阿瓦隆女神 (中英双语)
原文
April 21, 2021
Arthurian Legend
Avalonian Goddesses
The Avalonian Goddesses refers to the goddesses worshipped by modern Avalonian witchcraft. They are the five goddesses whose stories appear in The Mabinogion. Cerridwen, Blodeuwedd, Rhiannon, Branwen, and Arainrhod are all powerful goddesses in Welsh Celtic tales. In the Avalonian tradition Cerridwen, Blodeuwedd, and Rhiannon each take a third of the year as primary goddess of that cycle. Branwen and Arainrhod are considered goddesses associated with the thirteenth and fourteenth moons (in other words special celestial occurrences).
Cerridwen is a goddess that is associated with the crone aspect of the triple goddess. Blodeuwedd is associated with the maiden aspect (and in some cases the sexual aspect, since she was not a mother), and Rhiannon is associated with the mother aspect! In the case when Blodeuwedd is sexual aspect Arainrhod is the virgin aspect. As the wheel of the year turns the Avalonian tradition cycles through focusing on different goddesses associated with the aspect of the triple goddess that is related to that time of year. Right now in Spring we are in the time of Blodeuwedd, and she is the May Queen and the flower bride. After that we move into the time of Rhiannon, and her motherhood is associated and symbolized by the harvest of late Summer and Autumn. Finally during the Winter we will return to the time of Cerridwen and the dark times of the year, symbolized by her crone aspect!
The Avalonian tradition takes the original stories of these goddesses, and faerie women, and uses them to honor the natural world throughout the year. There is a lot of power in the natural world, and honoring the earth is a great way to grow closer to our most true selves. Avalonian witchcraft is rooted in goddess worship and feminine mysteries. This is a truly female centered practice, and honors the divine feminine within all of us, both men and women! Priestesses within this tradition are known as Morgens, after the original faerie women of Avalon.
The five goddesses of Avalonian witchcraft are diverse, and all woman can find at least one that they feel deeply connected to! We all have innate power within us, and by honoring the divine feminine within ourselves we grow closer to the natural world. Honoring the elements, flowers, trees, animals, and all of nature is a way of learning about the deepest truths of our world.
I hope that you have enjoyed learning a bit about the Avalonian goddesses. Let me know you thoughts in the comments below!
Note on Image: The image at the top of the post is the cover of Flower Face. I found the image on amazon.com.
Further Reading
The Mabinogion translated by Sioned Davies
Avalon Within by Jhenah Telyndru
Mythic Moons of Avalon by Jhenah Telyndru
Rhiannon: Divine Queen of the Celtic Britons by Jhenah Telyndru
Flower Face: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Blodeuwedd edited by Lori Feldmann

中文翻译
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亚瑟王传奇
阿瓦隆女神

Avalonian【阿瓦隆尼亚】女神指现代Avalonian巫术的女神崇拜。她们作为五个女神的故事出现在《the Mabinogion》中。Cerridwen, Blodeuwedd, Rhiannon, Branwen和Arainrhod都是威尔士凯尔特人传说中强大的女神。在阿瓦隆的传统中,Cerridwen, Blodeuwedd和Rhiannon各占一年的三分之一,作为那个周期的主要女神。Branwen和Arainrhod被认为是与第十三和第十四次月亮【注:“the thirteenth and fourteenth moons”本人不太明白,就直译了】(换句话说,特殊的天体事件)有关的女神。
Cerridwen是一位女神,与三重女神【triple goddess;triple意为三倍,三重;此处可能指上文中的Cerridwen, Blodeuwedd和Rhiannon】的老妪【crone 此处存疑】方面【aspect 形象?(意译)】有联系。Blodeuwedd与少女有关(由于她不是母亲,她在某些情况下与性有联系),而Rhiannon与母亲有关!在这种情况下,布洛德维德是性方面,阿拉罗德是处女方面。随着一年之轮的转动,阿瓦洛尼亚传统围绕着与三位一体女神相关的不同女神而循环。现在是春天,我们正处于Blodeuwedd的时期,她是五月女王【May Queen】和花新娘。在那之后,我们进入了Rhiannon的时期,她的母性与夏末和秋天的收获有联系并具有象征意义象征。最后,在冬天,我们将回到Cerridwen的时代和一年中的黑暗时期,以她的老妪【crone 此处存疑】形象【aspect】为象征!
Avalonian的传统采用了这些女神和仙女的原始故事,并用它们在整个一年四季当中尊崇【honor】自然世界。自然界有很多力量,尊重地球是接近我们最真实自我的好方法。阿瓦洛尼亚巫术根植于女神崇拜和女性奥秘【feminine mysteries】。这是一个真正以女性为中心的实践,尊重我们所有人内在的神圣女性,无论男女!这个传统中的女祭司被称为摩根斯【Morgens】,以阿瓦隆最初的仙女命名。
阿瓦洛尼亚巫术的五位女神是多种多样的,所有女人都能找到至少一位与她们有很深联系的女神!我们都有与生俱来的力量,通过尊重我们内在的神圣女性,我们变得更接近自然世界。尊重自然、花草树木、动物和大自然的一切,是我们了解这个世界最深刻的真理的一种方式。
我希望你喜欢学习一些关于阿瓦隆尼亚女神的知识。请在下面的评论中告诉我你的想法!
图片说明:顶部的图片是《花脸》的封面。我在亚马逊网站上找到了这张照片。
延伸阅读
The Mabinogion 译者:Sioned Davies
Avalon Within 作者:Jhenah Telyndru
Mythic Moons of Avalon 作者:Jhenah Telyndru
Rhiannon: Divine Queen of the Celtic Britons by Jhenah Telyndru
Flower Face: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Blodeuwedd 由洛里·费尔德曼编辑
来自 https://whiteroseofavalon.life/