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Available
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Publication
Newburyport, MA : Weiser Books, [2019]
Description
"The Morrigan is Pagan Ireland's dark goddess. Her name is translated as "phantom queen" or "great queen." The Morrigan is a goddess of war and sexuality, witchcraft and death, protection and retribution. This goddess of justice is classified among the Sidhe-Ireland's fairies-but she may have a mermaid incarnation, as well. The Morrigan dates back at least to Ireland's Iron Age, but she is as modern as she is ancient. With the possible exception of the witch goddess Hekate, the Morrigan is currently the most popular Pagan goddess. This book provides a guide to this complex, mysterious goddess that encompasses practical veneration with modern devotionals, entwined with traditional lore and Irish-Celtic history"--
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
xiii, 221 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
9781578636631
Local notes
PKB An impressive book of modern Pagan scholarship. The book is dedicated to "Judy and Margot: Great queens in this world and the next." With this juxtaposition, this can only mean Judy Harrow and Margot Adler. There is a good list of well-known Celtic Reconstructionists in the Notes near the end of the book.
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