Prelude to War

Songs of the Gods

I'm trying to be on top of my music collection right now -- by which I mean actually getting around to listening to some of the stuff on there, and deciding what stays, what goes, and what goes where when it stays. In this process I am also discovering songs that remind me of my deities.

Currently the two main deities I have contact with/worship are Morrigan and Brighid. Brighid is very new; Morrigan has been around for....well, ever, according to Her, but I've only known about it for a few years. Brighid appeared shortly after I first "met" Morrigan, and I freaked out a little bit. Along the lines of "OMG TWO STRONG LADIES CANNOT HANDLE." She understood and left for a while, but now She's back, and it's clear it's time for me to acknowledge Her.

I've joined the Cill at The Cauldron, and now have shifts to keep Her flame. Tonight is my first official shift, though I kept the flame at Imbolc as well. It's become apparent to me through my...conversations*...with Her and Morrigan that this is a fostering type relationship, at least at this point in time. Morrigan is my main affair when it comes to divinity -- that will never change. But right now She's sort of...handed me over, I guess, to Brighid, so I can learn some things that She can't or doesn't want to teach me. Or that I won't take from Her. Parenting is a funny thing; while Morrigan is and is not my mother, our relationship is sometimes similar to a mother-daughter one.

Fostering was common in Celtic culture, so this sort of relationship makes sense. Brighid feels like...well, more like a mother type figure than Morrigan. Also like a sister. An older female relative who watches out for me, and keeps me in line. Two of them.

I have not known Brighid for long, but I have fallen in love with Her almost immediately. It is so pure and true I couldn't imagine life without Her. I also couldn't imagine life without Morrigan, Who I think I loved before I knew Her.

So, in my continuing search to feel closer to my Ladies, I am compiling lists of music that I feel suits Them. The lists are short, because my computer can't handle all my music files, but they'll get larger.