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dismaidenart · 2 years

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Akitober Day 10: Nun!

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divinationdrawings · 7 months

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Maiden Mother Crone

Edited for accuracy:

From information in the book by JAMES MACKILLOP - DICTIONARY OF CELTIC MYTHOLOGY

The Morrigan is associated with fate and fortune and a triplicate that represents change, from maiden to mother to crone. The Morrigan embodied many forms of change such as shapeshifting into creatures, not only different age variants of a human woman.

Pages 335-336:

She can be a "beautiful young woman," a "hag," and is a mother to "Mechi."

"She is part of a trio of war goddesses called the Morrigna, with Badb and Macha."

"Nemain may sometimes be part of the three."

She is "much associated with the crow," and can change into many things, including said crow: "The Morrigan appears on his shoulder as a hooded crow," the "he" here meaning CuChulainn.

As a war goddess she is known to be brutal and bloody, "passing out handfuls of...blood to gaping bystanders," in one famous fight.

My own additional note as the artist:

Change can be illustrated many ways, one of which as the moon changing from waxing to full to waning. This may be part of why the misunderstanding that the Morrigan is a moon-goddess arose, artistic depictions like mine trying to illustrate not a moon-goddess but a change-goddess. This is why the moon's changes are depicted alongside the changes in age of a woman, change in her clothing, triple-changing. An animal changing its coat etc. could illustrate largely the same thing in a different manner. She is NOT a moon goddess in Irish history.

Because the Morrigan is associated with wars and crows, she is often associated with the colors black and red in depictions, said depictions may not be historically accurate to how Irish peoples depicted her in their time.

Some, such as wiccans, pagans, etc., use many different names for the 3 aspects of this triplicate and may associate her with the moon incorrectly. 3 of those names are Danu, Macha, and Badb, and while all three of those names do appear in Irish mythology in different contexts, they are here skewed from historical truth. The source above does say that the Morrigan can be associated with Ana (also known as Anu or Danu), but does not say they are the same individual.

The maiden archetype in many cultures is associated with loveliness, the mother archetype with nurturing, and the crone archetype with wisdom. I wished to depict these three personality traits in my art piece.

Original Post unedited, as I wish to stay accountable and another has corrected me on my vague phrasing that implied things I did not mean:

The Morrigan is a goddess of Fate and Fortune and a triplicate that represents change, from maiden to mother to crone as from waxing to full to waning moon. There is debate about how associated with the moon's phases they are, but it is certain they embodied many forms of change such as shapeshifting into many creatures, not only different age variants of a human woman. Crows are sacred to Her and she is said to wear black or red. They have many names but to some The Lovely Maiden is Danu, the Nurturing Mother is Macha, and the Wise Crone is Badb.

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kanaeink · 7 months

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Meowth Payday

Meowth has hit the Jackpot! 💰 💰

I chose Red because it represents prosperity in Chinese culture ❤️ This one was done in copic markers. By @kanaeink