#eir deity

[ofmossandmagick]

[neurodiversequeer]

random little ways that I've started worshipping more bc why not:

braided yarn around my wrist for Eir, pronoun bracelets for Dionysus, and chewelry necklace for Loki, and (eventually) a gold anklet for Aphrodite (currently the earrings I wear every day until I get it)

having a glass of wine and giving some to all of my deities in their respective cups

changing the color of my lamp light depending on who's hanging out (between purple red pink and green for me for now)

setting aside little trinkets I think any of them would like + putting them on their respective altars

putting on music they seem to like (at least one of them likes every single one of the songs on my playlist)

just hanging out with them when I can + they want to

letting the spirits hang around sometimes (Eir + Loki both seem to like my little buddy that has been with me for 9-10 years atp)

being cunty just bc I can (Dionysus, Loki, and Aphrodite seem to like that)

really dramatically and film-worthily acting out my daydreams (Dionysus gets SO hyped)

scrolling through the body positivity tag whenever I start to get self-conscious (they all seem proud when I do that, but Loki makes it known more (I think Aphrodite will be down too but I haven't gotten like that yet with her as part of the group))

just dressing up pretty!! it feels like I'm channeling Aphrodite :))

I'll probably put more on this list as things progress

[aodhan-art]

Bodb Derg son of Dagda, High King over the Tuatha Dé Danann.

[broomsick]

I know I’ve mentioned this before so I might be repeating myself here, but it is such a privileged to worship Eir. She has blessed me and my loved ones more than I can say, with the gift of good health. I’m sorry to say I’ve never really dedicated anything major to her, only ever making the simple offering every once in a while. But I’ve prayed to her sincerely, almost embarrassed that I’d not devoted more time to her and yet, she answers every single time. Almost systematically, she helps and blesses with kindness beyond words.

She is proof that sincerity and love go a long way when it comes to deity work. Offerings don’t work like currency, they don’t need to be grand in order to be sincere. And I think prayer works like asking for help: not demanding, but asking, makes a world of difference.

[usernameproxy]

parhelion, god of second chances. informally known by the other gods as sundog

[actiwitch]

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[w-y-r-d]

Eir, great goddess of health and healing,

We come to you with hearts and souls revealing

The pain and suffering that we bear;

The wounds and illnesses that we must repair.

Your wisdom and knowledge, so vast and true,

Are a guiding light to help us through.

Your gentle touch and soothing words

Bring comfort to those who are hurt.

With herbs and remedies, you tend to our pain,

And help us find balance and health again.

Your power to heal is a gift so rare,

And your presence brings hope and care.

Eir, we honor you and your healing ways,

And seek your guidance in all our days.

We offer our thanks and gratitude to you

For all the work that you do.

May your blessings of health and wellness

Guide us through life's challenges and tests.

Eir, great goddess of healing and health,

We thank you for your strength and wealth.

[eiriisms]

𝕰𝖎𝖗, 𝕸𝖊𝖗𝖈𝖎𝖋𝖚𝖑 𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖗,

𝐸𝒾𝓇, 𝑀𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓇,

𝐼 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒷𝓈,

𝒯𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒹,

𝒯𝑜 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓁𝑒𝒹𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑒𝒹𝒾𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑒,

𝒯𝑜 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝐼 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔.

𝑀𝒶𝓎 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝓎 𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓂 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒹,

𝑀𝒶𝓎 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒷𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝑒𝒿𝓊𝓋𝑒𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓊𝓂𝑒,

𝑀𝒶𝓎 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝑜𝑜𝓁𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒.

𝒜𝓈 𝐼 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓂,

𝒯𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒸𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝐼 𝑔𝑜,

𝐼 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒹,

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝑜𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝒹𝓎,

𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁.

