Animists, they believed that there was a soul in all plants, animals and natural phenomena. The people of ancient Ireland, the British Isles, and Western Europe were a proto-Celtic tribal group who date back to the Iron Age.
They represent death, the underworld, and the darker aspect of life most mortals fear. It is small wonder the that Goddess Morrigan (and other Deities such as Odin, Apollo, Bran the Blessed, Shani, as well the Raven of Native American and Siberian mythologies) favored these notorious carrion birds for their intelligence and cunning. Now, I tense whenever I pass the crows on the nature path.Ĭrows and ravens have been both loved and reviled as they have flown next to humans for thousands of years. After that, the crows ceased their cawing and stopped following me. A few weeks later, my familiar pet guinea pig Minerva was put down for her illness. I left them offerings of bread and shiny silver items. When I left the path to go home, they cawed and continued to follow me. Whenever I walked the nature trail behind my apartment, they cawed at me and followed me.
“I have fled in the shape of a raven in prophetic speech.”- John Matthews and Caitlin Matthews, The Last Celtic Shaman.
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