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  Celtic Gods and Goddesses
Among the Gaulish Celts themselves, she was worshipped as goddess of horses, asses, mules, oxen, and, to an extent, springs and rivers.
Govannon is a son of the goddess Don and the brother of Gwydion and Amaethon.
The Gaulish goddess of astronomy, and goddess of the Mosel Valley.
www.wisegorilla.com /images/celtic/gods.html   (3465 words)

  
 Don, Welsh Great Mother
We know of Don because of the Mabinogion, a collection of traditional tales, quite obscure until published in 1849 by Lady Charlotte Guest, about the children of two royal families -- the children of Don and the children of Llyr.
Traditionally, She is Queen of the Heavens and Goddess of Sea and Air.
With her consort Beli, Don is the mother Goddess from whom the Britons believed themselves to be descended.
www.goddessmystic.com /CoreCurriculum/Goddesses/Don/index.shtml   (1637 words)

  
 Short Celtic God List
Brighid is very like the Greek Goddess Athena, a Goddess of Wisdom, yet she also has the nuturing warmth of the heart, the home and the hearth within Her.
Ceridwen (Cerridwen) was the Welsh goddess of fertility.
She is a primal earth Goddess and a patroness of the crops and herds.
www.draeconin.com /database/godlist.htm   (3892 words)

  
 completelest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This ancient Egyptian Snake Goddess was the protectress of the Pharaoh and Lower Egypt.
Amazonian Moon Goddess, Mother of all animals, Goddess of the Heart, Divine Huntress, Patroness of nurture, fertility and birth.
Goddess of Wisdom, totem the owl, Mother Goddess of the city of Athens, the Holy Virgin.
www.mothergoddess.com /completelist.htm   (5777 words)

  
 The Gods and Goddesses of the Indo-Europeans
An ancestor Goddess, in that she was the mother of Cesair, the leader of the first mythical invasion of Ireland, which occured before the flood.
One of 3 eponymous Goddesses of Ireland - Banbha, Fodla and Eriu.
Fodla - One of 3 eponymous Goddesses of Ireland - Banbha, Fodla and Eriu.
www.draeconin.com /database/gods.htm   (3760 words)

  
 Welsh Deities
Amathaon was the son of Beli and Don, and the brother of Gwydyon.
Don was the mother-goddess, similar to the Danu, the mother of the Tuatha dé Danann.
Don was the mother of Amathon, Aranrhod, Gilvaethwy, Govannon, Gwydyon and Nudd.
www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/welsh.html   (4127 words)

  
 Ireland's OWN Myths & Magic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mother goddesses were also linked with the fertility of the land and individual prosperity, and could be shown dispensing apples, grapes, bread or coins to symbolise wealth and nature's bounty.
Tuatha de Danaan (Children of the Goddess Danu), the divine race if Irish myth, were said to be descended from one such goddess, Danu, who is probably identical to Anu, a goddess associated with the fertility of Ireland.
It was said that when a king was ritually married to Eriu, the goddess handed him a golden cup filled with red wine as a symbol of the sun and its benefits: the continued fruitfulness of the kingdom.
irelandsown.net /mothergoddess.html   (783 words)

  
 About Don McLean: Biographical Overview
Don was determined to become a professional musician and singer and, as a 16 year old, he was already making contacts in the business.
Don also found time to attend night school at Iona College and, in 1968, graduated with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration but turned down a prestigious scholarship to Columbia University Graduate School in favour of becoming resident singer at Café Lena in NY.
In the wake of “American Pie”, Don became a major concert attraction and was able to call upon material not only from his two albums but from a tremendous repertoire of old concert hall numbers and the complete catalogues of singers such as Buddy Holly, and another McLean influence, Frank Sinatra.
www.don-mclean.com /aboutdon.asp   (2088 words)

  
 Arianrhod by Hrana Janto
The goddess of the "silver wheel" was a Welsh sorceress who, surrounded by women attendants, lived on the isolated coastal island of Caer Arianrhod.
Beautiful and pale of complexion, Arianrhod was the most powerful of the mythic children of the mother goddess Don.
Eventually the goddess overreached herself, creating more magic than she could contain; her island split apart, and she and her maidservants drowned.
www.hranajanto.com /goddessgallery/arianrhod.html   (345 words)

  
 Plant Dôn
In modern comentary on Welsh mythology, the pantheon is generally agreed to be divided into two warring camps: the Children of Dôn and the Children of Llyr.
The Children of Dôn are the decendents of the goddess Dôn and god Beli, and are more or less analoguous to the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology.
Both pantheons are said to have a mother goddess with a similar name, Danann (usually given as Danu today) or Anann (Anu in Cormac's Glossary) for the Irish, and Dôn or Anna for the Welsh.
www.maryjones.us /jce/plantdon.html   (591 words)

  
 Celtic Myth
When she discovered that Gwion had tasted of her cauldron, she chased him through a variety of mutual shape changes until at last she caught and consummed him as a grain of wheat which caused her to give birth to the great bard Taliesin.
Arianrhod ("silver wheel", thus, the moon), is one of the descendants of Don.
Celtic Triple Goddess - Seen as The "Washer at the Ford" (seen washing bloody laundry prior to battle by those destined to die), The battle goddess, Queen of the Witches, goddess of magic and death.
www.jmasonart.com /celt/celtic2.htm   (1091 words)

