Cerridwen is a Celtic Welsh Goddess. Her name comes
from “ceryd” which is Welsh for chiding love and “gwen” which is Welsh
for white and blessed.
She is the Mother and a Crone aspect of the
Triple Goddess and is often represented as an old hag or witch and
called Hag of Creation and the Old One. Cerridwen is a shape shifting
Goddess able to shape shift from an old hag to a beautiful girl and
various animals. She is a corn goddess and is symbolised often as a sow
as well, an animal of abundance and fertility, as the Goddess of
Sovereignty. This totem animal also represents the
Underworld and the strength of the mother. Cerridwen is one of the
faces of the dark Goddess and a goddess of dark prophetic powers.
Cerridwen’s cauldron is one of the many cauldrons of
Celtic lore. The Cauldron in Celtic tradition was central to the
religious mystery and represented the regeneration in the womb of the
Goddess. Her cauldron was called Amen and was the Cauldron of Divine
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