Mid Summer Sabbat Ritual by Rhiana Moonstar

This Sabbat celebrates the Goddess. She is now with child, as is nature with the bounty of the coming harvest. This is a time when energies abound, & is a good time for magick/purification rites. The altar can be decorated with summer herbs, greenery, & flowers. The cup should be filled with milk. If you have made a protective amulet previous to the ritual, you will want to place this on the altar. Before the ritual begins, make a small pouch out of white cloth and fill it with any combination of midsummer herbs that you wish & be sure to add them in threes. Tie pouch with red string & place it on the altar. The altar cloth & candles should be white.

Hariti (green or stealing)

1. Mother goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). One of the group of MATARAS (mothers) who are the patrons of children. Considered by some to be identical with the goddess Vriddhi. Her consort is Pancika, alternatively KUBERA. In her destructive aspect she steals and eats children. Particularly known from the north and northwest of India.

Badi Mata

Mother goddess. Hindu [northern Indian]. A SAKTI and one of the seven SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, attacking children during puberty. Particularly recognized in Bengal.

 

Haumea

Mother goddess. [Hawaiian.] She is the daughter of PAPATUANUKU, the primordial earth mother, and is revered by many people of Polynesia and by the Maori of New Zealand. Her more notable children include PELE, the volcano goddess of Hawaii, and HI’AIKA, the goddess of the dance.

Hannahannas

Mother goddess. Hittite and Hurrian. Described as the “great mother.” In the legend of TELEPINU, the missing god, she sends a bee to locate him.

Damgalnuna

Mother goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian and Babylonian-Akkadian). She first appears as a consort of ENLIL and, as Mesopotamian traditions progress, becomes associated with EA and the mother of the Babylonian god MARDUK. Also DAMKINA (Akkadian).

Devaki (divine)

Mother goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic).

DISANI

ORIGIN Kafir [Afghanistan—southern Hindukush]. Supreme fertility and mother goddess.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP origins uncertain and still persisting in parts today.

SYNONYMS Disni (Prasun region); Dizeile.

Dharti Mata

Mother goddess. Hindu (Puranic). A deity who appears late in Hinduism and equates with PRTHIVI or BHUMIDEVI. According to some authors she is the consort of THAKUR DEO. Also Dhartri Mai, Darti Awwal.

 

Brahmani

Mother goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). A SAKTI who in later Hinduism became one of the group of eight ASTAMATARAS or mothers. In another grouping one of nine NAVASAKTIS or mothers. She is attended by a goose and wears a yellow robe. Attributes: book, label, rosary, trident and water jar. Also Brahmi.