The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might
Description
“She is the spirit of fury and peace, power and destruction, joy and terror,” writes Weber. "She is warrior, queen, death omen, mother, murderer, lover, spy, conspirator, faery, shape-shifter, healer, and sometimes the living earth itself. A captivating contradiction: a demonic female who both haunts and heals; benevolent in one moment, ghastly the next, and kind the moment after that.”
The Morrigan is one of Pagan Ireland’s most famous, and notorious, goddesses. Her name translated as “phantom queen” or “great queen,” the Morrigan is famous for being a goddess of war, witchcraft and death, protection and retribution. This book explores her patronage of motherhood, healing, shapeshifting, and the land. Classified among the Sidhe (fairies), the Morrigan dates back at least to Ireland’s Iron Age, but she is as modern as she is ancient, enjoying a growing contemporary and global following.
Courtney Weber provides a guide for the modern devotee of this complex and mysterious goddess.
Why We Carry It
Weber does not sand off the frightening parts. Phantom queen, death omen, shape-shifter, sometimes the living earth. The contradictions are the point.
Who It Is For
Anyone the Morrigan has already gotten the attention of, and readers of Irish myth who want the practice alongside the lore.
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