I don't know if you
know that I was born a Påskkärring (in 1977, the Vernal Full Moon, which is the
first Full Moon after the Spring Equinox, was on April 4. That day is Ostara, a
lunar holiday when we witches celebrate the return of the Spring Goddess, who
re-emerges at dawn that day like the brightest star in the sky (Eostre, Venus,
Persephone, Proserpina) and lands on the ground at night), an Easter (Good)
Witch (#brujadepascua #easterwitch) galoring with fun and food. These witches
don't look quite like our Halloween witches -- no peaked hats or black capes.
Instead, these little witches look like Baba Yaga straight out of a Russian
fairy tale, with headscarves, kerchiefs, aprons, colorful skirts and rosy
cheeks. She does ride a broomstick though, and is usually accompanied by her
cat. And lore tells us that witches travel to Blåkulla("Blue hill" or
"hall") in the 'otherworld' every Easter. And that, in their return,
they could get trapped in the chimneys through which they tried to reach homes
from behind the house hearth, where they left their shoes concealed.
Incluso ahora, muchas personas siguen mirando en la påskkärring el
remanente de la antigua sacerdotisa-bruja que bendecía la tierra y oficiaba
alegres ritos para celebrar la llegada de la primavera y el renacimiento de la
vida en el planeta.
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12.8.2014 image credit samanta vega
Los Elementos Hablan de la Påskkärring, son los trazos que la
representan, los ingredientes que le infunden vida, su Alquimia. La banqueta junto al fuego, el cesto de frutas, vegetales y huevos, el caldero, el mortero, el fuego, los zapatos en el hueco de la chimenea, la chimenea, la bruja en su escoba, donde cuelga su caldero de cobre o su tetera, su pelo al viento... Me falta la luna llena de fondo, y añadir, como elemento de hogar junto al caldero y el mortero al lado y lado del fuego (la casa medieval en Basalú), el perro/PEK (calendario Maya, 4 de abril) frente a la hoguera.
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