The Forest Goddess of Tlingit and Haida people of northwest North America
Lady hanging
hair" was a kindly forest spirit of the Tlingit
and Haida in south eastern Alaska; they saw her
in the long, hanging mossy branches of the great
cedars of the rain forest.
A protector of Indians and other
humans, Gyhldeptis was disturbed by the activities
of Kaegyihl Depgeesk ("upside-down place"),
a tremendous whirlpool that devoured entire ships
of travelers. To break this power, Gyhldeptis staged
a huge feast and invited all the coastal powers:
the ice, the forest fire, the wind, and others.
Magically feeding them in her underwater
Festival House, Gyhldeptis convinced the forces that
human beings needed more protection from Kaegyihl
Depgeesk. Thereupon, all the well-fed natural powers
set to work rearranging the coast so that the whirlpool
was smoothed into a gentle river.
Gyhldeptis
glides into your life to tell you the way to wholeness
for you now lies in synthesis.
It is time to bring al the divergent
parts, all the opposing pieces, together into one
whole you.
At this time in your life you may
be engaged in conflict or opposition. Now you must
resolve it and create union. Perhaps you are dissipating
your energy, your life force, in too many directions
or have hundreds of irons in the fire. This is the
time to find the common thread that will serve your
needs in the best way.
The Goddess says that by learning
to listen to all the different pieces, all the divergent
parts of you (and this can include your family, community,
partner), you hear and give what is needed to create
wholeness.
Wholeness is created when all the
parts are honoured and listened to, when all parts
are brought together and synthesized into a whole.
The greatest gifts to the whole often lie in the
most disparate pieces.
From
'Goddesses and Heroines' by Patricia Monaghan
(Used by permission. This text is NOT included
in the Goddess Oracle) www.patricia-monaghan.com
Illustration
from 'The Goddess Oracle' Copyright Hrana
Janto, used by permission of the artist. www.goddessoracle.com www.hranajanto.com
The Goddess Report
If you wish to go further and make a personal connection then I suggest that you buy The Goddess Report. This is a beautiful report which lists 12 Goddesses of the 3 realms of Heaven, the Earth and the Underworld a shown in your astrology birth chart.
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