Maiden
What you need to sow
Get up and physically go somewhere. Movement, not planning, starts this.
Aboriginal Australia (Karraur)
Yhi
The Sun Who Woke the World
Aboriginal Australia; among the oldest continuous story traditions on earth
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Her story
Historical context
goddess · Aboriginal Australia; among the oldest continuous story traditions on earth
Yhi slept in darkness until a whistle woke her. She opened her eyes and light poured over the flat grey world; where she walked, grass and flowers came up out of the ground, and the sleeping spirits stirred and became creatures.
Mythology & traditions
Her creating is done by walking. Nothing in her story is made from a distance or by decree — she covers the ground, and life follows her feet. When she finished she rose into the sky and kept the habit: every dawn is Yhi doing the round again, and every morning the world has to agree to wake up.
Domains
- Sunlight
- Awakening
- Creation
- Plants and animals
- Movement
Symbols
- Sunrise
- Wildflowers
- Footprints
- Open eye
- Warm stone
In the oracle
Her guidance
Mother
What you need to grow
Nurture your body and your mornings. Everything downstream depends on them.
Crone
What you need to know
Attention is generative. Whatever you keep looking at is what will grow.