Cerridwen: Celtic Welsh Triple Goddess

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Cerridwen is a Celtic Welsh Triple Goddess; she represents all three stages of the goddess’ powers (maiden, mother, and crone). Her name is derived from the Welsh word “ceryd” which translates as “chiding love,” and “gwen” which means “white and blessed.” She is known as the goddess of death, fertility, regeneration, inspiration, magick, enchantment and knowledge. Cerridwens’ home is located upon an island in a lake, and is known as The Land Beneath the Waves. In Celtic Welsh myth Cerridwen had a cauldron named Amen, which was filled with a magical brew made from six herbs, that she called greal, which has become her primary symbol. She is married to a giant by the name of Tegidfoel, and through this union bore three children, a daughter named

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