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psalmofseasons) wrote2023-11-02 03:29 pm
psalmofseasons) wrote2023-11-02 03:29 pm
Celestine
Autumn | Sky | Cognition
Celestine is the goddess of mind and emotion, of artisans and readers, of hearth and home. She has domain over the sky, and with it, the weather, the heavens, and celestial bodies. Legends say she keeps clouds in jars on her shelves. She is known for her intellect, introspection, and compassion. She is also the keeper of homes and is said to be a phenomenal cook and lover of food, which is no surprise given that the bounty of Autumn is fully at her disposal. She is often dressed all in gold or silver, and she has a very dark complexion with deep brown hair that coils like a cloud. Her hair and skin are often tinged with silver moonlight or golden sunlight, depending upon the time of day, and it is said that those who look into her large, dark eyes will see silvery stars glimmering in her irises.
The preferred offerings of Celestine consist chiefly of autumnal delights and foraged items such as vegetables, pumpkins, reddened leaves, walnuts, acorns, mushrooms, and pinecones. She also has a special love for books and stories, and is fond of incense and tea. Her symbols include fall foraged items (such as the aforementioned), the written word, jars, fire (particularly in the form of candles, fireplaces, stoves, and lanterns), birds, wolves, bears, weathervanes, clouds, and rain. She also is often represented by tools, particularly those used in kitchens, forges, meteorology, and astronomy. The sun, moon, stars, and planets also fall under her domain, though she shares the sun with Kora during the summer's heat. She is most often represented by the colors gold and orange, though silver, yellow, red, and even rainbows have been used in her imagery.
Celestine is especially fond of those with autumn birthdays, but she is also the patron goddess of homemakers, chefs, craftspeople, scientists, doctors, students, and avid readers and researchers. She has been known to have a soft spot for homebodies and introverts. Those who seek knowledge, pursue crafts, and prefer the indoors are likely to be beloved by her. Out of all mortals, however, none are so beloved as those who spend their nights looking to the stars.
The preferred offerings of Celestine consist chiefly of autumnal delights and foraged items such as vegetables, pumpkins, reddened leaves, walnuts, acorns, mushrooms, and pinecones. She also has a special love for books and stories, and is fond of incense and tea. Her symbols include fall foraged items (such as the aforementioned), the written word, jars, fire (particularly in the form of candles, fireplaces, stoves, and lanterns), birds, wolves, bears, weathervanes, clouds, and rain. She also is often represented by tools, particularly those used in kitchens, forges, meteorology, and astronomy. The sun, moon, stars, and planets also fall under her domain, though she shares the sun with Kora during the summer's heat. She is most often represented by the colors gold and orange, though silver, yellow, red, and even rainbows have been used in her imagery.
Celestine is especially fond of those with autumn birthdays, but she is also the patron goddess of homemakers, chefs, craftspeople, scientists, doctors, students, and avid readers and researchers. She has been known to have a soft spot for homebodies and introverts. Those who seek knowledge, pursue crafts, and prefer the indoors are likely to be beloved by her. Out of all mortals, however, none are so beloved as those who spend their nights looking to the stars.
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RETURN ✦
Early March - On a Note of Triumph
"Thank you, Celestine, for your help. I wanted to share a poem with you. Part of a poem. Part of a prayer, written by a man from my world. It's addressed to one of the gods of my world, but. I think you'll appreciate it all the same, given your nature as a harvest goddess."
He clears his throat and puts on his best radio voice, invoking the memory of the radio personality who originally penned this poem, this prayer, in the middle of the second World War.
"Lord God of fresh bread and tranquil mornings,
who walks in the circuit of heaven among the worthy,
deliver notice to the fallen
that tokens of orange juice and a whole egg
appear now before the hungry children;
that night again falls cooling on the earth
as quietly as when it leaves your hand;
that Freedom has withstood the tyrant like a Malta in a hostile sea,
and that the soul of humanity is surely a Sevastopol
which goes down hard and leaps from ruin quickly.
Lord God of the topcoat and the living wage
who has furred the fox against the time of winter
and stored provender of bees in summer’s brightest places,
do bring sweet influences to bear upon the assembly line:
accept the smoke of the milltown
among the accredited clouds of the sky:
fend from the wind with a house and hedge,
those whom you made in your image,
and permit them to pick of the tree and the flock
that they may eat today without fear of tomorrow
and clothe themselves with dignity in December."
The rest of the poem is less relevant, so he decides to save that. But...he remembers it, as he gives to Celestine. Something to consider. If worms and stars can live together, maybe the residents of this island, demon and human and otherwise, can as well.
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