Lillith

 
            I am Lilith, not so popular am I.  According to some, a  Demon Goddess, banned from the garden who eats her own children. A story fabricated by those wishing to enslave humanity and use us for their own purposes. If Lilith is a demon than so is Adam since they were created at the same time according to the bible.  The bible which was manipulated selectively by the god who needs you to worship him.  Also this story resembles what was termed Lamia at some point.  What kind of power does this god have?  He must have been threatened why else would he demonize his creation.  I find it unlikely that he is the Creator.  You decide for yourself.   Let me just say that there has been a lot of genetic engineering in the human race from many terrestrial races.  There is a move toward transhumanism, a campaign really to get humanity to agree to transfer our consiousness into technology.

I had to take down my content of this page because of the many beings who took my theories and experience and adopted them as there own content without my permission or giving credit.  This will appear elsewhere at some point in time.  But now I brought it back.  This is based on inner wisdom, experience and research and at this point an evolving theory.  I wanted to know that what I was doing and putting out there was for the benefit of myself and others and was ultimately about freedom so I put a lot of energy into it.

           Lillith appeared to me in a mist and began to teach me the Organic Ascension Process in 2008.  The Organic Ascension is about freedom.  The technological merge is Prison.  This is where we are headed if we don't take responsibility for ourselves.  Come folks, wake up!

          Her line originates from the Nommo who are a race of beings who first visited the planet millions of years ago.  They were water beings from another Star and who became karmacaly tied to the Earth and the Beings developing on the planet at that time due to a mistake which that have been working to correct.

          Also associated with the Aten, the tribe of Dan, Some of the Atlanteans, the Tuatha De Danann, the Scythians, the Water People, the Essenes, some Faire and Elfen line, The fish people, the Ugly ones, the Seraphim and many others.

          I am Lillith, not so popular am I.  According to some, a  Demon Goddess, banned from the garden who eats her own children. A story fabricated by those wishing to enslave humanity and use us for their own purposes.   Let me just say that there has been a lot of genetic engineering in the human race from many terrestrial races. 

          At some time in the history of Earth as we call it there was a race of beings who arrived on Earth from a place called Nibiru.  The ruler of Nibiru was Anu.  I am one of these.  Anu had children from 2 wives, one of his bloodline, Ki, and one of another more evolved race of beings, Nommo.  For the purpose of this story we will limit the information to the Lilith story.  It suffices to say that I had to go through a huge process to come to what may be a part of the truth at least more truth than I had before, and this is just the beginning.  Nommo was the mother of Ea, also called Enki and his sister Ninhursag.  Ki was the mother of Enlil.  When they arrived on Earth there was an ongoing conflict between the brothers Enke and Enlil, the sons of Anu by different mothers.  The conflict had been going on for many eons.  Enke played a large part in forming our genetics.  Each of these 3 beings were in control of different aspects of our planet under the rule of Anu and the Anunaki counsel.  Enki, his Sister Ninhursag and Enlil/Yahweh were all geneticists.

          When the Niburu beings arrived they mined the planet for certain minerals.  They had workers with them called the Agigi who eventually revolted due to poor working conditions.  Enke feeling that he could create a "Being" to mine for them, created  Adam.  Lilith was a Great, Great, Great Granddaughter of Anu through the line of Ea/Enki and Ninhursag and was also enlisted for this experiment to add her DNA to Adams in order to afford them the ability to procreate on their own.  The experiment was a little too successful and left the humans with abilities that were not controllable by their Anunaki creators.  What is more, the line of Lilith could not be subjugated.  This caused a dispute between Enke and his brother Enlil.  The line of Lilith was cast out of the garden by Enlil and she appealed to Enki.  Enlil who was not happy with this appealed to his father Anu and a council was convened and it was decided that the Human would be remodeled and the seed of Lilith would be destroyed.  Lilith was in hiding in the underworld.  So we have the flood story and a number of other stories in which Liliths line was the recipient of genocide. The earth was flooded to wipe out her line.  Well maybe, maybe not.  Enke as well as other beings on the Earth intervened on her behalf and she along with some others of her line survived in the inner Earth.  Enlil  or maybe Marduk, has been trying to wipe her and her line out ever since.  Why?  She is actualized and not a slave and her line when they remember will also be actualized.  Nearly every war was fought over control of Earth real estate and genetic lines by these and other hidden groups.  One thing I always wonder when researching this is, "What happened to the Agigi?".  The Giants, the Nephilim, the Agigi are question marks as well as Marduk.  More info needed.  Some I feel I know and some is just a progression of information that changes as I go along.  There is some evidence that the Anunaki are as a whole benevolent and this may be a story line meant to create confusion.  Could be.  I do know that Lilith teaches Organic Ascension so whoever is the Source of the non-organic technolgical body is the one to avoid in my opinion.  I am just not completely clear who the manipulator is.

