Handpainted Gypsumstone statue

Green Gypsumstone

Great Mother of all the Gods and Goddesses.

Danu, Danand, known as Don in Wales is associated with reincarnation, rivers and flowing waters. The Danube River takes its name from Danu, as do the Rivers Don in Scotland and Russia. She has been called "Holy Waters from the Sky" nourisher of the Sacred Oak. In India’s Rig Veda the Goddess Danu signifies "stream" and "waters of heaven."

Many suggest she is the Great Goddess Diana of the Mediterranean region. Danu is the Mother of Magick and the Fae. It is said her people, the Tuatha de Danann (The Children of Danu) were a magical race, some say gods, who came to Ireland in the time of the Fir Bolg (1897 B.C.E.) and worked their magick until they were driven underground by the invading Milesians around 1,700 B.C.E. Here they remain today in Tir-na-noghe, the "Land of Eternal Youth" as the Aes Sidhe, an invisible race of magickal beings.

It is from them that all Gaelic faery folk come. The Paps of Anu (Ana) are two mountain in County Kerry known as the living breasts of Danu. In this graceful sculpture the Paps and Sidhe reveal the dwelling place of the Tuatha on the skirts of Danu. Her garment also reveals the many layers of magick and the flowing nature of water's mysteries.

9 ¾" resin statue, white antique stone finish.

Kerridwin is the Welsh Triple Goddess. Her cauldron was the Celtic symbol for prosperity and rebirth, and she herself is the Mother Goddess, famous for nurturing her children. Her totem animal, the corpse-connected white sow, represents the moon as well as Kerridwin's crone/transformatrix aspect. The great bard Taliesin (often thought to be Merlin), born of the goddess according to a favorite Celtic regeneration myth, attributed his magic talents to her. She can be equated with Greek Demeter, Anatolian Diana of Ephesus, and Kali, all goddesses who both give and take away.

Green/bronze-colored Gypsumstone statue.

Morrigan is the Celtic Goddess of Destruction/Creation. Elaborated from an Epona plaque, this image depicts the Irish triple goddess: Ana, the fertility maiden; Badb ("bave"), the boiling mother cauldron, producer of life; and Macha, the death-crone symbolized by the carrion-devouring raven. Oral tradition says the Celtic dying god Cu Chulainn was met by the beautiful chariot-mounted goddess with red eyes and cloak. She cursed him to death that his blood might fertilize the earth, then transformed herself into Badb Catha, the Raven of Battle who induces panic in warriors. Morrigan evolved into Morgana Le Fay, sorceress of Arthurian legend.

Black/gold colored resin statue.

Crow and Raven are shape-shift forms of the goddess (especially Morrigan, Rhiannon and Nanosuelta) and were considered oracles due to their distinctive voices. They were called Cathubodva or "Raven of Battle" in many Celtic myths. Called by the Irish Badbh Catha, this Raven Goddess (reproduced from the Felmingham Hall hoard, Norfol) is perhaps transporting the seed-soul of the famed warrior demigod Cu Chulainn. Place her prophetic presence upon your windowsill.

Black gold Gypsumstone statue.