Uncategorized – Fiercely Bright One

Brigantia–Her name may mean “Exalted” or “Queenly”. She is the tutelary deity of the Brigantes and is a Romano-British deity who has similarities to Athena/Minerva and Brighid. Her only titles were left in Roman inscriptions on altars. Her titles are Goddess, Heavenly, Nymph-Goddess, and Imperial Guardian. Her symbols were the crown, spear, helmet and shield; a globe, wings of victory and the head of a Gorgon on her brooch. She is a goddess of nature especially water and trees; a protective war deity; a goddess of artisans and their crafts, a lady of sovereignty, a goddess of knowledge, a healing goddess and a heavenly Queen. She may have been a goddess associated with oracles. Like Brighid, she is the goddess of the hearth and home.

Offerings to Her include milk, honey, wine, beer, mead and fruit.

Celtic/Roman and English Epithets

Caelestis (Heavenly)

Dea (Goddess)

Nymph-Goddess (Goddess of nature associated with waters, trees; healing and oracles)

Tutela Augusta (Imperial Protector/Guardian)

Victoria (Victory)

Sources

MacGrath, Sheena. Brigantia: Goddess of the North. Lulu, 2015.

The Lady Brigantia

by JewelofAset

Lady of Wales

Ffraid is Her Name

Lady of the Distaff

and the Spindle;

Weaving is Her trade.

In Ireland, Brighid is Her name

Lady of Hearths and Wells,

Lady of the Hearth-fire, Temples

and Sacred Writing;

These are Her spells.

Brigantia is the Lady of Great Britain

Queen of Heaven,

Lady of the Distaff

Lady of Victory and the Royal Guardian

These are My names.

And this is Who I am.

Hearth and Home

Distaff and Spindle;

These are the implements

when I am Goddess of the Home and Domestic Duties;

This is Who I am.

Warrior Queen, Bearing Arms

when I wear the helmet

and hold the spear and shield.

Lady who dons the Gorgon Head

as a brooch,

when I am Lady of War.

And this is Who I am.

This is Who I am.

For all those who ask for Me.

This is who I am.

I am like Athena, yes.

And Minerva too.

She has a cognate in My name

which is shared with Brighid of Ireland and Wales.

Brig is Exalted.

Brig is Lady.

Brig is Queenly.

And this is Who I am as

the Queen of My People.

The Brigantes.

The People of Great Britain, Wales and Ireland.

And any people who call upon Me today.

This is Who I am.

Lady of the Distaff and Spindle

Lady of the Hearth and Home

Queen of Heaven

Lady of Victory in War

Lady of Victory in Life

Lady of Sovereignty and Sovereign Lady

Lady of Artisans and Crafts

Lady of Knowledge and Power.

And I am Lady of Poetry and Bards.

And I was called Nymph and Goddess

by the Romans.

and Heavenly Queen.

And I am the Sovereign Lady

of all natural forces;

including sacred springs and rivers

and healing wells.

Over trees that are sacred to Me.

I am a Goddess of oracles, yes,

but more of divination than of Divine command.

Sovereign Lady

This is Who I am

For all Who call upon Me.

And I will come to all those who call,

for I answer the prayers of all of My people.

Djehuty, Thoth, Oracles, Poems, Poetry,, Poetry, Poem, Uncategorized

Djehuty: Lord of Wisdom

October 3, 2017 jewelofaset

Lord of Wisdom and Words

by Chelsea B.

Djehuty is the Lord of Wisdom

and the Lord of Law;

He is the Lord of Words

and careful phrases. Continue reading “Djehuty: Lord of Wisdom” →

Epithets Series, Goddesses, Nut, Nuit, Uncategorized

Epithets of Nut

December 1, 2016August 28, 2019 jewelofaset

Epithets of Nut

At Whose Feet is Eternity
Brilliant One
Coffin
Coverer of Heaven
Daughter
Daughter of Shu
Dominates the Northern Sky
Effective One
Established One of Geb
Eye of Ra
Female Pig Who Eats Her Piglets
Goddess of the Sycamore Tree
Grand Horizon
Great
Great Being Who is in the World of the Dead
Great Divine Beloved Soul
Great Ihet-Cow Who Brings Ra into the Day
Great Lady
Great, Mother of God
Great One
Great Princess at the Birthplace
Great, Who Gave Birth to the Gods
Great Wild Cow
Heavenly Cow
In Whose Hand is the Always
Lady of Heaven
Lady of the Sycamore
Land of Your West
Lofty One
Mighty Goddess in the Womb of Your Mother Tefnut
Mighty One in Your Mother
Mistress of Big
Mistress of Heaven/the Sky
Mistress Over the Earth
Mother
Mother of All the Gods
Mother of God
Mother of God of the Gods and Goddesses
Mother of Heaven
Mother of Set
Mother of the Gods
Mother of the Stars
Mysterious One
One with a Thousand Souls
One Who Hears
Perfect Daughter
Powerful from Her Mother
Queen of All Gods and Goddesses
Sarcophagus
Scepter of the Sky
Sepulcher
She Who Bore the Gods
She Who Comes Out of the Arms of Aker
She Who Extends Her Arms
She Who Gives Birth to the Gods
She Who Gives Birth to Ra Everyday
Sky
Soul of the Brilliant One
Sovereign of All the Gods
She of the Braided Hair Who Bore the Gods
The Great
The Mighty
Uniter of the Two Lands of Geb
Uraeus Serpent
Veil of Heaven
Venerable One
Venerable and Powerful
Venerable in the Shrine-of-the-Venerable
Who Bore the Gods
Who Came into Being in the Sky
Who Counts the Days
Who Does Fill Every Place with Her Beauty
Who Gave Birth to the Gods
Who Gives Birth to the Gods
Who Gives Birth to the Rulers of the Country
Who Has Given Birth to All the Gods
Who is Crowned like the King of the North
Who is Mighty
Who is in the Mysterious Abyss
Who Protects the Son of Wesir
Who Rose in Splendor as the Bee
Who Shelters Him (Heru)
Who Spreadest Over Me
Whose Adornments are Among the Goddesses
You are Above Your Father Shu
You Have Encompassed the Earth, Everything is in Your Two Hands
You have United the Earth in Every Place

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Ancient Texts, Books, Goddesses, Uncategorized

New Book on Hathor

April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 jewelofaset

For those who love Hethert (Hathor) there is a new book available!

Here is the link: The Theology of Hathor of Dendera Aural and Visual Scribal Techniques in the Per-Wer Sanctuary by Barbara A. Richter.