          After the flood Adam was altered down to 2 strand DNA and a Rhesus gene or antigen which limited his coding was introduced.  Then Eve was created from his DNA.  Lilith at the urging of her father was allowed to remain and a system of Initiation was put in place for humans who chose to evolve.  Thus the Tree of life entered the garden and we all know the story of Eve, Adam and the apple.  We are talking about genetic coding people.  Those of Liliths original line had DNA that was Alive, Living (she had a soul/sol) and they were fully actualized in their body.  In fact, she was far more evolved than Enlil who resented this to no end.  Well maybe, and maybe it was all part of the plan.  You see the tree of life has all of the genetic coding necessary to develop a Sol and become a Sun but more on that later.  So the deal is humans of this line had a lot of power and ability and had no accountability and were dangerous.  A system of accountability was instituted through the Tree of Life Mystery School teachings, the Ankh.  In the traditional narrative she threatened the altered slave race by merging genetically with them.  She was labeled a seductress, demon seed, and all information related to her wisdom and teachings have been highly suppressed.  The Dragon Line and Serpent lines are of Lilith.  However, we can see the entry of a Suppressor  throughout history.  At this time I am not clear as to whether that suppressor is still Enlil, Archons, Marduc or another line of beings but it is clear that they have been ruling over this reality behind the scenes for sometime.  You can see this by the entry of blood sacrifice time after time.  These beings are looking for the energy held within the blood in order to energize their bodies.  They are not able to genetically enliven themselves so look to those containing the Tree of Life Codes, those of Lilith's line in order to artificially induce the living codes of Creation and Life within themselves.  In one civilization after another you can see them become highly evolved and then taken over by the beings who need our blood sacrifice.  I am hoping to have clear coherent information about the origin of these beings very soon and it appears there is a relationship to Marduk, a son of Enki, who became power hungry and aligned with Enlil.

          Marduk is a highly ambitious being who does not currently incarnate in a physical body in order to avoid responsibility for his actions and has been working with Enlil for detriment of Liliths line for many eons.  Marduk hijacked the Jeshua story as we know it and gained control of humanity through the church.  It is so easy to control in a system or guilt, shame, blame and judgement which also prevents humans from becoming actualized and the demonizing of those who do evolve. There are things put in place to confuse us and prevent us from getting to the truth along the way and the truth is often the opposite of what we are told.  I is clear that humanity has been duped and fortunately many are beginning to awaken and clear the cobwebs.  It is a steep path out of the underworld and many are now walking that path.  The light of awareness of the Suns of man is dawning.  It should be noted that our path out of duality has to do with gaining a soul, following our heart beyond logic and full understanding and responsibility and awareness of our actions.  We have to be responsible and aware before we become actualized.  These other beings are not on the path of the sol.  They have to hijack ours and this is why children are particularly delightful to them as sacrifice.  Remember the line about sacrificing a hundred of her children per day by our delightful God Yahweh/Enlil.  These guys eat and torture humans.  I am not exactly sure who the God of Abraham is at this point.  But I can say they mixed it up, the blood lines and we have all been evolving.

          Lilith is a winged goddess and although I try not to tag these beings as gods, according to the bible, the Talmud and the Kabbalah she was a god in her own right.  She was the Goddess of the Earth, Fertility, Agriculture and handmaiden to Inanna.  Because the DNA of Lilith mixed with Adams line preflood and Adams line post flood their offspring are able to become actualized and the Initiatory path is still available to seekers through Gnosticism and a few Mystery Schools.  The pure genetic line of Lilith has O rh negative blood.   Those of this line can not be cloned, are universal blood donors, very psychic, highly intelligent and often have healing and other gifts.  They can not receive blood from any other line and their bodies will will reject genetically incompatible forms of life.

         As far as I can call tell the RH negative line has 3 segments.  O- in the line of the feminine Enke, Nimhursag, Lilith, pre flood Adam line; also in the line of the feminine B- Enlil, Lilith line and the post flood A-, Adam, Lilith  line.  The 4th line would be pure rh positive post flood Adam and Eveites which I don't believe exist on this planet anymore largely because Eve ate the Apple on the Tree of Life and made it possible for humanity to consciously and sometimes unconsciously update our and activate our coding, get soul.  Additionally Lilith proliferated and spread her codes in spite of the restrictive environment of her existence.  So we are mostly muts at this point and no matter what our blood if we have a sol spark we can move out of the matrix and become fully actualized.  The pure line from Enki and Nimhursag, the Lilith line have attributes the other lines do not have and they have become helpers for humanity although there are many helpers all with their own agenda in the mix.  Those of the Lilith line are often targeted by the controllers in order to access their blood for creation, nefarious purposes, as a adrenaline rush, and prevent proliferation and a stable existence for those naturally bestowed with the gifts they desire for themselves. 

          This scenario was played out in the Orion template of good, bad and union.  Where in order to graduate from duality an initiates path must be completed to move into Union and the next level of expression.  It is likely that this is actuality what is happening here.  In my experience, I was not able to get free of the manipulation until I fully integrated the first 7 chakras and and began to fully express the Monad and the 8th and 9th dimensional aspects of myself, my oversoul and much more at this point.  It is here that we begin to express true service and unity in reality. 

