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Yeah, if you are going to draw conclusions from texts, then it is important to get Feast of the Morrighan information from the texts correct. Thank you for writing this. Feast of the Morrighan concur with Jane B above plus I get very annoyed with ignorant people who write utter rubbish about Celtic Mythology and Ireland. Search This Blog. This is a book that is often brought up and that people really like, and it has its good points for modern practice. However there are some important issues with the book, specifically inaccuracies in the mythology, that make it problematic. My approach will Feast of the Morrighan to first offer the passage or comment that is inaccurate and then the correct material with citation. Chapter 1, page 17 — The author states that the Morrigan is never explicitly called a Goddess in the mythology. Reality : The Morrigan is called a Goddess at least twice that I am aware of. Either way the word Tuatha does not mean children. Chapter 1, page 22 — the author states that the Morrigan had to be petitioned to gain her advice and aid in the second battle of Moytura. Reality — although a very common belief there is nothing in the actual mythology which states this. Chapter 1, page 23 — the author says that during the Cath Maige Tuired the Dagda sought out the Morrigan and found her washing her clothes Feast of the Morrighan her red hair in 9 tresses. He connects the clothes washing to washer at the ford type activity. The Dagda was to meet a woman on a day,yearly, about Samain of the battle at Glen Etin. So he did not seek her out,rather it was a prearranged meeting. She was not washing her clothes but rather was washing her genitals and her hair color is never mentioned. Reality — I suspect this confusion comes from a source used by the author, but since none are cited I can only guess. The Feast of the Morrighan of this confusion is the word airned which means kidneys, but is used in an idiom for testicles with toile, which means among other things will power and sexual desire so airned toile, literally sexual kidneys. However, the passage does not say airned toile, just airned — so kidneys is what it means, not testicles. Chapter 1, page 23 — continuing with the same story, the author states that the daughter of the Fomorian king is name is Boand. Chapter 1, page 24 — the author states that the Tuatha De Danann arrived in Ireland as a flock of blackbirds;this is repeated in Chapter 7 page Chapter 2, page 36 — the author states that badb is also a term for sacrificial victims. Reality — I have never heard of this before and cannot verify it any Irish or Old Irish dictionary. Reality — again this is less an issue with the author specifically but rather of the translation being misunderstood. Ragaid athair alligi a meic. The father will go lay down instead of his son. The passage is not condemning homosexuality however, which the Irish did not seem overly concerned with, but rather condemning incest. In-law each to his own kinsman. A person will not seek women out of his house. Reality — Possibly a quibble on my part. Again this is a language issue. Chapter 3, page 53 — The author states that the names Morrigan and Feast of the Morrighan sound similar, which supports a connection between the Irish Morrigan and Welsh Morgana le Fey. Reality — Feast of the Morrighan modern Anglecized version of these names do sound somewhat alike. However the names in the original languages do not. Reality — when the Milesians arrived they fought an epic battle against the Gods before winning the right to live in Ireland. Chapter 4, page 66 — Feast of the Morrighan author states that the flag of Connacht has a griffon on it. Chapter 4, page 75 — the author states that Connacht has no physical locations associated with the Morrigan. Reality — Uaimh na gCat is located in Connacht and is one Feast of the Morrighan the most well-known sites associated with the Morrigan. Reality — we have a fairly rich amount of animal lore from and Irish and Celtic perspective surrounding crows,ravens, wolves, cows, horses, and somewhat less about eels. These animals appear in many myths and stories separate from the Morrigan. Glynn Anderson has a book on Irish birds in myth and folklore and Miranda Green wrote book about animals in Celtic myth, for two examples. Chapter 6, Feast of the Morrighan 89 — the author states that the Morrigan appears to Cu Chulain as a three teated cow that he drinks from. Reality — in the Tain Bo Cuiligne the Morrigan appears as an old woman with such a cow, but she is not the cow herself. Chapter 6, page — the author states that in an interaction between the Morrigan and Cu Chulain where she appears with a cow, he challenges her and she disappears but leaves behind a crow. Reality — in that story, the Tain Bo Regamna, the Morrigan transforms Feast of the Morrighan the crow and continues trading insults and incitements with Cu Chulain. Chapter 6, page — the author states that the Morrigan attacks Cu Chulain as a wolf who causes a stampede of cows to attack him. Reality — this occurs in the Tain Bo Cuiligne, but conflates two different events. The Morrigan attacks Cu Chulainin the form of a wolf and injures his arm, and then returns in the form of a cow and causes a stampede. In the majority of versions I have read the wolf comes against him alone and the cows are a separate event entirely. Chapter 7, page — the author states that he cannot find anything in Feast of the Morrighan myth about the Feast of the Morrighan having a son with three hearts filled with serpents that must be killed. Chapter 7, page — the author states that Badb and Nemain have no children. He resumed kingship after the silver arm was replaced with the original, healed, arm. Chapter 7, page — the author states that the Dagda is not a king. This information is found in the Lebor Gabala Erenn. Eithne daughter of Balar was his mother. Glossary, page — Banba is said to be a goddess who is one of the Morrigan or called Morrigan. Reality — Banba is part of a triplicity of sovereignty goddesses