Thread: Ok i need info on THE RAVEN MOTHER..

IF any one has info on the RAVEN MOTHER AKA MORRIGAN known as the dark goddess. i have been seening her in my workings and dreams. the dream starts with a circle of candles and a raven at the frist candle.. it is big enoff ot fit a coven in the circle and i am in the circle and so is two others one on my right and the other to my left.. the one on my right kisses me on my left check, and the one on the left points to the candle with the raven.. but then it stopes.. i have had this dream before but i am not going to say anything right now cause it involves two of my best friends.. so if you have info please help me out..

I had a very strong connection with her at one time as I am of the Red Branch and because of my military connection. She is not one to disappoint!

She is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann ("People of the goddess Danu"). The Morrigan is a goddess of battle, strife, and fertility. Her name translates as either "Great Queen" or "Phantom Queen," and both epithets are entirely appropriate for her. he other deities who form the trio are Badb ("Crow"), and either Macha (also connotes "Crow") or Nemain ("Frenzy"). The Morrigan frequently appears in the ornithological guise of a hooded crow.

She helped defeat the Firbolg in the First Battle of Mag Tuireadh and the Fomorians at the Second Battle of Mag Tuireadh.

There is certainly evidence that the concept of a raven goddess of battle was not limited to the Irish Celts. An inscription found in France which reads Cathubodva, 'Battle Raven', shows that a similar concept was at work among the Gaulish Celts.

A good thing to keep in mind is that during the Second Battle, the Morrigan "said she would go and destroy Indech son of De Domnann and 'deprive him of the blood of his heart and the kidneys of his valor', and she gave two handfuls of that blood to the hosts. When Indech later appeared in the battle, he was already doomed."

The origins of the Morrigan seem to reach directly back to the megalithic cult of the Mothers. The Mothers (Matrones, Idises, Disir, etc.) usually appeared as triple goddesses and their cult was expressed through both battle ecstasy and regenerative ecstasy. It's also interesting to note that later Celtic goddesses of sovereignty, such as the trio of Eriu, Banba, and Fotla, also appear as a trio of female deities who use magic in warfare. "Influence in the sphere of warfare, but by means of magic and incantation rather than through physical strength, is common to these beings."

Eriu, a goddess connected to the land in a fashion reminiscent of the Mothers, could appear as a beautiful woman or as a crow, as could the Morrigan. The Disir appeared in similar guises. In addition to being battle goddesses, they are significantly associated with fate as well as birth in many cases, along with appearing before a death or to escort the deceased. Very similar to the Norse concept of the Valkyries ("Choosers of the Slain") which are beautiful young women, mounted upon winged horses and armed with helmets and spears who choose the slain who have died valiently.

In many ways you can compare this to the Washer at the Ford, another guise of the Morrigan. The Washer is usually to be found washing the clothes of men about to die in battle. In effect, she is choosing who will die.


An early German spell found in Merseburg mentions the Indisi, who decided the fortunes of war and the fates of warriors. The Scandinavian "Song of the Spear", quoted in "Njals Saga", gives a detailed description of Valkyries as women weaving on a grisly loom, with severed heads for weights, arrows for shuttles, and entrails for the warp. As they worked, they exulted at the loss of life that would take place. "All is sinister now to see, a cloud of blood moves over the sky, the air is red with the blood of men, and the battle women chant their song.

Now the idea of her relations to the Red Branch come from the stories of Cu Chulainn (son of the god Lugh).

She appeared to the hero Cu Chulainn and offered her love to him. When he failed to recognize her and rejected her, she told him that she would hinder him when he was in battle. When Cu Chulainn was eventually killed, she settled on his shoulder in the form of a crow. Cu's misfortune was that he never recognized the feminine power of sovereignty that she offered to him.

She appeared to him on at least four occasions and each time he failed to recognize her.

1. When she appeared to him and declared her love for him.
2. After he had wounded her, she appeared to him as an old hag and he offered his blessings to her, which caused her to be healed.
3. On his way to his final battle, he saw the Washer at the Ford, who declared that she was washing the clothes and arms of Cu Chulainn, who would soon be dead.
4. When he was forced by three hags (the Morrigan in her triple aspect) to break a taboo of eating dogflesh.

The function of the goddess the Morrigan here, it may be noted, is not to attack the hero Cu Chulainn with weapons but to render him helpless at a crucial point in the battle, like the valkyries who cast 'fetters' upon warriors ... thus both in Irish and Scandinavian literature we have a conception of female beings associated with battle, both fierce and erotic." with weapons but to render him helpless at a crucial point in the battle, like the valkyries who cast 'fetters' upon warriors ... thus both in Irish and Scandinavian literature we have a conception of female beings associated with battle, both fierce and erotic."

thank you redhand very much i have found a visulation ritual to her.. but what i dont under stand why is she in my dreams..

Hmmm could be that undirected thing we talked about! Look at her aspects.

Ok i will she dose not scare me but i was jest wanting to know cause of the 2nd dream with two friends who are members here and i will tolk to you about that on the im if you can please..