          Lilith holds the wisdom of the Serpent, the kundalini energy and the codes of eternal life.  Those who wished to malign her turned her into a Demoness, a Vampire and Succubus in order to cover up the unacceptable truth of their own lack of Earthly power.  All serpent lines start off pure and are later desecrated by the hidden followers of Marduk.  As in South America with the Plumed Serpent line later became defiled as we can see whenever blood sacrifice is introduced.  So as they say history is written by the victors and the stories regarding Lilith have been heavilly skewed.  This would explain some of the myths describing her as demon who killed her children but there is much more to the story. Enlil banished her from the Garden, which was originally Enke's domain, because she refused to be subjugated.  I am going to say that many of Liliths original traditions and wisdom have survived, through the line of the Gypsies, the Sufis and others.  Certain dances and Tantric practices assist in the original teachings of self actualization that she brought through to this realm.  As an initiate of this line I have had to overcome the dark forces that have maligned her line through all ages and have had to learn to see in the dark.  The line of the Serpent, of actualization, through the Romanian line became desecrated with the association of Vlad Dracul and there are many other examples of pure lines of knowledge being desecrated by those who practice human an other forms of blood sacrifice.  The Serpent line does not practice blood sacrifice.  They don't have to.  She has been systematically maligned by the line of Eagle, Enlil, over and over again throughout history.  Think witch burning, stoning and the like.  The Serpent line is often symbolized by dragons and by the sun or light. 

           Lilith is of the Sacred Line in which we learn through initiation and earn the right to become actualized in the body.  We actually join heaven and earth and complete the Sacred Marriage in our body.  Through the process of joining of our Soul Star through the Earths Soul Star and finally Completing ourselves in Union with the 'One', Great Central Sun that we also become Suns.  When we become 'One' we join together the masculine and feminine as well as all other dualities.  A Hermaphrodite is one symbol of this achievement.  The next line of wisdom is to become actualized in the body which is symbolized by the Ankh, eternal life, and the activation of kundalini in the body, often seen as the Caduceus.         

            Imagine the outer of a circle as the known world and the inside of the circle as the unillumined.  Each time we uncover what is hidden and learn to love embrace our shadow we activate a code and become illumined.  This process continues until we are a Sun, until we are illumination itself.  The funny thing is that by the time we are through it all seems like such an obvious illusion that we have lived.

          Who is Lilith?  She is me and you and every repressed true expression of your divinity.  She is the shadow and the light.  When she is done with you, the you you knew will be ruined  and the life you had will be gone and have no meaning.  It is then that you will walk into the unknown world of union where each step is your first.  Know this, you will be whole, you will be complete and the next world will be more than you ever dreamed possible. 

          In a world where our Sovereignty has been hijacked she is a fitting guide and holder of the ferrymans staff which enlightens the path out of the underworld to true resurrection.  We are meant to not only shine the light of the Sun but to be a Sun incarnate.  We are graduating.  Increase the Sol light in your belly and activate the creation codes bestowed on us by our Mother through the Flower of Life.



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Edgar Cayce's account of Lilith/Amilius on Atlantis:

"A pre-Adamic race existed. This is what Cayce called the third root race, this is indeed when souls separated into male and female, the yin and yang of one consciousness, and Amilius and Lilith were the first to take on this more physical body. The readings give 106.000 B.C. for Amilius and Lilith, Atlantis was the first Eden. Souls at the time were using other creatures and lifeforms in ways to experiment with this dimension, so many were connected, or better said possessed animal bodies, that became a part of their consciousness.
According to Cayce readings, Amilius and Lilith were the first incarnation of the Logos, or Christ. Many other souls followed their example in creating the dual qualities in two separate bodies. The purpose was to create the perfect companionship , since the separation from their spiritual oneness, where all is experienced as one whole, this new world was a lonely place to be in.
So Amilius continued to create better physical conditions, for other souls to live in, this all in accordance with the Creative Forces. His followers were the Children of the Law of one.
But there were souls who sought more and more self, these so called Sons of Belial, used these same forces for selfish purposes, resulting in moral decadence, greed and competition. So Esai, one of the Belial group replaced Amilius and this eventually lead to the catastrophic events that sank the continent that was Atlantis. Those of the Law of One fled the country and migrated to America, the Pyrenees, Egypt, and other places to continue their work. Since the fall of souls into this dimension, the way out is through matter, so better and more perfect bodies were created for this purpose.

In fact some reincarnation theories give the same evolution.
Btw, According to Cayce, human souls began entering 10.5 million years ago, Atlantis dates from 210.000 years ago, during which a third wave of souls entered."


This is from Timeless Myths Website on the Tuatha De Danann  https://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/danann.html

