Baba Yaga says, "Intelligence ripens with age." In Slavic oral traditions, Baba Yaga was the old crone of autumn who lived in the last sheaf of harvested grain. Fittingly, the woman who bound that sheaf would bear a child the next spring, for the old Baba was also guardian of the fountain of the waters of life. Her legend suggests she was the preserver of herbal knowledge and medicinal healing. Let us return this wise crone to glory!

[oral tradition image]

Iron tile color Gypsumstone statue

The alluring and mysterious Mermaid dwells in the watery womb of Gaia. Depicted here with softly flowing fins about her feet, she gently contemplates the depths of her spirit. From the famous statue in Copenhagen Harbor.

Bronze-look ResinPlus.

Valkyrie, Uplifter of Brave Souls. These warrior maidens bore horns of sacred honey wine, symbolizing poetic inspiration and representing lunar and under-earth qualities of the sacred feminine.

[Birka, Sweden, 6th cent. CE votive grave find]

Green quartz colored Ganges Clay.