Young Carravogue
I finally finished my Celtic goddess artwork last night. I’ll have more professionally made photos taken in a bit, but here are my snapshots. The background looks a bit silvery in these photos but it’s actually metallic gold. To see photos of this piece in progress, please refer to my previous two blog entries. This piece will most likely be going into a gallery in Virginia for a themed show, but I'll have more details later.
“Young Carravogue”
12.5×15” approx
Mixed Media on Paper (oil pastels, colored pencils, liquid gold leaf and a touch of acrylic)
12.5×15” approx
Mixed Media on Paper (oil pastels, colored pencils, liquid gold leaf and a touch of acrylic)
Background:
Carravogue
Other Names: Garbhog, Gheareagain.
Location: Ireland, Britain.
Description: Local Crone Goddess from County Meath who was transformed into a huge snake for eating forbidden berries. Her original purpose is basically lost in modern times because her stories became so absorbed by Christian legends which attempt to make her a Celtic Eve. It is believed St. Patrick tampered with her legends, which show that St. Patrick killed her with holy water that melted her, but from which she will arise from again. One of the many legends St. Patrick tampered with was that she was originally a virgin Goddess of spring who banished each year the crone she would eventually become in order to further his own aims. She is associated with the number 9.
Rules Over: Self-responsibility, reincarnation, earth magick.
Carravogue
Other Names: Garbhog, Gheareagain.
Location: Ireland, Britain.
Description: Local Crone Goddess from County Meath who was transformed into a huge snake for eating forbidden berries. Her original purpose is basically lost in modern times because her stories became so absorbed by Christian legends which attempt to make her a Celtic Eve. It is believed St. Patrick tampered with her legends, which show that St. Patrick killed her with holy water that melted her, but from which she will arise from again. One of the many legends St. Patrick tampered with was that she was originally a virgin Goddess of spring who banished each year the crone she would eventually become in order to further his own aims. She is associated with the number 9.
Rules Over: Self-responsibility, reincarnation, earth magick.
SOURCE for above information: http://www.scns.com/earthen/other/seanachaidh/godcelt.html
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