Maiden
What you need to sow
Begin by asking directly. The thing you are chasing will stop if you speak.
Welsh / Brythonic
Rhiannon
The Great Queen on the White Mare
Medieval Wales, Mabinogi manuscripts; earlier oral roots
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Her story
Historical context
goddess · Medieval Wales, Mabinogi manuscripts; earlier oral roots
Rhiannon rides out of the Otherworld on a white horse that no one can catch at a gallop, though she is only walking — until Pwyll simply asks her to stop, and she does. She chooses her own husband against arranged plans and speaks plainly throughout.
Mythology & traditions
When her infant son vanishes, her women lie to save themselves and she is condemned to sit at the gate telling every visitor her crime and carrying them on her back like a horse. She serves the punishment for years without breaking, and the child is returned. Her birds are said to wake the dead and lull the living to sleep.
Domains
- Sovereignty
- Horses
- Endurance
- Wrongful blame
- Song
Symbols
- White mare
- Three singing birds
- Golden bag
- Mounting block
- Road
In the oracle
Her guidance
Mother
What you need to grow
Nurture your dignity under pressure. How you carry this is the whole thing.
Crone
What you need to know
You are serving a sentence for something you did not do. It can be set down.