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The Morrigan Papers, part 4

Bride has the talent of bringing forth life. That is the connection with midwifery. As a midwife you have to have ‘healing’ hands, use poetry to soothe and to ‘foresee’ the future of the child to be born. And when she reaches the age to become pregnant herself, she is literally the ‘blacksmith of men’. Lees verder

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The Promise of Bride

Poem inspired by Bride. Lees verder

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The Morrigan Papers, Part 2

Last time we spoke about the Cailleach and her transformation into the young goddess Bride at Imbolc. What do we know about this form of the Morrigan? How could I connect Bride with the Morrigan? Lees verder

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