 8am. after Christy went to school and John was off to work and it was always so quit and pretty at that time of the day. I used to go back in the evening around sunset and it was really pretty then with the sun setting and the old fashioned lamp posts with their lights coming on.
I used to being walking the beginning of March and usually walked there until the end of October (too cold for me during the winter months).
There were crows around our house and around this group of stores but this year there was one crow

that would purposely watch me as I walked every morning. He would fly to the peak of this one roof and as I circle the parking lot he would fly to the other bldgs roof at the other end always keeping me in sight. Back and forth he would fly all through my walk and I always walked for an hour both mornings and evenings. He did this every single morning, day and afternoon. And week after week. 
One morning as I was just passing one of the exits, the Crow started making a terrible noise and flapping his wings from the rooftop. Since the stores were closed and no cars in the parking lot. I wasn't sure what upset him so much and all of a sudden he swooped down and headed right in for me. 
I had to get myself up on this little grassy hill so he didn't actually hit me and just as I got up on the

hill, a sport car came speeding around the bend where I had just been walking and would have been hit me dead center if that Crow hadn't been watching out for me and forced me off the parking lot.
I could actually feel the wind from the car, it was that close when it passed me and the guy driving never even stopped. There was no way I would have survived being hit at that speed and dead center.
Because of the traffic from the main highway I never heard that car coming from where he was and never expected him to be where he shouldn't have been.
After that I started dreaming of a Native American Man with a crow Headdress always standing behind me, Guarding me, watching out for me and at times I could feel his arms come around me and feel the crow headdress on my own head as if he was laying his chin on my head much as a father would do when protecting his child. So that is where "CrowSpirit" came from - he is my Guardian 
and Guide.
The Black Panther Woman ~
Is my Shapeshifting name and who I am - who I become in animal form. I have in the past been

seen in this form by friends who believe in this ability. I hadn't thought of it before but these were usually very active times, when I worked for two separated chiropractors. One co-worker said I use to come to her house and lie on the back of her couch and the first time I was there, she even walked up to me and stroked my head and back. 
She said she knew it was me as soon as she looked into the eyes and called me by my name. The chiropractor I worked for there said he always know when I was restless because he could feel the next morning in the office when I had been there the night before in that form and even found some black cat hair once. 
The other Chiropractor's office I worked at later on, had a substitute chiropractor for almost a year after the owner had a car accident and couldn't work. It turned out that Karen (the substitute chiropractor) and I hit it off immediately but shapeshifting didn't come in the conversations until we showed up for work one morning and we were both exhausted and almost at the same time, we both said, "We can't be out running around like that on work nights" and then we just stared at each other.
It turned out that while we slept in our beds, my Black Panther and her Wolf met up and we had a great time running and racing through the woods and fields. We both starting laughing and for both of us, we remembered it so clearly and agreed that we would only be doing that on the weekends.

This is how my Dearest Friend  I became to have the name "CrowSpiritBlackPantherWoman."  

This is a True Story, from my dear friend own words. She told me this story many months ago. I love her dearly & I will always will. We call each other Spiritsisters. She will always be my dearest friend and Spiritsister Gail Costa with love -oxoxoxox)

Colors of Gaia - by Cynthia

Cynthia - Fairies and Me
Colors of Gaia

Just remember, look closely at the beautiful wondrous, magical colors if nature, smell her many scented aromas and her her music. 

If you listen from the heart you can also hear the diversity of her warmth and beauty emanating from her many shades of mellifluous singing colors. Like a loving mother, 
Gaia loves us all.

Even after all the pain that she endures at our hands, she still cares for her children.

Her arms always there to embrace us, and to sustain us with her loving embrace.

I pray that someday once again see her dressed in splendor and lean to listen to her music of many vibrant colors.

All in nature is of vibrant energy in the prism of light and colors.
There shall we finally find rest, peace and tranquility all as one with all in nature.

Golden sunlight shining down upon Gaia's coat of many colors of vibrant emerald greens, blues, turquoise, yellow, red, and brown under a rainbow skye. 

