Category: folklore

art, folklore, pagan

Wishing Everyone A Wonderful Winter Solstice!

magickmermaid


Winter Solstice, Yule, Mid-Winter or Alban Arthan is the celebration of the rebirth of the sun after the longest night of the year.  It is one of the eight solar festivals comprising the Wheel of the Year.  Nourished in the womb of the Goddess during the dark time of the year, the sun symbolises the God born anew.  Plants that remain evergreen such as fir trees, holly and mistletoe are used as decorations.  A good time to reflect on the past year and make plans for the new year.

Wishing everyone joy, peace, good health, prosperity in the new year!  May all your dreams come true!

art, folklore, metaphysical art, pagan

Winter Solstice

magickmermaid

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice, Yule, Mid-Winter or Alban Arthan is the celebration of the rebirth of the sun after the longest night of the year.  It is one of the eight solar festivals comprising the Wheel of the Year.  Nourished in the womb of the Goddess during the dark time of the year, the sun symbolises the God born anew.  Plants that remain evergreen such as fir trees, holly and mistletoe are used as decorations.

The Goddess at Winter Solstice wears a crown of holly and mistletoe as she awaits the birth of her child.

The Winter Solstice Goddess Print is available in two sizes:
https://magickmermaid.com/Magick-Goddess-Pagan-Celtic-Mythology-Art.html

Magickal Oak in Winter Print is part of the Magickal Oak Series:
https://magickmermaid.com/GreenMan-and-GreenWoman-Art-Prints.html

art, folklore, pagan

The Holly King GreenMan

magickmermaid

The Holly King

The Holly King is the aspect of the Green Man (Oak King) honoured at the Winter Solstice (Yule) representing the waning year. He wears a crown of holly and is surrounded by mistletoe.

Available in two sizes on https://magickmermaid.com

art, astrology, folklore

Something New at MagickMermaid Studio

magickmermaid

Something New at MagickMermaid Studio

Art Pendants

My original designs on pendants!  Celtic Zodiac Signs and more.  Click the MagickMermaid Shop link to order:  https://magickmermaid.com

Something New at MagickMermaid Studio

The astrology sign pendants are here:
https://magickmermaid.com/Druid-Tree-Lore-Astrology-Celtic-Lunar-Zodiac-Sign-Art-Prints.html

Special orders also available from designs on my website.



art, folklore, metaphysical art, pagan

Wishing Everyone A Blessed Samhain

magickmermaid

EPSON scanner image

The modern celebration of Halloween is derived from the ancient
Celtic celebration of Samhain, which marked the end of Summer
and honored the Ancestors.
Celebrated on October 31st, spirits may visit as the veil between
This World and the Otherworld is the thinnest. This is also a time to
give thanks for a bountiful harvest.

 

8in x 10in (20.32cm x 25.4cm) Print
Small Buy Now Button

11in x 14in (29.72cm x 41.91cm) Print
Small Buy Now Button

To see more Folklore Art please visit https://magickmermaid.com

art, folklore, magickal art, metaphysical art, pagan

Cerridwen’s Cauldron of Knowledge

magickmermaid

Cerridwen’s Cauldron

A Celtic Crone Goddess, Cerridwen presides over the Cauldron of Knowledge, the contents of which must brew for a year and a day. She is known to shape-shift in the form of a sow.

Cerridwen creates the potion of knowledge which brews for a year and a day in her magick cauldron. A few drops of the potion and one gains all wisdom including the ability to see into the past and the future. Legend says that Cerridwen asked her servant, Gwion, to watch over the cauldron. Some of the potion splashed on his fingers which he licked without thinking. He immediately possessed all knowledge and ran away. Cerridwen pursued him as he shapeshifted into many forms, lastly becoming a small grain. Cerridwen changed into a hen, consumed the grain and became pregnant, giving birth to the great bard, Taliesin.

The origin of the witch stirring her cauldron of brew is most likely the image of Cerridwen.

8in x 10in (20.32cm x 25.4cm) Print 
Small Buy Now Button

11in x 14in (29.72cm x 41.91cm) Print
Small Buy Now Button

To see more Magickal Art please visit https://magickmermaid.com

art, folklore, magickal art, pagan

The Spellcaster

magickmermaid

The Spellcaster

With various potions to choose from a Witch
conjures a spell to coincide with the full moon.
A little of this and a pinch of that go
into the ancient black cauldron.
Her trusty animal companions,
cat, raven and snake, look on as
the magick begins to happen.

The Spellcaster 11in x 14in (29.72cm x 41.91cm)
Buy Now Button

The Spellcaster 8in x 10in (20.32cm x 25.4cm)
Buy Now Button

To see more Witch and Halloween Art please visit https://magickmermaid.com