Dreaming of Horses and Blodeuwedd
They don’t have names yet, two filly quarter horses! yay
and with Beltaine around the corner:
Invocation of the Flower Maiden
Not from mortal mother or father was she created
Her body was made and blooded
By the powers of nine most sacred
From the first of fruits
From the fruits of creation
Of highland primroses
Of woodland blossoms
Of earth and fertile soils
Of the flower of nettles
Of ninth wave waters
She is immortal
She is conjured
By enchantments of sage and bard
By the Druid of Briton
Of Eurwys, of Euron
Of Euron, of Modron
Magick greater than five hundred druids
Mighty and wise as Math
Made the Flower Maiden
Forged in the fires of creation
Made by the Magician of magicians
Made by the Sage of sages
When the world was in its youth
(By Juniper, inspired by the Cad Goddeu)
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That’s lovely. I happen to be re-reading the Mabinogion at the moment. It’s been 25 or 30 years since I read it as a teenager, and I was surprised to find that while I’d forgotten most of it, the book of Math I remembered nearly completely. I suppose the stories of Gwydion, Blodeuwedd and Llew made more impression on me at the time because I came to the Mabinogion originally through Alan Garner’s “The Owl Service”, which is still one of my all-time favourite ‘young adult’ novels. Every bit as disturbing now as it was at thirteen!