Moon Symbols T - W - Y
Source: Moon Magic by DJ Conway
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Toad: Some cultures saw a toad, instead of a hare, in the Moon. In some parts of Asia, Africa, and North America, the toad is a symbol of the Moon and fertility.
Tree: Frequently a tree, called a Moon tree, was an emblem of the Moon. This is seen in many Assyrian pictures. Sometimes rather than an acutal depcition of a tree, it is more like a maypole with ribbons hanging on it. Often the Moon tree was gaurded by animals.
Triple Symbols: Many groups of triple symbols represent the three phases of the Moon. Hecate Triformis is an example of the Triple Moon Goddess, as is the Certic Morrigu. The tripod, triangle, and trident are all connected directly with the three phases of the Moon goddesses, or with gods who are consorts of these goddesses.
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Wishing Well: These is an Icelandic charm of this name which has four crescetn Moons as dippers about its edge. The Moon has long been associated with water and the granting of wishes or prayers. Seveal goddesses, such as the Greek Demeter and the Celtic Brigit, had sacred Moon wells where rituals, large and small, were held for the granting of desires.
Wheel: Although the wheel was most often a Sun symbol, there were occasions when it represented the Moon. Arianrhod's Silver Wheel or Oar Wheel is really the Moon.
Willow: A Moon tree sacred to such Dark Moon deities as Hecate, Circe, and Persephone. The willow (helice) gave its name to the Helicon, abode of the nine muses, the orgiastic priestesses of the Moon goddess
Wings: Long before the Persians adoped the winged disk as a symbol of their Sun god, the Moon goddess was shown with wings. Sometimes the Moon itself, whether crescent or Full, was pictured with wings. Certain birds, such as doves and pigeons, were associated with the Moon.
Wolf: Many gods and goddesses, who had connections with the Moon, also had the wolf as their symbol. The wolf howls at the Moon, as do dogs; they hunt and frolic by moonlight. The Moon priestesses of many cultures were adept at astral traveling and shape-shifting, both talents usually practiced at night. They also practiced rituals, dancing and singing, outdoors under the Moon. A Roman festival, the Lupercalia, was in honor of hte wolf-goddess Lupa or Feronia. The Norse believed that the giant wolf Hati dogs the courses of the Moon, and in the final days will eat this celestial body.
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Yin & yang: This Chinese symbol represents the joined powers of male an female; positive and negative; in other words, a cyclical alternation of duality. At one oint in ancient Chines history, this design symbolized the phases of the Moon, the light and dark cycles. Much of the ancient world spoke of the Two Ladies or Two Mistresses of the Moon. |
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