"The Tuatha Dé Danann ("People of the Goddess Danu") were one of the mythical races who settled in Ireland before the arrival of the Milesians, the ancestors of modern Gaels. The Dananns were descendants of the goddess Danu. Her son Dagda was their most powerful leader of the Dananns.
The Tuatha Dé Dananns were a race of deities as well as race of heroes. They were skilled in art and science, poetry and magic.
They were said to come from four mythical cities: Falias, Gorias, Finias and Murias. When they came to live in Ireland, the Dananns received four magic treasures or talismans, one from each city. Before the Tuatha Dé Danann migrated to Ireland, they had learned all their skills from for four wizards/bards (druids) from these four cities. Morfesa from Falias, Esras from Gorias, Semias from Murias and Uiscias from Findias. (See the Druids of Danu)
After the Milesians defeated the Dananns, the Dananns either retreated to Tir na n-Og ("Land of Youth") or they continued to lived on the land with the Milesians, but their homes (subterranean palaces) were hidden by magic from the eyes of mortals. Their homes were commonly called Sidhe (síd or sídh) or the Otherworld. Another name for the Tuatha Dé Danann was the áes sídhe or the "People of the Sídhe".
In the Otherworld, the Danann remained young and seemingly immortal. Immortal in the sense, they can live a very long life and remain young, but they can be kill and destroy, just like any mortal.
There were frequent visits of the Dananns with the mortals. Sometimes they aided mortals, while other times they seek their destruction. Sometimes they sought marriage with mortals. Most of the times, the Dananns would come to the surface and meet their lovers, other times the mortals were allowed to live with them.
In the Ulster Cycle, the Tuatha Dé Danann was still seen as Celtic deities. However, in the Fenian Cycle, the Dananns had degenerated into nothing more then fey people; in another words, the Dananns became the "Fairy People". The Tuatha Dé Danann became frequently associated with fairies. Because of the Christian influences in the myths, some of them died in old age when they leave the Otherworld; that they were baptised before their death.
(It should be noted that the fairies in Celtic myths (especially Irish, Welsh and Arthurian myths) had nothing to do with tiny pixie with wings that are found in folklore and children fairy tales, like Tinklebell in Peter Pan or the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella. The fairies found here were human with supernatural power. Modern interpretations of fairies tend to prettify them, particularly during the Victorian period (19th century) in Britain.
In early Irish and Welsh literature, they could be tall or short, beautiful or ugly. They can be benevolent beings, but at other times they can be frighteningly cruel or malign. Morrigan and Morgan le Fay would not be considered fairies in the modern sense.)
If you are interested in the mythical history of people who settled in Ireland, read the Book of Invasions.
Please note that I have limited the number of Tuatha Dé Danann who appeared in Irish myths. I have only provided description for those who play an important role in Irish mythology, because there are just too many Dananns for my small page.

Mother goddess. Danu or Ana was the mother of the race of Tuatha Dé Danann. Danu was goddess of fertility and the earth. Some believed that Danu and Ana were separate entities, even both are mother goddesses.
Danu was widely worshipped mother goddess throughout Europe. She was known under various names, such as Danu, Dana and Anu in Continental Europe and Ireland. In Wales, she was called Don.
Danu married her consort Bilé (Bile), and was the mother of Dagda, who was the chief leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Her other offspring probably were Dian Cécht and Nuada.
With Dagda, Danu was also the mother of Ogma. Her other possible sons were Cian (Kian), Sawan and Goibhniu by Dian Cécht.
Danu was also known by another name – Brigit. Here, as Ana or Brigit, she was known as the daughter of the Dagda. She was mother of three sons; all of them were named Ecne.
In some of the sources, Danu or Ana was the proper name of the war-goddess Morrigan.
In Munster, Danu was associated with two round-topped hills, which was called Da Chich Anann or the Paps of Ana, because they resembled two breasts. Da Chich Anann literally means the "two breasts of Ana".



The "Otherworld" was a domain of Celtic deities or supernatural beings such as the "Fairy People". The Otherworld was considered to be the Celtic version of heaven (or even hell to most Christian writers).
They were hidden from mortal eyes by strong Otherworld magic. They were situated in all sort of places. Some of these Otherworlds were located on the islands, the dunes, dun-hills, forests, rivers, and lakes. A grand castle or even humble cottage could be the Otherworld, which would, appeared at night for mortals, but would probably vanish in the morning.
Normal rule does not apply in the Otherworld. A year may seem to pass in the Otherworld, but in the real world centuries may have passed. Time seemed to have stand still. Nor does the people who live there, aged like mortals. They seemed to remain forever young.
The Otherworld also seemed to be able to move from one location to another. Or there may be only one Otherworld but it exist everywhere. In another word, the Otherworld is a paradox. Entering the enchanted place, may be close by or it could be a place far away.

• Irish Otherworld
• Welsh Otherworld
• Arthurian Otherworld

Irish Otherworld
Originally, the Otherworld, particularly the Irish myths, was sometimes situated on some remote islands in the west. Later the Otherworld was located on Ireland itself, but mostly hidden from mortal eyes by strong otherworldly magic.
There were several strange, mythical places of where this Otherworld was located. There was the "Land of Youth", called Tír na nÓg in Irish Gaelic. It was the home of Danu and the other Irish deities known as the Tuatha Dé Danann, which means the "People of the Goddess Danu". It was said to be situated in some distant land, possibly an island or group of islands.
Tír na nÓg has four magical cities: Falias, Gorias, Finias and Murias. In each city, was a magical treasure or talisman, which the Tuatha Dé Danann received when they settled in Ireland. (See Treasures of Tuatha Dé Danann in the Book of Invasion.) Also residing in each city was a druid. These four druids taught the Tuatha Dé Danann knowledge and skills. They were named (See the Druids of Danu in the new Druids page.)
Below is the table with the name of cities in Tír na nÓg, together with the druids and treasures they possessed.