[fernthewhimsical]

Prayer to Heila

Lady of the healing herbs, whose golden light, soothes our aches, as well as our soul. You who heals our wounds, both visible and not I ask for your balm, for your strength, so I can heal myself. Heila, Golden Healer, I love and honour you

[autumnalgrove]

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[talonabraxas]

Brigit, Druid Goddess Brigit is a ‘pan Celtic’ goddess, who was worshipped by both the Goidelic and Brythonic Celts in the British Isles and beyond. She is a solar deity, who once hung her mantle on a sunbeam. In Celtic mythology, Brigit is the daughter of the Morrighan and the Dagda, the Good God and Chief of the Tuatha de Danaan, the ancient fairy race of Ireland, and the sister of Ogma, who invented the Ogham alphabet. She was the wife of Bres, King of the Fomorians (who were at war with the Tuatha de Danaan). Brigit was said to have been the mediator of peace between the two ancient warring tribes. She was the mother of the Three Gods of Danu – Ruadan, Iuchar and Uar. These three Gods were said to have married the three princesses of Ireland – Eire, Fodhla and Banbha. In other sources, Brigid is the daughter of Boann, the Goddess of the River Boyne in Ireland. Boann (bo fhionn) means ‘white cow’, an association she shares with Brigid. Brigit is primarily the patron Goddess of poets, healers and smiths. She is also a patron of other womanly arts – midwifery, dyeing, weaving and brewing, and the guardian of children and farm animals – particularly cows. The island of Ireland itself is said to be the green mantle of Brigit. She is also said to be the patron of travellers, sailors, and fugitives. She is specifically a patroness to the Druids in her aspects of poetry (Bards), healing and prophecy (Ovates) and blacksmithing (Druids).

[neurodiversequeer]

Dionysus is my dad, Eir and Aphrodite are my cool older sisters, and Loki is the weird kid at school I became best friends with and call my brother. but also when I walk into my room with all my candles going I just say "hi girlies *gay hand*" as a greeting. these things can and should coexist

(idk how persephone relates to the deity found family dynamic we have going on yet but I will update)

[esoteric-chaos]

Low Energy Witchcraft - Chronic Fatigue Edition

Making a post such as this is something I find absolutely vital. Many of us deal with fatigue. Many of us deal with chronic fatigue and don't know it. This comes in tiredness, drowsiness, exhaustion, lethargy, brain fog, memory issues, slurring of words and muscle weakness.

I deal with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). My Fibromyalgia accompanies that which is a chronic pain condition.

Sometimes you feel stuck in your own body. Bedridden for hours, days, weeks and sometimes life in extreme cases of ME/CFS. Weather can affect this, environment and pushing yourself past your limits. Rest is important.

Now how does this tie into witchcraft? Simple. We use our energy for spellwork, raising energy, energy work, devotion, basically everything. So much of our practice requires personal energy being manipulated and used, leaving us exhausted after in a lot of cases.

I'm going to share some helpful tips with you today.

Now remember, witchcraft is an aid. Nota cure or a replacement for medical aid. Please still take any and all medication and go to the doctors when needed.

Now let's get into it

Sustaining and drawing energy:

Borrowing energy from elements, crystals, tendrils (I'll go into this), space. It's limitless.

Tendrils. Tendrils are a form of vampiric magic I learned. Where you can borrow energy from another person. I will not go into the ethics of consent. I believe you need to do what's right for you at the moment. However, consent is something vital and needs to be practiced. How do you do it? Visualize or focus on feeling these energy tendrils coming out of your fingers. They can suck up the energy from the space or from another person with contact and focus. If not immediately needed, you can store this excess energy in a crystal or an amulet for later use. Always try to ground after so you don't feel overcharged. Being overcharged can cause shakiness, anxiety and sometimes manic-like states.

Sigils

Sigils are a great form of aid. You can make them for lifting brain fog, fatigue, memory, etc. I will link some when I make a few.

Spells

You can do mini spell workings on higher energy days to aid in many ways. I will link some when I make a few.

Deities Worship

If you work with certain deities they may aid you in health. Honouring and working with Apollon (Greek), Apollo (Roman), Sekhmet (Egyptian), Eir (Norse), Airmed (Irish) and many more are associated with healing. A simple prayer can do.

