Today is a Celtic holiday honoring Cernunnos, my "patron god" so to speak.
This is from my
GrannyMoon newsletter:
Horned Dance at Abbotts Bromley, which honors the Horned God, Cernunnos. "The Horned One" is a god of fertility, life, animals, wealth, and the underworld. He was worshipped all over Gaul, and his cult spread into Britain as well. Cernunnos is depicted with the antlers of a stag, sometimes carries a purse filled with coin. The Horned God is born at the winter solstice, marries the goddess at Beltane, and dies at the summer solstice. He alternates with the goddess of the moon in ruling over life and death, continuing the cycle of death, rebirth and reincarnation.
It was relatively easy for me to identify with Goddess, but more difficult to find a God representation. I feel particularly close to Gaia, as Mother Nature, at this point in my life, and Cernunnos to me seems like Father Nature. The Green Man, Pan, etc. I have my eye on a
lovely Cernunnos statue for my birthday. :)
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