CitiesFaliasGoriasMuriasFindias
DruidsMorfesaEsrasSemiasUiscias
TreasuresLia Fail
("Stone of Destiny")Gáe Assail
(Spear of Lugh)Cauldron of DagdaFreagarthach
("Answerer" – sword of Nuada)
The Otherworld located on several areas in Ireland was hidden by magic, in a subterranean fortress called Sid, Sidh or Sidhe. The word Sidhe (sid or sidh) means "Fairy Rath" or "Fairy Fort". The Tuatha Dé Danann were sometimes called áes sídhe, which is the "People of the Sídh". The Tuatha Dé Danann retreated here after they were vanquished by the Milesians.
The Irish Otherworld was also called Tech Duinn – "House of Donn" or "House of the Dead". Donn was the Irish god of the dead. For some reason, the location of Tech Duinn is often linked to the province of Munster.
There was also the Tir Tairngire – "Land of Promise", said to be home and realm of the sea-god Manannn Mac Lir. Here was where Lugh was brought up. Tir Tairngire is often translated into Emain Ablach.
There is said to be underwater Otherworld, known as Tir fo Thuinn.
The "Land of the Dead" became associated with Spain, where the Milesians come from. While the "Land of the Living" (or the "Land of the Happy Dead") was said to be situated somewhere west of Ireland. It was said to be on some island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and it was originally the home of the Partholanians.


Welsh Otherworld
The Welsh called their Otherworld – Annwn Annwfn or Annwyn. Arawn ruled this Otherworld kingdom. The hero Pwyll of Dyved was allowed to rule Annwfn (Annwvyn) for one year, before he returned to his own world.
According to the early Welsh poem, titled Spoils of Annwfn (Preiddiau Annwfn), Arthur and his followers went to a number of otherworlds, seeking to steal the a magic cauldron. Thejourney probably ended in disaster, since only seven had survived and it wasn't clear if they had gained the cauldron or not.
Another popular name for Welsh Otherworld, was the Caer Wydyr or Caer Wydr – the "Fortress of Glass". Caer Wydyr is similar to Tower of Glass in the Arthurian Legend, but located in Glastonbury Tor, England. Glastonbury Tor was supposed to be the location of the "Isle of Avalon" or "Isle of Apples", the finally resting place of King Arthur.
In Welsh myths, however, the Arthurian Avalon was derived from the name Ynys Afallon.


Arthurian Otherworld
Also in British and Welsh, particularly those concerning King Arthur, such as the Isle of Avalon, the domain of the Lady of the Lake and the Grail Castle, can all be considered to be Celtic Otherworld.

Avalon was like the "Isles of the Blessed", has been called "Isle of Apples". Avalon was derived from the name, Ynys Afallon, in the Welsh myth.
When King Arthur was mortally wounded, his half-sister, Morgan le Fay, writers say that she brought the king to Avalon, to be healed. Geoffrey of Monmouth, mentioned Morgan le Fay as one of nine sisters who were also great sorceresses and they lived in Avalon, but Geoffrey does not connect her being Arthur's sister. See Battle of Camlann (Early Traditions) and Twilight of the Kingdom, for a few different variations about the episode of death of Arthur and Avalon.
Layamon wrote that the Avalon was ruled by elf-queen named Argante, who could be another name for Morgan, since later authors had often called her the ruler of Avalon. In Erec and Enide (c. 1165), Chretien de Troyes wrote that one of the wedding guests was Guingamar. Guingamar was the lord of Avalon and a friend of Morgan le Fay.
In the early thirteenth century, some believed that Avalon was situated in Glastonbury. The monks or priests in Glastonbury wrote their own version of the Grail legend, called Le Haut Livre du Graal or Perlesvaus. They even claimed that Arthur and Guinevere were buried in Glastonbury.
Gerald of Wales, who wrote his Tour of Wales in the late 12th century, had visited the site and also believed that Glastonbury was the burial sites of Arthur. Glastonbury was situated on the island in the middle of a marshland. Most contemporaries and modern scholars were sceptical about these claims of the Avalon/Glastonbury connection.
Glastonbury Tor was also sometimes called the "Isle of Glass" or "Tower of Glass". The name is similar to the Welsh Caer Wydyr or "Fortress of Glass".

Another famous Arthurian Otherworld was the domain of the Lady of the Lake. Some say her home was an underwater palace, while others say that the lake was only a powerful illusion to hide her home from intruders.
The heroes and cousins, Lancelot and Bors were brought up in her home. Lancelot gained the name Lancelot of the Lake, because of his association with the Lady of the Lake. (See Lady of the Lake in Lancelot du Lac.)
It was the Lady of the Lake who gave Arthur the Otherworldly sword, Excalibur. (see Legend of Excalibur)

The magical forest and spring of the Lady of the Fountain could also be considered to be an Otherworld. The water in the spring looked like it was boiling as it bubbles, yet the water was actually cold. Pouring the water from a golden bowl on to huge marble stone would cause an immediate storm to lash the forest and the Lady's castle.
Some Otherworld may look like paradise, but was actually some elaborate prison. As in the case of the Valley of No Return (Le Val Sans Retour). Here, no knight could leave the land, if he had ever been unfaithful to his true love. The entire valley was like paradise, where valley was green and there was always plenty of water, even though it never rain. There was always feasting and dancing. Lancelot broke the spell, because he had always been true to love - his love for Guinevere.
 
Related Information
Name
Sídhe, Sidhe, Sídh, Sidh, Síd, Sid, Sí, Side.
Sidhe (English).
S'th (Scottish Gaelic).
Shee (Manx).

Tech Duinn – "House of Donn".
Tír na nÓg – "Land of Youth".
Tír na mBéo – "Land of the Living".
Tír Tairngire – "Land of Promise".
Tír fo Thuinn – "Land Under Wave".


Annwfn, Annwyn, Annwn.

Avalon – "Isle of the Apples".


