The Morrígan

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Shiny token, gleaming silver, a gift for the Queen of the sharp-eyed crows

Bright coin, smooth pebble, spiral shell, into Her talon

Token offered, token taken, offering made, what do you seek from Her

Prophesied words, battle guide, dread protector

What shall the Crow bestow?

Night Raven Woman, blackened wing, voice of the Darkness

Call of the Badb, circling the ford, chanting from the hills

Standing at the Doorway, Above and Below and Within and Without, She calls to you

She demands, She waits

On the wind, hear Her call

War poet

Inciter of heroes

rousing the blood

Badb Catha

Are you Cathuboduâ?

Are you Boudica?

Are you my Night Raven, my hÚath?

Scavenge the bones

wash the bloody armor

See the future with one eye

Red mouth

white lady

battle voice

shriek of crows

Omen's call

warning and watching

the Badb of war

Otherworld crone

one-eyed, one-footed

speaker of tidings

and gore

Thundering Mother

mother of pangs

pains of pride befall

swiftness spoken

Speak truth and power

power of Self

Sovereignty proclaimed

Proffered prophesy

prophetic wordsmith

words gallop

cantering chants

enchanting foes

forlorn forsaken

fiercely casting

cursing calamity

 In the Cave of the Cats

In the darkness

In the womb

I wait

Perhaps 

I make no promises

Except those I bind to

A bargain made

A vow uttered

But find me?

Not very hard

For the patient and true

In between 

In the space

In the darkness

An eel’s skin

A she-wolf’s pelt

A crow’s sheen

Markers on the trail

A flash of red

A cunning smile

 Horse flesh, muscled steel

War maker, calling the crows

Sovereignty of the land

When unjust kings rule

We call your power and speed

to tumble down the wicked

Return the land

to those who love it

pillagers face the carrion

I sought a way to give special thanks to Macha and through ogham divination, She told me she wanted a garden. Here are the plants selected to honor Her:

Red Clover

Chamomile

Coltsfoot

Horseradish

Harebell

Wild Chevril (cow parsley)

Rosebay Willow herb

Meadowsweet

All are native to Ulster.