What can I practice when I have little/no energy?

You can practice mindfulness or elemental box breathing. How I do that is breathe in Earth, Fire, Water, Air. Hold Earth, Fire, Water, Air. Breathe out Earth, Fire, Water, Air. and Hold Earth, Fire, Water, Air. Repeat as needed. You will feel more connected to the elements that way.

Take any medication you have with intention. Drawing the sun symbol on your bottles, the planet sun is great for healing.

Prayer to any deities, guardians or ancestors you are currently working with.

Grounding your energy may help you feel better with brain fog. It tends to help me on heavy days.

Doing something as simple as opening a window on a windy day to connect to the air element. Helps cycle air in a stuffy environment as well.

Opening your curtains and basking in the sun's rays can feel very soothing. Alternatively, if you have a sun lamp for SAD, you can bask in its glow and envision the sun's rays on your skin to connect with solar energy.

I will add to this post as time goes on.

Do you want to see more posts I have? Check out the Masterpost.

Updated 2/6/24

[broomsick]

Every time I prayed to Eir, she came through and worked miracles in my life. Whether for myself or for a loved one, she blessed whoever was sick with good health, and a quick recovery. I am so grateful to her in a way that words can’t express. Hail Eir.

[wolverinesorcery]

UNBLENDING CELTIC POLYTHEISTIC PRACTICES

Celtic Umbrella

This lesson is largely focusing on the insular Celtic nations & Brittany (Ireland/Eire, Scotland/Alba, Wales/Cymru, Cornwall/Kernow, Isle of Man/Mannin, & Brittany/Breizh) - traditionally regarded as 6 out of the 7 Celtic nations. Galicia/Galizia is the 7th, but because of a mix of the below + my own lack of knowledge, I won't be covering them.

The vast swath of Continental Celtic cultures are a different but equally complex topic thanks to extinction, revival, varying archaeological artefacts and the work of modern practioners to piece unknown parts back together.

This will serve as a quick 'n' dirty guide to the insular Celtic nations, Celtic as a label, blood percentages and ancestry, the whats and whys of "Celtic soup", and how to unblend practice.

The insular Celtic groups are split into two language groups: Brythonic languages and Gaelic languages.

Brythonic languages are Cymraeg/Welsh, Kernewek/Cornish, & Breton

Gaelic languages are Gàidhlig/Scottish, Gaeilge/Irish, & Gaelg/Manx.

The language split leads to certain folkloric and religious figures & elements being more common within the language group than without. All of these nations had historic cultural exchange and trade routes via the Celtic sea (and beyond). Despite this, it is still important to respect each as a home to distinct mythologies.

Pros/Cons of a broad Celtic umbrella

Pros

- Used within celtic nations to build solidarity - Relates to a set of cultures that have historic cultural exchange & broad shared experiences - A historic group category - Celtic nations’ culture is often protected under broad legislation that explicitly highlights its ‘Celtic-ness’.

Cons

- Can be used reductively (in academia & layman uses) - Often gives in to the dual threat of romanticisation/fetishisation & erasure - Conflates a lot of disparate practices under one banner - Can lead to centring ‘celtic american’ experiences. - Celtic as a broad ancestral category (along with associated symbols) has also been co-opted by white supremacist organisations.

In this I’m using ‘Celtic’ as a broad umbrella for the multiple pantheons! This isn’t ideal for specifics, but it is the fastest way to refer to the various pantheons of deities that’ll be referenced within this Q&A (& something that I use as a self identifier alongside Cornish).

What about blood % or ancestry?

A blood percentage or claimed Celtic ancestry is NOT a requirement to be a follower of any of the Celtic pantheons. The assumption that it does or is needed to disclose can feed easily into white supremacist narratives and rhetoric, along side the insidious implications that a white person in the USA with (perceived or real) Celtic ancestry is 'more celtic' than a person of colour living in a Celtic region (along with other romanticised notions of homogenously white cultures).