Contents
Irish Otherworld
Welsh Otherworld
Arthurian Otherworld





Wedded to the Land
 
In Celtic mythology, there is a relation between the ruler and deity, and that of the ruler and the land. The king was wedded in a sacred marriage to the goddess that was supposed to ensure the fertility of the land.
Quite often in ancient religions or myths, the earth and land was often represented by the feminine entities, such as the goddesses, or they were the personification of the land or earth. The goddess of the land often had the attributes of the mother goddess or the fertility goddess.
Of course, it is not necessary that she is a goddess; she may be the queen or the representative of the goddess, like a priestess. The king's consort, whoever she may be, she is often described as the "Sovereignty Goddess". The future fertility and prosperity of the kingdom depends upon the mating the king mating with the sovereignty of the land.

In Irish mythology, there were number of women or goddesses who were the Sovereignty of Ireland. Among them were Morrigan (and her triple aspects as the goddess of war – Badb, Nemain and Macha), Eriu and her sisters Banba and Fodla.
The three sisters, Eriu, Banba and Fodla were each a poetic name of Ireland. They were Sovereignty of Ireland, as well as Danann goddesses. However, Eriu was the most famous of the three sisters. In the Lebor Gabala (Book of Invasions) and Cath Maige Tuired (Second Battle of Mag Tuired), Eriu had a lover, named Elatha, who was Fomorian king. She became the mother of King Bres of Ireland, when Nuada lost his arm. With the defeat of the Fomorians in the second battle of Mag Tuired, she was one of the wives of the hero Lugh Lamfada, as consort. When the three grandsons of Dagda murdered Lugh, Eriu married one of the brothers, named MacGreine. Her sisters married the other two brothers – Banba to MacCuill and Fodla to MacCecht. So Eriu was the mother of one king and the wife of two kings.
When the Milesians arrived, the three sovereignties of Ireland knew that the Milesians would conquer Ireland, so each queen tried to persuade the Milesians to name the land after her name. Eriu, the last queen to approach the Milesians, promising them victory over her people. Eriu and her sisters fell with their husbands in the Battle of Tailtiu. As they had promised, the Milesians named the entire isle to Eriu, Erin or Eire, which is another name for Ireland.
One of the most amazing goddesses was Morrigan. Morrigan was the daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas. Morrigan also had two sisters, Badb and Macha (and possibly of a third named Nemain).
Here she is seen as three separate figures. However, it is altogether possible that Badb, Macha and Nemain were all one person, known as the Morrigu, but each one represented one aspect of the goddess. So the Morrigu were the triple goddesses of war. They were also the sovereignty goddesses of Ireland, married to the high kings.
Badb and Nemain had been named as the wives of Neit, a shadowy figure in Irish myths, while Macha was the wife and consort of Nuada Airgedlámh. Macha and Nuada died in the Second Battle of Mag Tuired. Macha was also said to be the wife of Nemed, the leader of the Nemedians, a race that had settled on Ireland before the arrival of the Tuatha de Danann.
Before the Second Battle of Mag Tuired, the god Dagda encountered a beautiful woman at Glenn Etin at Samhain night (the eve before the battle). Dagda seduced and slept with this woman. It is believed that this woman was Morrigan, and she foretold victory to the Danann, promising aid. Each year, on Samhain night, Dagda had to mate with Morrigan, to ensure the fertility and prosperity of Ireland, because the war goddess was the sovereignty of Ireland.
Sovereignty goddesses were not limited to marriage with the high king of Ireland. Each province in Ireland had a sovereignty goddess in their province. There were also another Macha, who was the sovereignty of Ulster, and in the neighbouring province, Medb (Maeve) was the sovereignty of Connacht. There are uncertainty of whether the Ulaid Macha was the same queen/goddess as the Nemedian Macha and the Danann Macha.

However, the idea of sacred marriage between a king and the goddess doesn't just appear in the Irish and Welsh myths. In fact, a king wedded to the goddess was a very ancient ritual of many different ancient cultures. And like the Celtic myths, the sacred marriage had to do with the fertility of the land.
The one that come to my mind is the myth of the Sumerian goddess, named Inanna, whom the Babylonian called Ishtar. Inanna's attributes combined the Greek goddesses Aphrodite and Athena, because she was the goddess of love and war. Inanna had also being identified as the Phoenician fertility goddess Astarte, and the Egyptian Isis (Auset). So in a sense, Inanna was the sovereignty goddess of Sumer.
In the Norse mythology, the sacred marriage was called hierós gámos, though the marriage was between the sky god and the earth goddess. Since agriculture was important to the Scandinavians, the union of the between the deities, would ensure the fertility of the land. The soils required not only to be fertile, but it need sunlight and rain.
According to the Sumerian myths, she was the wife of Dumuzi the shepherd god. For some reason, Inanna descended into the Underworld, and Ereshkigal, the goddess of the dead, trapped her sister Inanna in her domain. However, Enki the god of wisdom send two of his creature to rescue Inanna. When Inanna escaped from her prison in the Underworld and fled to her home in the heaven, Ereshkigal send her demons after her sister. Inanna managed to protect herself and her children, but she could not protect her husband. Dumuzi was dragged into the Underworld. However part of his spirit escaped death.
As sovereignty of the land, Inanna was said to be the bride of each king. Each king was seen as the incarnation of Dumuzi, the husband of Inanna. So each king actually married and mated with the priestess of Inanna (Ishtar).

