Print: The Northern Celestial Hemisphere by Albrecht Dürer (CC0 1.0) "Arianrhod lived in a stellar realm with her female attendants-some sources say nine in all—and there she decided the fate of the dead." - from Celtic Women’s Spirituality: Accessing the Cauldron of Life by Edain McCoy (1998) Print: The Northern Celestial Hemisphere by Albrecht Dürer (CC0 1.0) #arianrhod #aranrhod #ninemaidens #stellar #coronaborealis #fate #dead

"Arianrhod lived in a stellar realm with her female attendants-some sources say nine in all—and there she decided the fate of the dead."
- from Celtic Women’s Spirituality: Accessing the Cauldron of Life
by Edain McCoy (1998)

#arianrhod #aranrhod #ninemaidens #stellar #coronaborealis #fate #dead

Photo of an otter in blue water; "Healing and shape-shifting are also associated with shamanism and we should bear in mind that shamans are not always male, even today. Shape-shifting, taking the shape of various animals, is found in many traditions." - from The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World by Stuart McHardy (2023) #holyisleofavalon #nine #ninefold #ninemaidens #healing #shapeshifting

"Healing and shape-shifting are also associated with shamanism and we should bear in mind that shamans are not always male, even today."
- from The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World
by Stuart McHardy (2023)

#holyisleofavalon #nine #ninefold #ninemaidens #healing #shapeshifting #shamans

Photo of witches at a fire festival; "These attributes of healing and shape-shifting link the sisters of Avalon to other groups of nine women and also to the later traditions associated with witchcraft." - from The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World by Stuart McHardy (2023) #holyisleofavalon #nine #ninefold #ninemaidens #healing #shapeshifting

"These attributes of healing and shape-shifting link the sisters of Avalon to other groups of nine women and also to the later traditions associated with witchcraft."
- from The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World
by S. McHardy (2023)

#avalon #nine #ninemaidens #healing #shapeshifting

Nine Maidens stone circle near the Belstone Tor area of Dartmoor.
Also known as the 17 Brothers, it is believed to be a Bronze Age Burial Site.
Go there!
#ninemaidens #okehampton #devon #seventeenbrothers #dartmoor #burialsite #belstone #canonr7 #landscapephotography #history #bronzeage

Three standing stones on the Penwith moors in Cornwall

At the Nine Stones of Boskednan on the Penwith moors 📸 May 2021

#StandingStoneSunday
#NineMaidens
#Cornwall