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Celtic Goddesses Arianrhod and Cerridwen Altar Images ~ Signed & Numbered Prints Supporting these beautiful, limited edition prints helps fund Tarot decks Ellen is creating! When asked about the inspiration behind these heavenly beauties, Ellen shared: What happened on the big full moon was me going back in meditation to a place I’d been in Ireland before, a “fairy fort,” where I saw a giant red and black bee go under an oak tree. This time when my spirit went beneath the roots of the tree, I got pulled eastward toward Wales and had a powerful vision of a drawing of Arianrhod. It appeared as a companion to the one I did of Cerridwen a few years back. I was working with Irish Brigid and she led me to these goddesses in Wales, because as I recall, I drew Cerridwen after a magical encounter with Brigid as well. There is something ancestral and deep there for me to discover, I believe, and creating and looking at the images gets me closer to the mystery... Arianrhod Goddess of the Silver Wheel of Night Keeper of the Castle of Time Soul Guide/Transmigration Through Her, Power Goes Beyond 
Excerpt from Ellen's Dark Goddess Tarot Book: Arianrhod, whose name means Silver Wheel, is the Welsh Mother of the Night, goddess of the moon, the sky, and the stars. She is a shapeshifter who often appears as an owl of the night, the owl who sees in darkness, who sees at once ahead and behind, whose wings are soft and silent. She is a weaver upon her wheel, braiding and binding her magic into the manifestation of the world and the destiny of its creatures. Arianrhod is a virgin unto herself, living alone or surrounded by enchanting, otherworldly women. She enjoys her sexual encounters with men, however, especially with mermen in the ocean. Like other Celtic goddesses, she is a singularity that embraces duality, she is the mother of two magical children, although the tale that survives of her birthing them by stepping over a wand is strange indeed. Her children are Dylan, a spirit of the sea, and Lleu Llaw, a solar hero who is raised and taught by her brother, the magician Gwydion. Her Silver Wheel is the Wheel of Time, both of seasons and of reincarnation. It is also the Wheel of Night, of the zodiac that eternally circles the North Star. Arianrhod has a tower behind the veil of the Aurora Borealis called Caer Sidi, the Revolving Fortress. It is the Tower Between the Worlds, the Tower of Initiation. The goddess carries the dead to Emania, "Moonland" in her people's tongue, in her ship named Oar Wheel. Once in her palace, she instructs the souls in the magic and wisdom of the Otherworld. In Emania they await their understanding of their fate. In the Tower they prepare for their next incarnation. In the Land of the Moon, souls find the meaning and purpose to human life. Arianrhod invites her people to come to the heart of the power that reveals their nature and their mystery. Order L.E. Signed & Numbered Arianrhod Print, $40 + P&H, (Sent Priority Mail/Insured): Drop-Down Window for U.S.A., Canada, or Overseas: Cerridwen Goddess of Wisdom and Magic Keeper of the Cauldron of Rebirth Shapeshifter/Transformation Through Her, Power is Brought Alive 
Excerpt from the Dark Goddess Tarot book: Cerridwen is the goddess of wisdom, magic and transformation for the people of the Western mountains of the Misty Isle who call themselves the Cymri (Friends). “Welsh,” a word meaning foreigner, is the name given them by their British neighbors. Cerridwen is the keeper of the cauldron of the underworld, the cauldron of knowledge, of inspiration, and of regeneration. Her cauldron is the vessel where magic is made, where raw power is held, contained, directed, formed, and used to step from one state of being into another. She is a shapeshifter and a walker between the worlds. She often appears in the form of a white sow. The sow is fecund and fearsome. Sows are intelligent, have large litters of fast-growing piglets, and will eat their young during terrible times. Cerridwen is the Mother of Life, the Crone of Death, and the Mystery of Rebirth. Cerridwen lives on a magical isle and gives birth to two children of opposing natures—a daughter, Crearwy, who is fair and good, and a son, Afagddu, who is ugly and mean. The mother loves them both. To help her unfortunate son, she brews a potion to make her boy the most inspired, inventive, and wise of men. As it must brew for a year and a day to reach its full potency, she enlists a young boy named Gwion to help keep the pot stirred. One day she is out collecting more herbs when a few drops of the mixture splash onto the boy’s finger and he pops it into his mouth. Suddenly he understands the languages of birds and beasts. He knows the secrets of the past and can foresee the future. Realizing how angry Cerridwen will be at him for tasting what was not meant for him, he runs away. Returning, Cerridwen gives chase. They transform themselves through a cycle of the seasons as they run: a hare and a greyhound, a fish and an otter, a bird and a hawk, finally as a grain of wheat and a hen, in which form she consumes him, then gives birth nine months later to the great poet Taliesin. Order L.E. Signed & Numbered Cerridwen Print, $40 + P&H, (Sent Priority Mail/Insured) Drop-Down Window for U.S.A., Canada, or Overseas: 
Limited to 250 Signed, Numbered Prints/Altar Images, of Goddess: Arianrhod & Cerridwen Goddess Image Size: 6.5 x 8.5 in (16.5 by 21.6 cm) Including Image Border Size: 8x10 in. (20.3 by 25.4 cm) Goddess Description of Arianrhod &/or Cerridwen and Cardstock Backing Included Art Print: $40 EA + P&H (Sent Priority Mail/Insured). Order Both for Only $75. And Save on P&H (Same as for One)! Drop-Down Window for U.S., Canada, or Overseas: |
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