Since the legend of King Arthur and the Grail had also borrowed and used Celtic motifs and symbolism, they had also used the symbolism of the sacred marriage.
In the Welsh myths, Guinevere was known as Gwenhwyfar, a queen and goddess of Britain. So Gwenhwyfar was a personification of Britain; she was the sovereignty of Britain. When Arthur married Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere), he was wedded to the land (Britain).
However, in the mainstream Arthurian literature, Guinevere not only representing the kingdom of Logres (Britain), but the source of Arthur's earthly power came from the Round Table.
There were several versions on the origin of the Round Table, but original table (told by Wace, in the Roman de Brut, c. 1155) was constructed so that all knights were equal, with no one having precedence over the others, regardless background (see the Life of King Arthur and Origin of the Round Table). The Round Table had nothing to do with Merlin and the Grail. But as the stories of the Grail became entwined with Arthur's knight, the origin of the Round Table was changed.
As early as 1200, a poet named Robert de Boron wrote a trilogy concerning the Grail: Joseph d'Arimathie, Merlin and Perceval. According to Boron, the Round Table was constructed by Merlin, using the Grail Table of Joseph of Arimathea as a model. Also Merlin made the table round because the circle was like the Earth. To shorten this story Merlin had originally built this for Uther Pendragon (Arthur's father), but at his death, King Leodegan of Camelide, the father of Guinevere, received the Round Table from Uther. When Arthur married Guinevere, Leodegan had bestowed the Round Table (and 100 knights) to Arthur as a dowry. (More detail about can be found in the legend of Excalibur, the Origin of the Round Table, and Merlin and the Grail.
The whole point of this story is that Guinevere was very much the symbol of the wholeness of the Round Table and the kingdom of Logres, in some way, she represented the power of kingship more so than Arthur himself. The Queen was one with the kingdom and the fellowship of the Round Table. The health of the kingdom and the fellowship of the Round Table depended upon Guinevere, since she owned the Round Table.
In the Mort Artu (Death of King Arthur, part of the romance in Vulgate Cycle), the Round Table had split because Guinevere was caught in her bedchamber with her lover Lancelot. She was to sentence to death, but Lancelot rescued her. War resulted with Arthur and his kinsmen against Lancelot and his kinsmen, and the division between two factions was symbolised the division of the Round Table. The division and war had seriously weakened Arthur's own power. However, the Round Table had further fractured when Mordred, his illegitimate son, acting as viceroy in Arthur's absence, had seized kingship and the kingdom. In this version, Mordred tried to force Guinevere into marrying him, but the queen had managed to escape.
In some early versions, it was Mordred, not Lancelot, who was Guinevere's lover. Mordred in the early legend was Arthur's nephew and the brother of Gawain. The king was absence in the war against Rome, when Guinevere had willingly seduced her husband's nephew. Through marriage to the Sovereignty of Britain (Guinevere), no one could prevent Mordred becoming the king of Britain. Like the later legend, Mordred's usurpation was short-lived.
In whichever versions you may have read Arthur's kingship was in crisis. By marrying his aunt, the Queen, Mordred had a legitimate claim to the throne and crown. Whoever marry the Queen, has the key to the kingdom, because the Queen was the kingdom.

In the legend of the Grail, the Grail King, sometimes also known as the Fisher King or the Maimed King, was more closely associated with the fertility of the land than Arthur. Because the Grail King was maimed, his kingdom became a desolated and barren Waste Land. (There are several version of his maiming, so I won't go over this, but if you are interested, then read the Fisher King.) Since the Grail King was wounded in the thighs and became sterile, so his land became barren.
To restore the kingdom and the fertility of the land, the Grail King must be healed. Again, there are many versions of how the king was healed, but the most common version was that Grail hero, had to ask the correct question about the mystery of Grail: "Whom does the Grail serve?"
The whole point of this is that land was linked to the king's health, as if he was actually wedded to the land. Cause damage or injury to the king, then the land will suffer too.
As can be seen, the Grail King and his land shared a common theme of the Celtic myths.
The wholeness of the kingdom depended upon the king being completely healthy. This bring us back to the Irish myths, where a king who suffered from physical imperfection or disfigurement, he was barred from kingship. Nuada lost his arm in the war against the Firbolgs. With only one arm he had to abdicate to Bres. Bres was physical beautiful and healthy, but he was unfit to rule as well, because he was a tyrant and the most ungenerous of king, which made him unpopular with his people. Such was Bres' tyranny that Nuada was first given a silver arm, so that Nuada can rule again. Later, Miach, the son of Dian Cécht, restored Nuada's arm, so that there was no uncertainty of Nuada's right to rule Ireland.
Another famous king that was disqualified from ruling Ireland was Cormac Mac Airt was disfigured. Cormac, the high king of Ireland, lost one eye, so he had to abdicate to his son Cairbre Lifechair.
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Geis
 
The word geis means "bond", a prohibition, taboo or injunction. The geis is tied with one's fate or destiny. The violation of one's geis, will lead to some misfortunes, and in most cases, to one's own death. They were something like a curse or a blessing. The Ulster Cycle stressed the importance of not breaking his or her geis, yet it seemed to be unavoidable.
Cu Chulainn had a geis where he was not allowed to eat meat of a hound (because he was named as a hound), but the hero was tricked into breaking his geis.
In the tale of the Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel, the high king, Conaire Mor, has an interesting number of geis impose upon him. Conaire was warned of not killing any bird, because his father (Danann) could shift-shape into a bird. See Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel for the list of geis he was bound to. One by one, Conaire broke each geis. When he broke one geis, he set the chain reaction where he will break all of them in rapid succession.