Along side this, a blood percentage or distant ancestry does not impart the culture and values of the Celtic region or it's recorded pagan practices by itself. Folk traditions are often passed down within families, but blood percentage is not a primary factor within this.

Connecting with ancestry is fine, good, and can be a fulfilling experience. It stops being beneficial when it leads to speaking over people with lived experiences & centres the USA-based published and authors - which can lead to blending/souping for reasons further on.

What is 'soup'?

Celtic soup is a semi-playful term coined by several polytheists (primarily aigeannagusacair on wordpress) to describe the phenomenon of conflating & combining all the separate pantheons and practices from the (mainly) insular Celtic nations into one singular practice - removing a lot of the regionalised folklore, associated mythos, & varying nuances of the nations that make up the soup.

Why does it happen?

The quick version of this is book trends and publishing meeting romanticisation and exotification of Celtic cultures (especially when mixed with pre-lapsarian views of the Nations). It's miles easier to sell a very generally titled book with a lot of Ireland and a little of everywhere else than it is to write, source and publish a separate book on each.

This is where centering American publishers and authors becomes an issue - the popular trend of USA-based pagan publications to conflate all celtic nations makes it hard to find information on, for example, Mannin practices because of the USA’s tendency to dominate media. Think of Llewellyn’s “Celtic Wisdom” series of books.

It has also been furthered by 'quick research guides'/TL;DR style posts based on the above (which have gained particular momentum on tumblr).

The things that have hindered the process in unblending/"de souping" is the difficulty in preserving independently published pamphlets/books from various nations (often more regionalised and immediately local than large, sweeping books generalising multiple practices) along with the difficulty of accessing historic resources via academic gatekeeping.

All of this has lead to a lack of awareness of the fact there is no, one, singular Celtic religion, practice or pantheon.

Why should I de-soup or unblend my practice?

Respecting the deities

It is, by and large, considered the bare minimum to understand and research a deity's origin and roots. The conflation of all insular Celtic deities under one singular unified pantheon can divorce them from their original cultures and contexts - the direct opposite to understanding and researching.

Folklore and myth surrounding various Celtic deities can be highly regionalised both in grounded reality and geomythically - these aren't interchangeable locations and are often highly symbolic within each nation.

Brú na Bóinne, an ancient burial mound in Ireland, as an entrance to the otherworld of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Carn Kenidjack & the Gump as a central site of Cornish folk entities feasts and parties, including Christianised elements of Bucca’s mythology.

The Mabinogion includes specific locations in Wales as well as broad Kingdoms - it’s implied that Annwn is somewhere within the historic kingdom of Dyfed, & two otherworldly feasts take place in Harlech & Ynys Gwales.

Conflating all celtic pantheons under one banner often leads to the prioritisation of the Irish pantheon, meaning all of the less ‘popular’ or recorded deities are sidelined and often left unresearched (which can lead to sources & resources falling into obscurity and becoming difficult to access).

Respecting the deities

Deities, spirits, entities, myth & folklore are often culturally significant both historically and to modern day people (just average folks along with practitoners/pagans/polytheists and organisations) located in the various Nations

A primary example is the initiatory Bardic orders of Wales and Cornwall.

Desouping/Unblending makes folklorist's lives easier as well as casual research less difficult to parse. The general books are a helpful jumping off point but when they constitute the bulk of writing on various Celtic polytheisms, they become a hinderance and a harm in the research process.

A lot of mythology outside of deities & polytheisms is also a victim of ‘souping' and is equally as culturally significant - Arthurian mythology is a feature of both Welsh and Cornish culture but is often applied liberally as an English mythology & and English figure.

Celtic nations being blended into one homogenous group is an easy way to erase cultural differences and remove agency from the people living in celtic nations. Cornwall is already considered by a large majority of people to be just an English county, and many areas of Wales are being renamed in English for the ease of English tourists.