with her sisters Eriu and Fotla. She is a sister to the Morrigan but is never, herself, called Morrigan. So it should be clear from this that there are many issues with the mythology as presented in this book. There were also some other Feast of the Morrighan points which I did not get into as they may be more issues of interpretation, however I think the ones that are discussed here seriously compromise the value of the book. Sadly I am all too aware that many people will never read the original myths and stories and instead rely on secondary sources such as this Feast of the Morrighan, and I believe it is very important because of that for books like this to strive to be accurate in what they present. These are not, for the most part, issues in how one looks at the stories or what one takes away from them but are problems with the myths and other information being wrong. Inarguably, factually, wrong. We can do better than this, moving forward as Irish pagans. The rituals and modern practical material may very well be fine and speak to many Feast of the Morrighan, but it is vital that we get the mythology and facts correct to go along with them. Copyright Morgan Daimler. Jane Brideson April 28, at AM. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Dark Goddess Musings: A Feast for the Morrigan: Creating Tradition Where There is None

Church and ministry leadership resources to better equip, train and provide ideas for today's church and ministry leaders, like you. The more nuanced answer is that the Morrigan has connections to several different holidays, but probably the most mythic connections to Samhain. The Morrigan plays a vital role throughout the story, beginning with her early appearance to incite the god Lugh to rise up and fight. Around the time of Samhain she meets with the Dagda, who she is said in other sources to be married to, and the two lie together, after which she advises him to gather the Aes Dana [people of skill] together while she goes to work destruction against one of Feast of the Morrighan Fomorian kings. The army gathers on the eve of Samhain and the battle is engaged on Samhain itself. During the fight the Morrigan appears at a pivotal time to encourage her people to fight and they win, driving the Fomorians into defeat. After the battle the Morrigan gives two great prophecies, one of peace and one of doom. This story itself takes place over an extended period of time, but the key action at the end all occurs around Samhain. From a modern perspective then we have several themes here relating to both the Morrigan and the holiday which someone looking to celebrate a feast day for the Morrigan could work with, Feast of the Morrighan retelling the story or sections of it every year on Samhain in her honor might also be a good idea this is something we do in my family. Although she is not as primary a character in this story she remains a force of incitement and transformation who motivates change, urges warriors to fight, and is a force of victory or defeat. In many ways her actions in this myth echo her role in the Cath Maige Tuired, although now we see her in a different context as an outsider rather than a being helping her own people overcome oppression. In a more general sense the Morrigan is strongly associated with Cruachan and the cave of Cruachan specifically, where in turn several important things Feast of the Morrighan on Samhain. Certainly people could choose another day and there are other times that have mythic associations Feast of the Morrighan well, but for me there has always been something special connecting Samhain and the Morrigan. Its in her stories, for certain, but its also the deeper connection between the main things I see in her nature, her Feast of the Morrighan as a deity of war, battle, death, magic, prophecy, and change and the same things I see in this holiday, themes of death, magic, prophecy, and the turning of the year from one season to another. Just as the Cath Maige Tuired was in some ways about a group Feast of the Morrighan up and making the changes they Feast of the Morrighan to improve their situation I see Samhain as I time to decide what to keep and what to let go of, to make the changes in my own life that I need to in order to remove that which may be holding me back or harming me, and the Feast of the Morrighan will always be a force of necessary change in my eyes. Irish-American Witchcraft is published bi-monthly on Tuesdays here on the Agora. Please use the links to the right to keep on top of activities here on the Agora as well as Feast of the Morrighan the entire Patheos Pagan channel. Toggle navigation. Trending Now. Catholic Reactionaries and Jew Hatred are like Peas and Pastors and Church Leaders Resource Center Church and ministry leadership resources to better equip, train and provide ideas for today's church and ministry leaders, like you. Get newsletters and updates Close. Also, send me the Pagan Newsletter and special offers. Also, send me the Pagan Newsletter. Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world. Previous Post. Next Post. Browse Our Archives. Yes, I want the Patheos Pagan Newsletter as well. Starlight Witch. Making It Through The Rest of John Beckett. Celebrating the Dead, Decay and Letting Feast of the Morrighan by the Goddess. Related posts from Agora. Druid in the City: Samhain with Challenging Blood Druid in the City: I Broke an Arrow Most often the practices of others are pretty familiar to me, and So-called "Christian" zealots regularly mail propaganda to my witchcraft shop. I'm a A good magic operation: when you panic, celebrate. A good magician observes flow, rather than prance about in interventions. Devotions in 8 10ths of a Mile. Devotions can be accomplished in front of an altar, a shrine, the Cailleach - Winter Goddess. The days are getting What if you only had 40 min to grab your belongings, animals, What Are Your Thoughts? CopyrightPatheos. All rights reserved. Feast of the Morrighan by Christopher Penczak

