She of the veil,

Old lady of Beara,

Daughter of Nevis,

Sister of Brighid,

Sister of Aine,

Wife of Lugh,

Beloved of Manannan,

 

Deer-herder,

Mistress of the horned ones,

Wolf-rider,

Hag of the white night,

Grey heron of the loch,

Mistress of the red-eared heifer,

 

Mother of gods and men,

Giver of age and youth,

More ancient than the grey mossy wood,

Older than a bone-loft,

She who turns before the dawn.

 

Enrober of Eoghan,

She who gives a crown of water,

Journey of Auspiciousness,

Cunning reward of Conn-eda,

Mistress of victories,

Aider of Cian.

Dispenser of Sovereignty,

 

Protectress of the butter,

Keeper of the cheese-vats,

Hoarder of great wealth,

Bane and benison of the hunter,

Last sheaf of the harvest,

Raider of the Stores,

Pleasant neighbour,

Reaper who cannot be outrun,

Secret of the sowing,

Death that summons hounds,

Swifter than a star in winter

 

Maker of mountains.

Enchantress of lakes,

Hammer-bearer,

Ranger of the mountains,

Wonder of might,

guardian of wells,

Penitent of stone,

She who gives birth to the moon,

 

Washer at the ford,

She who lustres the shirts,

Dispenser of the teat of healing balsam,

Purifier of Corc,

Mistress of seven fortresses,

Shaper of the new-born,

 

Queen of winter,

Blue-faced crone of the spells,

Striker of the Quicken Rod

Raiser of storms,

She who brings the snows,

Lady of the gloom,

Woman of the Mists,

Maker of the Cauldron of the Plaid,

She who hears the scald-crow and the deer,

Old wife of Thunder,

Summoner of the Sharp-billed wind,

Raiser of the Gales of complaint,

Striker of the Black Tempest,

She who borrows three days of winter.

 

Author:  Rob J. Smith © 2022