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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 13:45:16 GMT -1
Does anyone know the name of the God of the Mist?
I think I've met him and I would like to know what to call him.
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Post by nellie on Mar 14, 2012 18:09:23 GMT -1
I have no idea but if I were you I wouldn't worry too much about what His 'name' is or once was. Who does He feel like to you? The One Who... That's what I tend to go with and then sometimes a known name comes along later.
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Post by redraven on Mar 14, 2012 19:12:09 GMT -1
Does anyone know the name of the God of the Mist? I think I've met him and I would like to know what to call him. Why don't you just ask? Personally, names have never been important to me and it's only been of late names have been offered and then only a couple. It is my understanding that names are of this world but not neccessarily of the other world. RR |
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Post by potia on Mar 15, 2012 13:38:33 GMT -1
There are a few deities associated with mists. One that comes to my mind is Manannan but as RR says try asking the being in question.
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Post by Lee on Mar 15, 2012 14:09:19 GMT -1
Nodens is associated with mists i think.... there is the South Wales folktale about the grey king in the mists that is associated with the Fisher or gatherer which i think is linked to Nodens. i have it in my head but cant quite put it out properly :0 it is full of European Scrophulariaceae a the moment Ranko Matasović has proposed that the name of this deity may come from proto-Celtic *snowdo-, meaning "mist, clouds". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodenswhether there is anything in this is best left o those who know better. He was about this morning here i London... thick fog and mist all over the place |
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Post by Heron on Mar 15, 2012 14:40:44 GMT -1
I know Heron Spirit who has appeared to me in mist. But as a spirit guide rather than a god.
I suppose there should be a god of the mist. Lee's suggestion of Nodens might be a good starting point to explore. Do find out and tell us about him.
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Post by redraven on Mar 16, 2012 8:09:48 GMT -1
i have it in my head but cant quite put it out properly :0 it is full of European Scrophulariaceae a the moment I hate it when that happens!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2012 8:18:18 GMT -1
Thanks for all your comments. In the past I’ve always done what Nellie says and just accepted things and hope a name will come along. But now I’m on a path of discovering the gods and who they are and this one has found me. So I thought you people who know about names of gods, might know about him. But Red Raven says he may not have a name in this world. That’s what I feel. Funny that even here where I thought I might find new things the old things are what I’m being told about.
I wish I could, as Heron says, find out about him, and I will look at Manananan and Nodens and see what I get, but I think it is as Red Raven says that he doesn’t have a name. I’ve written something on my blog which says this and tries to say how he feels to me.
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Post by Heron on Mar 16, 2012 15:43:23 GMT -1
What you have on your blog is very evocative. You may link him with a name or other identity in the future, but it sounds more likely that you won't. Your comment about names of the gods, and the responses from some others, does raise a question about Reconstructionism. I get the impression that the drift on here in away from what we might term 'pure re-con', i.e reconstructing distinct identities for named deities within a particular pantheon, and towards finding gods in Nature within a Brythonic context. Do others on here feel that this is accurate or am I putting the cat among the pigeons?  |
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Post by redraven on Mar 16, 2012 15:49:02 GMT -1
Your comment about names of the gods, and the responses from some others, does raise a question about deconstructionism. I get the impression that the drift on here in away from what we might term 'pure re-con', i.e reconstructing distinct identities for named deities within a particular pantheon, and towards finding gods in Nature within a Brythonic context. Do others on here feel that this is accurate or am I putting the cat among the pigeons? Can't speak for the others Heron, but for myself, that is pretty accurate. As you know, until recently I hadn't even been offered a name as such, and now it's still only a couple, but from my previous experiences, this would appear to be entirely consistent. RR |
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Post by nellie on Mar 17, 2012 18:45:05 GMT -1
As RedRaven says, I can't speak for anybody else, but that is certainly the case for me. Personally I feel that reconstructionism is my prefered methodology but it isn't my path itself. Finding Gods in nature/the land within a Brythonic context is what I am trying to do, then using the historical and physical evidence to inform me further.
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