*Some of this information was taken from Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials Beltane and Llewellyn’s complete book of correspondences by Sandra Kynes*
*This amazing image was made by a dear friend of mine Theresa Mather. In fact I have this print in my living room along with every one of her fairy cats. Show her some love and visit her pagehttps://www.facebook.com/theresamatherfantasyart/*
Beltane marks the handfasting (wedding) of the Goddess and God, the reawakening of the earth’s fertility at its fullest. This is the union between the Great Mother and her Young Horned God. This coupling brings new life on earth. It is the unifying of the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine forms to bring forth the third form, consciousness.
The deities that are typically appealed to during a Beltane ritual are:
Earth Goddess, Goddesses associated with water, plants, or animals, the Love preparing to lie with her Beloved, Maiden Goddess, Mother Goddess, Dying and resurrecting Gods, Gods associated with fire, plants, or animals, Green Man, Horned God, Lord of the wild wood, the lusty you God getting ready to fertilize the Goddess Earth with his seed, Sun Gods.
Here is a list of a few deities by name: Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Astarte, Baal, Balder, Baldur, Beal (Bel, or Belenos), Belenus, Bona Dea, Cernunnos, Chin-hua-fu-jen, Chung K’uei, Cupid, Cybele, Danu, Diana, Eros, Faunus, Flora, Freya, Freyr, Frigg, Horae, Maia, Odin, Pan, Pluto, Prosperina, Ra, Rauni, Rhea, Rhiannon, Sarasvati, Venus, Wotan.
Which deity do you like to include in your Beltane worship?
*Some of this information was taken from Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials Beltane and Llewellyn’s complete book of correspondences by Sandra Kynes*
Foods that have been found to be traditionally used for Ostara are: Asparagus, custards, dill, edible flowers, eggs, honey, hot crossed buns, lamb, lettuce, quiches, radishes, seafood and spring greens and herbs, spring onions, strawberries, violet jelly.
*Some of this information was taken from Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials Ostara*
The deities that are typically appealed to during an Ostara ritual are:
Goddess of fertility, Mother of Earth, Goddesses in the form of the Maiden. God in the form of a young, lustful man who will soon become the father, God of the wild, the Green man.
Here is a list of a few deities by name: Aengus MacOg, Adonis, Amalthea, Aphrodite, Ariadne, Artemis, Astarte, Attis, Athena, Blodewedd, Cernunnos, Coatlicue, Cupid, Cybele, the Dagda, Demeter, Diana, Dumuzi, Eos, Eostre, Epona, Flora, Freya, Gaia, the Green Man, Guinevere, Hara, Herne, Idunn, Iris, Ishtar, Isis, Juno, Kama, Libera, Mabon, Maia, Minerva, Mithras, Odin, Osiris, Ostara, Pan, Persephone, Rati, Renpet, Thor, Umaj, Venus, Vesta, Vila
Which deity do you like to include in your Ostara worship?
*Some of this information was taken from Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials Ostara and Llewellyn’s complete book of correspondences by Sandra Kynes*
*This picture is cited to come from Elfwood. When I followed the link though it didn’t work. Please if you know the artist post it here so that we can credit them.*
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