Edited by Nicole Bonvisuto
Price: $12.99
Publication Date: 27 August 2014
Place of Publication: Asheville, North Carolina
ISBN: 978-1500566562 / 150056656X
Pages: 284 pp
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 5.5″x8.5″
The Morrigan. Phantom Queen. Night Hag. Mistress of Battles. The Great Raven.
She is both benevolent mother and righteous wrath. She is creative destruction and destructive creation. She is inspirational, and perplexing, and maddening. She drives us forward in times of defeat, and offers succor in times of pain and hardship.
She is loved, and she is feared.
Honored across ancient Ireland, she has never been forgotten. In this anthology, her modern-day devotees offer poems, short fiction, rituals, essays, and artwork to The Lady in all her many splendid and terrifying forms.
Hail The Morrigan!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: A Tribute to An Morrígan by Nicole Bonvisuto xi
A Note From the EiC by Rebecca Buchanan xiii
Testimonials, Poetry, and Essays
Morrigan by Morpheus Ravenna 1
The Morrigan Speaks by Stephanie Woodfield 2
Macha Speaks the Sun (Recollections from Trance) by Hope Maree Foley 3
Hymn I to The Morrigan by Valiel Elentári 5
Hymn II to The Morrigan by Valiel Elentári 6
Banshee by Ashley R. Bryner 7
Nemain ~ Queen of the Battle Frenzy by Vivienne Moss 9
Invocation to Nemain by Vivienne Moss 12
Reign by S. E. Acker 13
The Morrigan ~ My Queen by Vivienne Moss 14
Morrigan by Morgaine Nightshade 16
Nine Times Eternal: The Ongoing Transformations of the Great Queen by L. Sixfingers 17
Words Of The Morrigan by Raven Spirit 28
Morrigan Above Stonehenge by Morgaine Nightshade 29
A Testimonial by Copper Moon 30
The Morrígan and Cú Chulainn: A More Nuanced View of Their Relationship by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus 31
Call to the Morrighan by Frances Billinghurst 46
Macha ~ One Face of the Morrigan by Morgan Daimler 47
An Expansion of Babd’s Prophecy from the Second Battle of Mag Tuired by Judith O’Grady 51
Fulacht na Morrígna by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus 52
Badb Catha by Stephanie Woodfield 54
An Morrigan by Sandy Nickell 55
The Crow’s Call by Monika Pleyer 56
Valkyrie Queen by Sara Star 57
The Morrigan, Allecto, and Lamia: Irish Deities and Interpretatio Hibernica of Classical Myth by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus 58
The Washer at the Ford by Jennifer Lawrence 70
Letter to the Morrigan by Xochiquetzal Duti Odinsdottir 71
How I Met the Morrigan by Hannah Lipsky 74
Advice by Jennifer Lawrence 80
Shieldmaiden’s Song by Morpheus Ravenna 82
Raven by Morgaine Nightshade 84
The Morrigan’s Charge by Morgaine Nightshade 85
I Am by Morgaine Nightshade 86
The Mother’s Words by Morgaine Nightshade 87
When The Morrigan Calls by Blackbird O’Connell 89
Acquiescence by Kim Cairelle Perilloux 91
The Morrigan by Adrian Barlow 93
Morrigan’s Ride by Gebirgsjägerinne 94
Raven’s Wings by Ophelia Anu 95
Musings on the Irish War Goddesses by Saigh Kym Lambert 98
Great Queen by Michael Routery 160
The Blood Crow by Gerri Leen 161
Lady Dusk, Mother of Night by Christa A. Bergerson 162
The Scorned Woman Conjures the Morrigan by Christa A. Bergerson 163
How the Morrigan Taught Me to See by Rebecca Buchanan 164
Morrigan in Black and White by Morgaine Nightshade 165
You Will Know Me by Jennifer Lawrence 166
Fiction in Her Honor
Bookfront by Nicole Bonvisuto 171
Sometimes You Do by Diotima Sophia 172
Shell Shock by Juli D. Revezzo 177
Macha’s Curse by Stephanie Woodfield 189
Through the Gloom by Diotima Sophia 192
Morrigan,Wolf-Eyed by Sarah Sinopa 195
The Morrigan’s Story by Rufus Brock Maychild 196
New Word by Diotima Sophia 199
Badb’s Song by Stephanie Woodfield 202
Ravens by Diotima Sophia 204
Rituals, Prayers, and Recipes
The Morrighan by Katy de Haviland 207
How to Build an Altar to the Morrigan by Rebecca Buchanan 208
Morrigan Altar by Blackbird O’Connell 209
Prayer to The Morrigan by Galina Krasskova 210
Prayer to the Morrigan for Blessing by Morgan Daimler 211
Invocation of Morrigu by Morgan Daimler 212
Prayer to An Morrígan by Blackbird O’Connell 213
Prayer to The Morrigan for Protection by Morgan Daimler 214
Morrigan Prayer by Sophie Reicher 215
Song to The Morrigan by Morgan Daimler 216
Samhain Invocation for The Morrigan by Adrian Barlow 218
A Prayer to The Morrigan by Judith O’Grady 219
Morrigan, Warrior Queen by Sara Star 220
An Invocation to The Morrigan by Judith O’Grady 221
Reclaiming Power with The Morrigan by David Salisbury 222
Morrighan’s Flight by Alexis J. Money 235
Invocation of the Morrighan Ritual ~ Dark of the Moon by Shea Morgan 236
Dedication Ritual to An Morrígan by Blackbird O’Connell 246
Nemain Blessing Amulet by Sophie Reicher 250
Badb Amulet by Sophie Reicher 251
Morrigan Incense and Morrigan Blessing Oil by Galina Krasskova 252
Morrigan Incense and Morrigan Oil from the Iseum of the Star*Eyed Warrior 253
Source of Enchantments: A Devotional Rite of the Mórrígan by L. Sixfingers 227
Our Contributors 255
About Bibliotheca Alexandrina 267
Current Titles 268
Forthcoming Titles 269
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