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| This dwarf stands guarding an apple-tree, from which I am bound to pluck an apple. ..Next I shall find the flower that laughs [large scarlet pansy on a plain with roses of every colour, yellow broom, pink honeysuckle] protected by a lion whose mane is formed of vipers. I must pluck that flower, and go on to the lake of the dragons and fight the black man who holds in his hand the iron ball... After that, I enter the valley of pleasure [a delicious garden full of fruits, fountains running with wine, and flowers chanting in soft little voices], where some who conquered all the other obstacles have left their bones. If I can win through this, I shall reach a river with only one ford, where a lady in black [in a black satin dress and her face the colour of a Moorish woman’s] will be seated. She will mount my horse behind me, and tell me what I am to do next. ‘Do you know how to kill the magician?’ asked the lady, as they were crossing the ford. | They are freshwater Epidryads. Goddesses of springs. Pastvorta forecasts the future and Antevorta the past. They are veiled with golden or silver hair crowned with reeds. They adorn themselves with garlands of flowers and carry shells, baskets of fruits, sheaves of wheat and bowls filled with pearls. They are the roundness of the waves. They are born on the water from a bubble, a drop of water, and water lilies. The Nymphaem in Athens is situated on the hill of the Nymphs. The fifth hour of the day (eleven o’clock in the morning) is dedicated to the Nymphs. It is at that time that they return to earth. A thought is enough to evoke her on the triumphal arch of a rainbow. Carmán is the Triple Goddess of magic and poetry. She can destroy anything by chanting spells. She sows the earth with salt on her way, laying whole landscapes waste. Her three sons are: Dub: Black, Dother Olc: Evil and Dian: River aka Calma: Valiant. She is the mother of the goddess Anat: Strength of Life. and Mari: Sea of Bitterness. She came to Ireland from Athens to blight the grain and was defeated by the Túatha dé Dannan. Her sons were killed and she died of grief as a hostage. She made the Túatha Dé Danann promise to hold a festival every three years in her rememberance and it was set up September 22nd to ensure continued growth of food. The festival was held, with only one interruption, until 1023 CE as the biggest religious and social event of the Irish province of Leinster. Lough Carmán is named after her. Carmaniola, Carmanola, Carmagnola, Italy. (Turin). Carmen Tradi, Carmentray, France (Seine-et-Marne). Her sisters are Sirona (Star) and Bécuma (Grieved Woman). (47, 58, 68, 99, 111, 115, 189, 197) |
Bécuma Cheisgel ní Eoghan Inbir (Grieved Woman Of the Fair Skin Daughter of River Mouth) Delbchaem, Delbnat, Dealbhnait (Fair Shape) Delia, Del, Delyth (Visible)
(pron. DELV-nit, DEL, DEL-ith) Greek: from Delos, visible. Goddess of the dawn, crescent moon, and dew with long soft curly golden yellow hair, clear dove gray eyes, snow white teeth, thin shapely feet, slender hands, and thin curved berry red lips. She wears a red satin smock, green silk cloak with golden fringe and white bronze sandals. She has a magic glass boat and confers sovereignty at the Hill of Tara. In the Adventures of Art: She was banished from The Many Colored Land for a time after having an affair with Gaidiar ap Manawydden. She went to the High Kng of Ireland at Benn Etair, told him she was Delbchaem and was looking for Art. She slept with the High King and conceived Cormac Mac Art. She played fidchell, a chess-like game, with the god Art and won with the aid of invisible servants. She went to the cairn or gravesite of Fiachu and kindled a fire, out of which burst five streams of flame. From these descend the five Delbnas. She was imprisoned in a tower in the Land of Wonder by her parents Mongán and Coinchenn Cennîata: Dog Head. Art finally got to her after killing seven hags in the wood, going through a lake of toads, river of ice, a choice between two cups with one containing poison [Aeb], and one wine [Finscoth], and killing her parents. Her sisters are: Carmán (Almond) and Sirona (Star). (6, 24, 45, 47,58, 63, 71)
Dahut, Dagosoitis (Guardian of the Waters) Dahud Ahes, Ahès (Good Witch) Marie-Morgane (Born of the Sea) Sirona, Syrene, Seraine (Star)
The Mari-Morgans, Syrenes, Seirines, Seraines are all descended from Dahut. They have long green and blonde hair, are naked, and wear necklaces made of coral and sea shells. They live on the banks of the Tréguir River. Saint Tugdual saved a young man from their clutches. They had tied him up with a silk rope. Later Aphrodite turned them into birds of prey. Dahut is the Breton goddess of Love and Sexuality who is the daughter of king Gralon of Ys and is born of the sea. She is beautiful with long golden yellow hair and cornflower blue eyes. She sunk the city of Ker-Ys : Citadel of the Below under the water when she took her father’s golden key, gave it to the Black Prince and unleased the raz: spirit of the tides. She was rescued from the dungeon. Her castle has fifty doors. Her magician Rogear, mounted on a black mare, with a colt thirteen months old trotting behind, guards the basin of gold that furnishes the best food that you can dream of, cures all illness, and brings the dead back to life if it touches their mouths. He also guards her lance of diamonds that will cut through any stone or metal behind a silver door. She turnes into a white doe, a symbol for the quest of eternal wisdom of the apple tree of knowledge in her quest for March. Her father and Guenolé baptize her in the Abyss of the Sea where the castle is sinking. Poul-Dahut in Trestel. The city of Ys opens it gates to certain travelers and legend says if anyone buys their wares at the market the city will be restored to the earth. (77, 184, 197)
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