However, there are occasion when avoiding violation of the geis, does not necessarily means that diaster will be avoided. Avoid breaking a geis can sometimes work against the person. There are several famous tales, where the heroes met their death had avoided violation of their geis.
Cu Chulainn's son did not violated a single geis, yet Connla was killed by his own father for faithfully observing the geis that Cu Chulainn had impose on his son before he was even born.
In the tale of Deirdre, Fergus had offer protection to the sons of Usna, on the way to the court of King Conchobar, when Fergus was invited to attend a feast, hosted by chieftain. His geis was that Fergus had to attend any invitation to a feast, so Fergus had to attend. This geis may seem harmless one to break, but Fergus did not break this geis, and the result was just as disastrous. So Fergus send Deirdre and the sons of Usna ahead, escorted by Fergus' two sons, while he attended the feast. Through Conchobar's treachery and plot, one of Fergus' sons, betrayed his father and allowed the sons of Usna to be captured. Conchobar had the sons of Usna executed, while they were still under Fergus' protection. So the price of keeping the geis resulted in a feud between Fergus and Conchobar.
The hero Diarmait had faithfully kept his geis that Grainne had impose upon him, which was to runaway and marry her, because she was not in love with the Fian leader, Finn Mac Cumhaill. Doing so resulted in a feud between two great friends. Diarmait had no choice but to keep his geis, despite the wrath of his jealous leader (Finn). Eventually, Diarmait met his death, and Finn who had the power to heal him, refused to so.
However, Diarmait did have another geis that his foster-father Angus had placed upon him when he was young, not to hunt wild boar.
See the Pursuit of Diarmait and Grainne.
I not really certain, how a person find out what his or her own geis. Just about anyone can impose a geis upon another. Sometimes a druid imposed a geis to a person, other times, by king, hero, and in several of the stories, they were imposed by the person from the Otherworld (a god or goddess - one of Tuatha Dé Danann). In fact the geis was probably linked to the Otherworld.

In the Welsh myths, there was something like the geis in Math Son of Mathonwy (Mabinogion), where Aranrhod imposed several curses (blessings) on her own son, Lleu. But unlike the Irish geis, these could be overcome. Gwydyon, brother of Aranrhod, helped her son overcome these curses, by duping Aranrhod.
Pwyll had to accept a couple of conditions set by Arawn, which including taking his place as Lord of Annwn, by being disguised as Arawn, and fighting Arawn's enemy, Havgan.
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Celtic Calendar
 
The Celtic calendar or the new year begins on Samhain.
Today, the pagan religion of Wicca have adopted many of Celtic holidays, particularly Samhain, Beltaine and Imbolc, as well as some from the Norse/Germanic calendar.
Below, is a table of pagan festivals that the Celtic people celebrated each year.
ImbolcFebruary 1Imbolc was a spring festival that was sacred to the goddess Brigit. It was sometimes called Oimelc or Omelc. It was this time of the year, when ewes begin to lactate.

BeltaneMay 1Beltane was a great fire festival, held according to the Celtic calendar at mid-year, which is May Day (May 1). The festival marked the beginning of Summer and was sacred to the god Belenus. The Irish called it Beltaine, while it is called Bealltuin in Scottish Gaelic, and Boaldyn in Manx.
Traditionally, the people normally ate Beltaine cake or bannocks. Beltane was usually celebrated with lighting large fires at night and driving cattle through the fires, to ward off diseases. Uisnech was the favourite spot for Beltane fires.
In Cornwall, May Day was spelt Cala' Me, while according to Welsh texts, May Day was called Calan Mai or Cyntefin. It was a day that mark the annual duel between Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwythyr fab Greidawl, for the love of Creiddylad. This duel will last until the end of time, meaning until Judgement Day; it was a curse set by King Arthur, because he needed Gwyn to participate in the hunt of the wild boar, Twrch Trwyth (see Culhwch and Olwen).

LugnasadAugust 1Lugnasad was a harvest festival sacred to the Irish god Lugh or the Gallic god Lugus. It was probably also called Bron Trograin ("Rage of Trograin"). The Welsh version of Lugnasad is Calan Awst.
The Fair of Tailtiu was one of the three Great Fairs of Ireland that was actually celebrated with the Lugnasad. The Fair of Tailtiu was held a fortnight before the Lugnasad, and a fortnight after the Lugnasad. The Fair was held in honour of Tailtiu, Lugh's foster mother.

SamhainNovember 1The Samhain marked the end of summer, and the start of a Celtic New Year. The Irish called it Samain, the same day as the Christian All-Hallow's Tide or All Saints' Day. The Welsh called it Hollantide or Calan Gaeaf, while those in Cornwall called it Allantide.
According to the Celtic myths, the night of Samhain (or Samhain-eve, October 31) was the Feast of the Dead, where the gods visit roamed the land, their magic causing mischief with mortals. Samhain-eve, like the Germanic Winters Night, had evolved into a holiday we now know as Halloween."


 

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