  
 Goddesses and Priestesses Connected to Hera
She was a Fate Goddess, as evidenced by the meaning of her name, 'she who judges278' and her alternate names Kameira 'sharer out' and Abantias 'confronting purity.' Her name has also been translated 'dawn.' Lerna was one of her great holy sites, and the Argive tribes were known as the Danai.
Although Danae was reduced to mortal status in Greece, she too seems to have been carried by fleeing worshippers to Celtic lands, where she became known as Don, ancestral Goddess of the Welsh, and Danu 'knowledge'280 of the Irish and the Aegean.
From this Etruscan Goddess Juno inherited her name289, the dove, peacock, cowrie, her bolt hurling warrior aspect, and the great yoni shrine of Port Pyrgi in Caere.
www.moonspeaker.ca /hera/danae.html   (2950 words)

  
 Don - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian title, given as a mark of respect
Don (TN), a comune in the province of Trento, in northern Italy
Don River, Russia, one of the main rivers of Russia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don   (236 words)

  
 Don Juan: Text   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Don Juan is the symbol of “free love” and a violation of the “word as bond” code that defined feudal society (Canfield).
Don Juan begins each new conquest by desiring some beauty and she is simply the recipient of that desire, with the ability to reject or accept it.
The parallel constructions of Kali and Don Juan, in which both are the ultimate figures of their sexuality, but also transgressors of social norms, might suggest that women have the same freedom of action that men did in the traditional conception of the west.
socrates.berkeley.edu /~rnsharma/undergraduate/donjuan/text.html   (7011 words)

  
 godandgoddess
Recently, my goddess revealed herself to me in meditation and asked to be called "Isis." Previously, I had always referred to her as "Goddess." I don't see her the way the Egyptians viewed Isis in ancient times, I feel this is simply the name she perfers at this time.
I also believe the god and goddess to be separate energies, not aspects of one energy.
The gods and goddesses are not many- there is just one goddess and each goddess name represents one aspect of her personality.
www.geocities.com /astraeaaradia/godandgoddess.html   (471 words)

  
 Dialogue With A Goddess Worshipper
The Goddess, as I was raised to know Her, was simply the Earth.
Admittedly, my understanding of the Goddess has been influenced by adherents of Wicca, therefore, I'm going to have to depend on you to bring me up to speed on your particular beliefs.
Satan promises us the freedom to be our own gods and goddesses, deciding for ourselves what is good and evil (Genesis 3:5), and the moment we accept, we find ourselves being sold on the block of slavery.
www.allanturner.com /dialogue03.html   (4159 words)

  
 The Day
Upon arrival, the Goddess attendees check in at a reception desk where they are welcomed with a program of the day, don a "Goddess ______" name tag and finish any mundane details they didn't complete in their registration.
Then, while we are still gathered, each of the vendors, practitioners and speakers introduces herself to the group, so Goddesses can decide who they want to spend time with or hear in a talk.
Finally, as we break the welcome circle, the Goddess guests go to the various Goddess practitoners to make an appointment for their mini-sessions.
www.goddessday.com /wst_page5.html   (484 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Lady of the Beasts: The Goddess and Her Sacred Animals: Books: Buffie Johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A fine review of the Goddess as defined by ancient societies, and relish chapters which reveal the changing image and status of the Goddess figure throughout the eons.
It would be so much better to present a balanced view, in which the ancient relations between Gods and Goddesses are preserved in all their messy glory, than to destroy the legacy of ancient Paganism by dismissing and trivializing the male half of it, even in just retaliation for how the female half was treated.
Many of the goddesses worshipped in ancient times were envisioned in the form of animals, or depicted with animals, such as the snake, cow, bird, or sow.
www.amazon.com /Lady-Beasts-Goddess-Sacred-Animals/dp/089281523X   (1877 words)

  
 "Goddess": Let's Define It Shall We? - The Superhero Hype! Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty.
The primary definiton of a Goddess, as you showed is "A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex." The Phoenix is divinity, the Phoenix belongs to Jean Grey, the Phoenix and Jean Grey are one, the Phoenix is a Goddess, Jean Grey is a Goddess.
This qualifies her more as a Goddess because it does not matter the situation you place her in, her supernatural abilities are still functioning.
www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=148309   (7171 words)

  
 The Pagan's Path ~ God/Goddess
That which is "God" is the masculine essence of divine energy or the divine forces, or the all that is; pick a label you prefer.
That which is "Goddess" is thereby the feminine essence of the same divine energy or force.
For instance, Artemis the Goddess of Mountains and Forests is a huntress.
www.paganspath.com /magik/gods.htm   (1416 words)

  
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Goddess ~ Death is freedom, of a certain kind.
Goddess hits Apathy with a pillow in the head.
Goddess' rhymes are quick, her mouse is sure.
members.tripod.com /~vampyr_angel/wuz.html   (1819 words)

