| Nantosuelta"Winding River". A Gallic protective | | | | reaffirming the precision of the divine order |
| goddess and goddess of water. Among the | | | | operating between Sun and Earth. (Month of |
| Mediomatrici of Alsace she is often portrayed | | | | Pamenot, days 28 - 30). The Pharaonic melody |
| holding a model of a house, indicating a domestic | | | | for this feast, as preserved in music of the Coptic |
| function. | | | | church, has been found by Dr. Maged Samueel in |
| Nantosuelta was the consort of Sucellos, the God | | | | Cairo. |
| of Agriculture. Her name means ' Winding River' | | | | Nantosuelta; Breton name is Nataseulta |
| though her attributes do not show her as a | | | | Health; Miracles; Providence; Abundance; Home |
| water-deity. Chief amongst these is her little | | | | and Hearth |
| house, usually depicted on a long pole like a | | | | Celtic/Continental She is a water goddess as river |
| sceptre of some kind. Other associated objects | | | | goddess, or water nymphs. She is associated with |
| include a bird, a bee-hive and honeycombs. The | | | | Spring Water; Cornucopia ,Associated Element: |
| latter certainly have homely connotations and she | | | | Water. |
| therefore appears to have been a goddess of | | | | Associated Color: Blue; |
| hearth and house, well-being and prosperity. Like | | | | Area of Magick: Fertility spells; Harvest; water |
| her husband, she also had nourishment and fertility | | | | magick; Protection; Home and Hearth; new |
| aspects and sometimes carried a cornucopia. In | | | | beginnings |
| Britain, she is probably to be found depicted on a | | | | About Nantosuelta: Her name means "of the |
| small stone from East Stoke in Nottinghamshire. | | | | winding stream". She helps to cleanse our mind |
| Her partner is clearly Sucellus. The goddess shown | | | | body and spirit. In art, she is portrayed carrying a |
| has bushy hair and carries a bowlful of apples. She | | | | corncupia and holding the model of a house, giving |
| is often shown with a Raven. She is associated | | | | her magickal correspondences of protection and |
| with ravens, and may be connected with the | | | | home and hearth. According to some experts, her |
| Morrigan | | | | consort was Sucellos who was portrayed as a |
| Catholic: First appearance of "The White Lady" to | | | | river god. |
| Bernadette at Lourdes, France. The site was long | | | | To Honor the Goddess: To honor Nantosuelta |
| sacred to Persephone/Proserpina in Roman Gaul. | | | | cleanse your body inside and out with water. |
| One of the great Osiris festival cycles in the | | | | Water also symbolizes emotions so let go of all |
| ancient Egyptian calendar, celebrated especially at | | | | negative emotions. Imagine them floating away |
| the main center of Osiris worship in Abydos (2 | | | | down a river. See any disease being washed |
| 11) and at Busiris, the ancient holy city of the Nile | | | | away by the goddess who is a water goddess. |
| delta. The principal ceremony performed on the | | | | Since she is a goddess of health and home see |
| last of these three days was a dawn ritual of | | | | her filling your homewith positive emotion. |
| opening the doors of the horizon, and thereby | | | | |