How can I de-soup?

Chase down your sources' sources, and look for even more sources

Check your sources critically. Do they conflate all pantheons as one? Do they apply a collective label (the celts/celts/celt/celtic people) to modern day Celtic nations? How far back in history do they claim to reach?

Research the author, are they dubious in more ways than one? Have they written blog articles you can access to understand more of their viewpoints? Where are they located?

Find the people the author cites within their work - it can be time consuming but incredibly rewarding and can also give a good hint at the author's biases and research depth. You may even find useful further reading!

Find primary sources (or as close too), or translations of the originating folklore, e.g The Mabinogion. Going to the source of a pantheon’s mythos and folklore can be helpful in discerning where soup begins in more recent books as well as gaining insight into deities' actions and relationships.

Ask lots of questions

Question every source! Question every person telling you things that don't define what pantheon or region they’re talking about! Write all your questions down and search for answers! Talk to other polytheists that follow specific Celtic pantheons, find where your practices naturally overlap and where they have been forced into one practice by authors!

Be honest with yourself

There’s no foul in spreading your worship over several pantheons that fall under the celtic umbrella! A lot of polytheists worship multiple pantheons! But be aware of the potential for soup, and make sure you’re not exclusively reading and working from/with sources that conflate all practices as one.

If you approach any Celtic polytheistic path with the attitude of blood percentage or 'ancestral right', stop and think critically about why you want to follow a Celtic polytheistic path. Is it because it's the most obviously 'open' path to follow? Is it a desire to experience what other folks experience? Being critical, turning inward, and really looking at yourself is important. Originally posted in the Raven's Keep discord server

[nehalenniaspeil]

— Welcome 🌞⛲🍀

Hello Pagan Tumblr!

My name's Artemisia, and i've been walking a pagan path for 5 years. Here's a list of traditions/deities/ways that i'm working with :)

I. My Paths

· Avalonian tradition

· Celtic polytheism

· Hellenic/Roman polytheism

· Norse polytheism

II. My ways of Witchcraft

· Bath witchcraft

· Crystal witchcraft

· Elemental witchcraft

· Green witchcraft

· Hearth witchcraft

· Kitchen witchcraft

· Ogham

· Sacred wells & springs

· Sea witchcraft

· Sun witchcraft

· Swamp witchcraft

· Water witchcraft

· Weather witchcraft

III. Deities & spirits

🍀 IRISH/GAULISH/BRITTONIC/IBERIAN/WELSH 🍀

· Airmed

· Andraste

· Ataegina

· Brigid

· Coventina

· Elen of the Ways

· Epona

· Eriu

· Gráinne

· Gwenhwyfar

· Lady of the Lake

· Lugh

· Medb

· Morgan Le Fay

· Nantosuelta

· Nehalennia

· Nemetona (Arnemetia)

· Nimue

· Rhiannon

· Rosmerta

· Sequana

· Sirona

· Sulis Minerva

🦢 NORSE/GERMANIC 🦢

· Baldr

· Eir

· Eostre

· Freyja

· Frigga

· Hlín

· Idunna

· Óðinn

· Rán

· Sunna (Sól)

· Thor

· Valkyrjur

🌞 HELLENIC/ROMAN 🌞

· Amphitrite (Salacia)

· Aphrodite (Venus)

· Artemis

· Asklepios

· Eos

· Flora

· Fortuna

· Juno

· Jupiter (Zeus)

· Salus (Hygieia)

· Mars

· Minerva

· Neptuno (Poseidon)

· Pax

· Pomona

· Proserpina

· Sol Invictus

· Vesta (Hestia)

⛲ SPIRITS ⛲

· Lady of the Fountain

· Lady of the Lake

· Melusine

· Mermaids

· Naiads

· Nereids

· Oceanides

· Sisters of Avalon

· Spring/well spirits

· Undines

· Valkyrjur