  
 Splendid: Departments: Pointless Questions: Papas Fritas
You are seriously ill. There are two vaccines that will save your life, but both have side effects: one will permanently eliminate your sense of taste, and the other will permanently eliminate all feeling in your genitals.
Tony Goddess: I suppose not but it really depends on the level of unjustedness.
Tony Goddess: Oh, I guess May. I love fall/winter so I'm looking forward to those months, and the summer means I can go swimming.
www.splendidezine.com /departments/pq/papasfritas.html   (1318 words)

  
 Elaine Silver, Faerie Goddess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Elaine Silver is one of the artists who is stepping in to fill that void, and her CD Faerie Goddess is full of music that should appeal to practitioners of Goddess and/or Faerie traditions.
Silver has a clear, soaring voice that she uses to add mystery or fun to her songs as is appropriate.
Faerie Goddess is at once praise, invocation and fun, which perfectly reflects the pagan approach to spiritual matters.
www.rambles.net /silver_goddess.html   (287 words)

  
 Purple Goddess in Frog Pyjamas » 2004 » July   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
the goddess dwells in the pacific northwest
We fixed ourselves a lunch, filled our water bottles, donned our new hiking boots and hats for protection from the sun, and we were off.
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www.purplegoddessinfrogpyjamas.net /?m=200407   (2372 words)

  
 Dôn: a Cymric and Celtic mother goddess, also known as Donwy, Danu (Gift)
Dôn is a goddess about whom much has been witten; though little is actually known about her.
It has long been believed that the Plant Dôn are cognate to the family of Irish gods and goddesses, the Tuath Dé Dannan with the goddess Danu (suggested by the genitive form Dannan being rendered to the nominative *Danu).
The goddess is also described as having four daughters (Airgdean, Barrand, Be Chuille and Be Thedhe) though elsewhere they are sometimes represented as Danand's sisters.
www.celtnet.org.uk /gods_d/don.html   (808 words)

  
 THE WEDDING GODDESS ® - Read this before your wedding! (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.columbia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Her newest guide, Wedding Goddess, is a must-read for any bride-to-be who needs a re-charging of her own power, spirit, and capacity for love and calm.
Wedding Goddess rescues the bride from wedding planning stress, bringing back her radiance, her higher wisdom, and her belief in her dreams coming true.
In WEDDING GODDESS, Brockway – who was engaged and married during the writing of the book – guides brides-to-be on an emotionally and spiritually empowering, step-by-step journey to the altar.
www.weddinggoddess.com.cob-web.org:8888 /work2.htm   (1141 words)

  
 Become a virgin goddess today!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
She just needs to hang around, let her goddess luck rub off on everyone, and give a queenly wave when she rides in the annual Yeti-Fest parade in Katmandu.
The moment a kumari begins to menstruate she’s tossed out on her erstwhile goddess butt with nary a thank you, a home edition of “Wheel of Misfortune”, or a T-shirt which says, “My daughter was a goddess for seven years and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.”
Thus prospective goddesses can look forward to a short-lived career with very little hope for the future, putting them in the company of Pauley Shore, Serious Yahoo, and Anna Nicole Smith unless she gives a whole lot of her inheritance to Jenny Craig.
www.maddogproductions.com /ds_goddess.htm   (984 words)

  
 Madonna records Don McLean's American Pie
Upon release in the UK it entered the official singles chart at number 1 and in the US made the top-30 on airplay points alone.
This prompted EMI to release a new "Best of Don McLean" CD that gave Don his first top-30 chart album hit in 20 years.
At one point in March 2000 Don had two albums on the charts: this new compilation and the original American Pie album.
www.don-mclean.com /articles/madonna.asp   (211 words)

  
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Many Wiccans see the God and Goddess as eminently manifest in nature, and seek to honor the natural world as an expression of Divinity.
Wicca is a religion based, in part, on ancient, northern European Pagan beliefs in a fertility Goddess and her consort, a horned God.
Common to almost all Wiccans is the recognition of the existence of the Goddess, and her consort the horned God.
www.fdcow.com /faq.html   (1801 words)

  
 Arianrhod
Caer Sidi, where poets learn starry wisdom and where the dead go between incarnations Caer Arianrhod is the circumpolar stars, to which souls withdraw between incarnations; she is thus a Goddess of reincarnation.
Among the Celts of Wales, She was a Goddess of Childbirth, the Moon, Fertility and Fate.
Arianrhod is the daughter of the Welsh Goddess Don and the sister of Gwydion.
www.angelfire.com /realm2/amethystbt/goddessarianrhod.html   (1398 words)

  
 Goddess 2000 Project ~ Making Sacred Masks
Below is an example of a more complex Goddess Mask made of leather and mixed materials by Mask artist Lauren Raine.
I created these masks for an exhibit sponsored by the Goddess 2000 Project (www.goddess2000.org), and a Processional at the 1999 Spiral Dance in San Francisco, with Starhawk and the Reclaiming Collective.
When I was a child, my first paintings were of the bull dancers of ancient Crete, and their bare-breasted, snake entwined Goddess.
www.spiralgoddess.com /Masks.html   (530 words)

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