Category: Carmina Gadelica
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Day of the Lady
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Day of the Lady benign,Day to send sheep on prosperity,Day to send cow on calf,Day to put the web in the warp. Day to put coracle on the brine,Day to place the staff to the flag,Day to bear, Day to die,Day to hunt the heights. Day to put horses in…
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Dagda of My Love
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O Dagda of my love,Thou it is who woulds’t us guide,Thou fragrant body of grace, I invoke you! Hear us, thou All-Father,Who didst encircle and protect thy people,Succour thou us in time of need, I implore you! Lift our flocks to the hills,Quell the wolf and the fox,Ward…
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Brigit and the Aid-Woman
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There came to me assistance,Danu fair and Brigit;As Danu bore the Dagda,As Dagda’s wife bore Brigit,As Brigit bore RuadanWithout flaw in him,Aid thou me in mine unbearing, Aid me, O Brigit! As Lugh was conceived of EthlinnFull perfect on every hand,Assist thou me, foster-mother,The conception to bring from the…
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Bright Maypole Above Us
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The beribboned Maypole above us,Ordained of the God of the Wood, Bright Maypole above us! Tonight, the night of the pole of ecstasy,The pole of rapture beloved of the Goddess, Bright Maypole above us! Noble the staff! Noble the wand!Noble the Man of this night. Bright Maypole…
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Hail to Thee, Danu
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Hail to thee, Danu, Mother!Thou ancestress of Gods,The Old One of the Mound was thy Consort,Blessed be thy feet that have brought thee in these ways,Blessed be thy womb without which we could not be,Blessed be thy paps formed in beauty,Blessed be thy lips, Queen of the Earth,Thou blessed Danu,…
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Hail, Brigit
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Hail, Brigit! hail, Brigit! Queen of healing, Mother of poetry,Hail, Brigit, forge of our vision, Fount of our knowledge, source of our joy. To thee we, night and day, Hidden children of the Goddess,Lift our voices in reverence, In mirth and gaity and laughter. Bestow upon…
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Desires
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May I speak each day with thy eloquence,Each day may I show thy counsel, O Gwydion;May I speak each day according to thy wisdom,Each day and night may I be at peace with my words. Each day may I count thy blessings, O Gwydion,May I each day give heed to…
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Danu Who Ought to be Praised
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It is as easy for Danu,To inspire the Aged,As to give birth to the Young,As it is Her will to do so. Danu! Danu! Danu! Meet it is to praise you! There is no plant in the ground,But is full of your virtue,There is no form in the…
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Coven Protecting
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Goddess, bless the world and all that is in it,Goddess, bless my bed-mate(s) and my children,Goddess, bless the eye that is in my head,And bless, O Goddess, the handling of my art.What time I rise in the morning,What time I lie down at night, Bless my rising in the…
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Come I This Day
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Come I this day to the Mother,Come I this day to the Maiden,Come I to the Crone of Wisdom;Come I this day with the Goddess,Come I this day with the God,Come I with the Spirit of Nature. Gods and Spirits and Elements,From the crown of my head,To the soles of…