Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Triple Goddess


the New Moon is the white goddess of birth and growth;
the Full Moon, the red goddess of love and battle;
the Old Moon, the black goddess of death and divination

Maiden
Among Pagans, "The Maiden" represents enchantment, inception, expansion, the promise of new beginnings, birth, youth and youthful enthusiasm.

Mother
The mother represents ripeness, fertility, sexuality, nurturance, fulfillment, stability, power and life.

Crone
The crone represents wisdom, repose, death, and endings. Like the moon which waxes once again after the new moon and like in the year, where spring always follows winter. The Crone is an end, but she is always followed by the Maiden once more. It is death and rebirth, representing the common pagan belief of reincarnation as well as the renewing cycles of the moon and of the year.


(my mom would be so mad if she knew I was researching into Wicca stuff...ahhh!!!)
All three of these women are present in Rapunzel the story and are arguably present in The Juniper tree (Marlene, Mother, and Stepmother), and in Snow White (Snow White, Birth Mother, Stepmother/old woman costume), as well as little red riding hood (LRRH, Mother, Grandmother), and perhaps Hansel and Gretel (Gretel, mother, old woman/witch), maybe even Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Mother/good fairies, and the snubbed fairy/old lady costume).

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