Cynthia 

This is a beautiful poem that my dearest Friend and Sister had wrote. She is very dear & close to my heart and soul. Cynthia has always been there for me whether it has been in good times or not so good times. She is very talented with her Poetry and I wanted to share it with  all  of you. but I also wanted to share how much she means to me in my life~
Love ya Sis
Your Sister Wendy 

Moon Elves-2013

Moon Elves

The Moon Elves are also known as the Silver Elves. They are one of the more tolerant of the elfin kin towards the humans than any other of the elfin clans and their ancestors are the Eladrin Elves who are the original elves. 
In the early days of elves they lived a very peaceful life between our planet and their world, mostly living in deep forests where they made beautiful castles, living between our world and their own realm. During these times it would be very easy for them to walk through their own borders of parallel world and different planes back to our earth. 
As generation of elves continued to come to our earth though their borders of parallel planes back and forth to our world to theirs, they started to form different races of elves  one of these races was 
the Eladrin Elves then the Moon Elves.
Personality ~

The Moon elf's are very close in height to the humans, but more are a bit more slender and have a eloquence of unique beauty that no human could ever compare to the Moon elfin kin.  They have the purest pale clear skin, which often if not always has a icy blue hue to it. Their hair is commonly either  ebony black, blue, silver or white. And they usually ware it long flowing to the back of their kneecaps.    This is done with the female Moon Elf's, the male ware their hair shoulder length. 
The Moon elf's eyes are commonly green, although some are blue as

well. All Moon Elf's exhibit a characteristics of having golden flecks that speckled through their eyes in the iris of the eye. This is a special trait that not all inherited. 
Culture ~

Moon elves society is often loosely organized & few moon elves will only stay in one place for more than 1 or 2 seasons at a time. They preferred a nomadic lifestyle. The moon elves are generally comfortably living among other Eladrin elves particularly the Sun elves as well as all races of elves, gnomes, humans and halflings too. Most moon elves organize themselves into groups of a dozen extended families or so, each ruled democratically, Although often with leaders whose have more weight than anyone else within the group & are most often respected for either their age or their Martial Skill.

Whenever they live, the Moon Elves are unassuming , with homes just as humble if comfortable.
Homelands ~ 

Although nations that can properly be considered Moon elfin, still exist today - Moon Elves have fared relatively well on the whole compared to their brethren. Though the Moon Elves have not settled in vast numbers, this is less out of inability as lack of need. As the small bands that make up most of the Moon Elves, have been fairly successful at their life's for centuries. 
By and large, the Moon Elves have ignored the retreat carried out by their Sun Elf kin, preferring to either live among other races or wander the wilderness. The majority  exception to this has been the isolated city of Everska, mainly populated by Moon Elves. 
Moon Elves can be found most commonly in Daleland which is a very deep forest of Wizards. 
Their Magic ~

Moon Elves love to learn and use magic, in whatever form it takes. Both traditions of Arcane Magic & The Art of Magic. The Art of Magic is the direct manipulation of energy  - Arcane Magic is created out of manipulation of the weave which is the way magic is presents itself to being there for only for the use of the Moon Elves - It flows throughout the world touching almost every coroner or existence with exception of dead magic zones - 
Anyone who carefully duplicate the gestures and sounds  require of each of these spells, he/she can use a Arcane Magic - which is manipulating the weave, that can be done via magical writing. There is also the Divine Magic is for those Moon Elves who are highly encouraged to practiced the art of this Magic and those who partake in either are pushed to expand the knowledge or their race too. The pressure doesn't bother most Moon Elves who are out right delighted to become the Master of the Art of Divine Magic -

The Power is granted from a prayer with the Gods - Clerics, Paladins and Rangers who all use this type of magic.
Although often light hearted and at ease, The Moon Elves can leap into action if danger comes around. Like other Eladrin Elves, Moon elves make sure that nearly all of their numbers are trained to wield a weapon and also some small skills in magic.
The Goddess Mystra controls the weave which is the main medium for channeling the Arcane energies of the other Gods and the Goddess Shar has control of the Shadow Weave which flows in-between the normal weave and enables the use of the shadow Magic too.