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Feast of the Morrighan See a Feast of the Morrighan Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Feast of the Morrighan Feast of the Morrighan Christopher Penczak. Feast of the Morrighan by Christopher Penczak. Author Christopher Penczak Gates of Witchcraft and others presents a modern grimoire for the Morrighan, introducing readers to this fierce Celtic goddess in her many forms and guises, and providing lore, guided meditations, magickal workings, and formularies for your own work with the Morrighan. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Feast of the Morrighanplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Feast of the Morrighan. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your Feast of the Morrighan of Feast of the Morrighan. This was a pretty good start on finding information on the goddess Morrighan. Highly Wiccan though. Apr 22, Steve Cran rated it it was amazing. Lately there has been more information available on the Morrigan. Like Ishtar or Inanna she is a goddess of love and war. Similar to Hekate or Isis she is Goddess of magic. For the price available it makes a great read and supplement the work I am reviewing. Another book "Dark Goddess" goes more into spell craft and Lately there has been more information available on the Morrigan. Another book "Dark Goddess" goes more into Feast of the Morrighan craft and also cover lore and legend. This treatment covers the lore and legend but not as deeply as the other two. It sticks mostly with the 'Invasion Chronicles' and Morrigan's roles within it. The Morrigan seems to be lurking their in the shadows but never taking a direct role in affairs. Usually her role is on the side line using magic to confound the enemy. She is also a teacher instructing the would be warrior on how best to succeed on life's battlefield. Morrigan is the Goddess who stand s behind you, godes you into battle and tests and torments you at Feast of the Morrighan because that is part of the learning process. Penczak's book does not go into spell craft. There are no spells for love, money or miracles. The author is taking a more Theurgic approach and is giving over a paradigm that is geared towards self evolution. Besides delving into Celtic lore, Penczak gives a Hermetic interpretation to the Morrigan and his book is filled with Shamanistic exercises that call for interaction with plant and animal allies. Certain exercises call on different aspects of the Morrigan. Christopher Penczak focuses primarily on three, Badb,Macha Feast of the Morrighan Nemain. Big question is whether Badb,Macha and Nemain are three different Goddess or three aspects of the same. Badb is a crow goddess who eats the remains of the dead after a battle is completed. She is very opportunistic and goal oriented. Macha is the horse Feast of the Morrighan. She has five different incarnations in Celtic mythology. She is a seer of the future,queen, faery woman and sorceress. Nemain is the Goddess who's screams kill the Feast of the Morrighan on the battle field. Identities are seldom well defined. Sometimes the Morrigan is conflated with the Caileach, the old crone who creates the world and grants sovereignty. Others she is identified with Danu anu the mother goddess. Are these all the same Goddess or different ones. It can be confusing. The Morrigan has Dagda make love to Feast of the Morrighan by a river before going to battle against the Fomirians. This gives him in away the right to be king and win the battle. Cuhulain spurned her advances before the Cattle Raid of Cooley. This caused the Morigan to turn against Cuhulain and in a sense withdraw her blessing from him. The book lists several animal and plants that can be associated with the Morrigan. Animals like the Wolf, Crow, Cow, Eel are a few. Penczak also uses the Kabballah and planetary influences to help define this difficult to define Goddess. From there the reader is giving a plenitude of recipes for oils and incenses. The book has several Feast of the Morrighan workings and rituals scattered through out. Many of the meditation involve going through the the world tree, some have you going through the river of life. The meditations involve interacting with aspect of the Goddess,animal allies, the god, becoming a lover t the goddess herself and connecting to the world and it's creations. This book makes a fine edition for this seeking to work with and become acquainted with the Morrigan. It is not the only one you will read but makes a great companion for the other two mentioned previously. Jul 15, Edric Unsane rated it it was ok Shelves: occultpaganoccult-witchcraft. A good deal of relevant info mixed with pagan nonsense and conjecture. I honestly get a bit frustrated when Author's mix in real knowledge and facts with a whole lot of fluff. I get that it is what sells, but damn if it isn't discouraging to those in the community who are looking for something a bit more uniform and enlightening. View 2 comments. Oct 09, Julia Glassman rated it liked it. Like other books Feast of the Morrighan the Morrigan, much of this book consists of summaries of Irish myth and lore with little to no interpretation or modern context. What does sovereignty mean today, on a personal or societal level? What does a spiritual warrior look like and what do they do? How does one work with a goddess of war without falling prey to the idea that violence is okay? Given Penczak's background, I was really hoping he'd explore Feast of the Morrighan questions more. I was more interested in the lore, so the spell and concoction portions are a bit useless to me. May 25, Vyviane Armstrong rated it it was ok. This book is pretty bad. Lots of Feast of the Morrighan, gnosis presented as facts and much of the "facts" were clearly just pulled from internet websites with no fact checking. Jul 20, R. Watters rated it really liked it. I did enjoy this book. The author had a lot more details regarding her many forms and introduced a few new ones. I would recommend it Feast of the Morrighan people interested in her myths. Heather rated it it was amazing Aug 27, Chris Richard rated it it was amazing Jul 03,