Day of Danu

Today is Day of Danu, the celtic mother goddess, primal mother figure, source of life, prosperity, and the divine lineage of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a mythical race of gods in Ireland.
Her name likely means “divine waters,” linking her to rivers (like the Danube), springs, and the nurturing aspects of the Earth.


The Danube flows through

Vienna

Vienna lies in a depression called the Vienna Basin. It has been continuously inhabited since the Neolithic period, as archaeological finds show. While people roamed the area as early as the Paleolithic period, continuous settlement by early farmers began in the Neolithic, favored by a mild climate and fertile soils. Long before the Romans, who gave Vienna its name (Vindobona – the good airs/winds; which is a nice way of saying that it is ALWAYS windy in Vienna), Celtic tribes settled here, as well as other ancient inhabitants from different cultures and tribes.

and even though it is really really cold :cold_face: I took time to visit her and show her my appreciation.
The water of the Danube is so clean, that in summer people will come here for swimming, there will be plenty of Cafes and Restaurants and it will be buzzing with life. It´s hard to imagine now, that everything is still frozen. :smiley:

A little prayer to Danu :purple_heart:

Great Mother Danu
I honor you and your name
You who created the rivers and the land
the source of life and fertility
You who hold the magic and wisdom of the land
May your blessings flow over my land and my paths
May I find your wisdom in the streams of life
and feel your power in the abundance of the earth.
I thank you for the gifts of nature, for life and creation.

Have a blessed, magical day! :cherry_blossom:

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Thank you so much for the prayer and information! Great stuff! I’ll probably use the prayer sometime.

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well, yes, you´re so welcome!! I’ve just gone down a rabbit hole when it comes to goddesses, and I thought I’d share my madness with you. :laughing:

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It’s a good rabbit hole. Thank you for sharing.

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It was a great rabbit hole!

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I just drew Danu as my Goddess card today.


The image came from the Saged app.

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This is very beautiful! Thanks for sharing! :purple_heart:

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Katharina, Thank-you so much. I did an oblation to Danu this morning, during my circle. Lady Gene :magic_wand:

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I added the prayer and a little painting into my BOS. :purple_heart:
This felt like a fitting way to capture and conclude the Day of Danu.

How beautiful! :purple_heart:

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Katharina,

Yours is sooo beautiful. I can only draw stick figures.:sweat_smile:

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Stick figures are okay, too. Or no figures at all! It would be a fun idea to express deities in abstracts or collages.

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