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