I have love the Moon Elves just as much as I do the Drows - Although with the Moon Elves
I have a bit more of a passion because I hope in the future to share with you my readers a book that I have been writing for a number of years and it has a little bit of my favorite Magick Creature in this story... So I hope you all will stay with me on my blog until the time comes
Wendy. 
Note.. The Beautiful Images are some of my Favorites Images of the Moon Elves - 
They are not mind..

  
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The Nixies-2013

The Nixie's
 Nixes are the water-people that inhabit all  lakes and rivers of Germany. 

Some say if they see any beautiful maidens dancing on the surface of either a lake or  nearby river, it means that someones has downed in the waterway that they are dancing on - These Nix maidens could be naked or with light clothing. In the any culture it is heartbreaking for all to lose a love one due to a downing and to have maidens dancing for joy because of this sad incident makes it that much harder to deal with. But I am sure there were some that took pleasure in seeing these maidens dancing naked or with very thin clothing on the lake or river. 
In German folklore the Nixie's are your typical mermaid. But they are very different in Germany. 
The males Nix have green teeth and wear a green hat, sitting on a rocks near the banks of rivers & lakes. They are probably scoping out the human women to see who looks to be easy prey to enchanted or trick them into coming with them down to their underwater palace, where the ladies are forced to marry these devious male Nixes and  have a lifetime of all eternity serving them.
 Interesting I thought and quite different than the Greek Merman. I did find a bit of information that

you might find interesting - The mermen are also have been depicted as having webbed fingers and toes, also they were said to have green beards and hair too.These Merman were able to breathe underwater like a fish and would rather stay in the ocean where they origins are, and they can cause the violent storms and sink passing ships. I thought this to be all very fascinating  for two reasons 1) because there really isn't much written on the merman - I had to really strength to find what I did on the Mermen 2) I had a very hard time finding any photo's that depicted the type of mermen I describe above.  I will show you the photo's I did find and you can make your own conclusions on this subject..
These are not my own photo's - They are of different fine Artist...
But I have gotten of track of the Nix, so I will continue with the Nixes counterpart the female~
Now the Female Nixes are very different than their male counterpart, the original Greek typical mermaid. 

Although there are few similarities with the female Nixes, you can usually see these beautiful young maidens on sunny days sitting on the river bank or the branches of the trees that over-hang the lakes. They are usually combing their long flowing golden hair and could be either clothed or naked. 
Nixie's Habitat ~
The Nixes live down in the waterways of lakes & rivers, in these magnificent  palace's below the deepest parts of the waterways.  Some say its an enormous castles with many other equally beautiful buildings stretched across the lakes and deepest parts of the rivers in Germany.

In the German folklore history there was a story about a young maiden who lived in a small German

village. She was the maid in the house of this small village and everything in her live there was wonderful for the exception of the food at time. She said that there were times that she would have to ask if she could have the food to not have any salt added to hers . I find this very interesting because in all legends, stories & actual true encounters of the mermaid it is always ocean - not fresh water mermaids and I have never heard of a story of a mermaid asking if she could have her food without salt. 
Another interesting fact about the female Nix - when they go on the banks of the lake & rivers they  always dressed in the finest clothes whatever period their in. This could be either the  1200's or 1900's. They are always in finest clothes that the human woman ware. The only way you might be able to tell if they were a Nix is, by the hem of their dress or some other part of their clothing that might be wet. This is the only sign that you might be able to tell if they are a Nix. But mostly they are never discover when on land. 
Now the male Nix is a very different story. They only go onto the banks of the rivers and lakes to  either enchant or trick a human female into coming back with them below the waters of the lake or rivers where they are usually force to marry and serve the male Nix for a eternity.   

I found this to be a fascinating Magick Creature. And It was interesting to find that there was a fresh

water mermaids and mermen. I also found when writing this blog,  that I couldn't find  much information on the merman.  They mostly had the info on the mermaids which I found to be unfair & curious since it is the 21th century? 
These few photo's I have found of the female Nix 
I hope you enjoy! They are from a few great Artist that I found
Enjoy... Wendy