The Morrigan Goddess Greetings Card by Karen Cater

£2.40

The artwork of this card shows the goddess armed with a spear and with her raven's wings.

The text included with this card reads:

In the ever-fluctuating world of ancient Britain, no group of people ever contolled the land with certainty for any length of time. The Celts, farmers and herdsmen by choice, frequently faced invasion by both land and sea and were often forced to become warlike to ensure their survival.

As with many other ancient people, the Celts worshipped many gods and goddesses, each offering protection in a particularly critical area of life. One of the more sinister of these is the Morrigan - the Celtic goddess of war, a shape-shifter who in the guise of a raven presided over battles, deciding the destinies of the warriors below.

In a similar manner to other ancient goddesses of death, the Morrigan is also the deity associated with change, regeneration and new beginnings, combining the forces of life, death and sexuality.

Karen Cater is fascinated by the esoteric or mystical qualities of her subject matter, incorporating layers and levels of meaning into her compositions by her use of correspondences of imagery or colour, breathing life and identity into old song titles or figures from mythology or history.

This card comes cellophane wrapped and is 105mm x 210mm (4 and 1/4" x 8 and 1/4"), and comes with a kraft paper envelope.

It's blank inside for you to write your own message

Categories: All Cards by Karen Cater, Goddess Cards, All Cards, Raven Items.

The Morrigan represents the circle of life, and is associated with both birth and death.

Her name means great queen or phantom queen. It is spelt in several different ways including Morrigu, Morgane, Morrighan and Morgan le Fay in the Arthurian legends.

She is one of the triple Goddesses, her different aspects are represented by Anu (the fertility maiden), Badh (the boiling mother cauldron) and either Macha (the death crone) or Nemain.

Morrigan is also a water Goddess, ruling over rivers and lakes. In one myth she appears as an old washer woman at the ford and offering her love to Cu Chulainne. He failed to recognize Morrigan on this occasion and on several others. Enraged she threated to hinder him in battle, when he is killed as a result of this she appears on his shoulder as a crow.