Blodeuwedd

Deities

Blodeuwedd is made from flowers by two magicians to be a wife for Lleu, and she falls in love with another man, conspires to kill her husband, and is turned into an owl for it. She is the created thing that becomes a person and is punished for the becoming.

Tradition · Welsh Celtic

Correspondences

Planetary Correspondence
Venus
Elemental Correspondence
AirEarth
Zodiac Affinity
LibraGeminiScorpio

Offerings

Offerings
IncenseHoneyFlowersWritten words

Sacred timing

Sacred Timing
Days
Hours
DawnMercury hours

Symbols and forms

Alternate Names
Blodeuwedd of the Flowers
Gender Expression
Feminine
Titles
Woman of FlowersThe BetrayerThe Owl
Symbols
FeatherWind

Practice

Invocation Approach
Tone
Flowering doomed
Address
BlodeuweddWoman of FlowersThe Owl
Relationship
The woman made from flowers who chooses her own life
Warning
She was made to be a wife and became a person
Resonance
Those who were made for a purpose and refused it
Modern Practice

Blodeuwedd is called on by those who were made for someone else's purpose, and in work with owls and the moonlit wood. Her practice is naming what you were made for and choosing otherwise.

Nature and meaning

Domain
FlowersCreated lifeBetrayalFreedomThe owlConsequenceThe made thing
Mythology Summary

Blodeuwedd is made from flowers by two magicians to be a wife for Lleu, and she falls in love with another man, conspires to kill her husband, and is turned into an owl for it. She is the created thing that becomes a person and is punished for the becoming.

Details

Secondary Planets
MoonPluto
Correspondences
Colors
YellowWhitePale blue
Scents
LavenderFennelFrankincense
Metals
CopperSilver
Animals
DoveSwanSparrow

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