Description: Pagan Portals - The Morrigan, by prolific writer Morgan Daimler, teaches us that ancient and enigmatic, the Morrigan reaches out to us. Learn who she is and how to answer her call here in this new informative book about Meeting the Great Queens.

Verdict: On shadowed wings and in raven’s call, meet the ancient Irish goddess of war, battle, prophecy, death, sovereignty, and magic. This book is an introduction to the Morrigan and several related goddesses who share the title, including Badb and Macha.

It combines solid academic information with personal experience in a way that is intended to dispel the confusion that often surrounds who this goddess was and is.

The Morrigan is as active in the world today as she ever was in the past but answering her call means answering the challenge of finding her history and myth in a sea of misinformation, supposition, and hard-to-find ancient texts.

And so, here in one place, all of her basic information has been collected along with personal experiences and advice from a long-time priestess dedicated to a goddess who bears the title Morrigan.

As the Morrigan has grown in popularity, understandings of who she was and is have shifted and become even more nebulous. Author Morgan Daimler is now here to clarify some common points of confusion and help people go deeper in their study of the Morrigan, and even assist in nurturing a devotional relationship to her.

Taking it from the top, out of the many mythical characters in Irish folklore, the Morrigan is arguably one of the best known. The Morrigan is one of the many prominent figures to feature in Irish mythology and is primarily associated with war / battle, fate and death.

She is a gifted shape shifter and is known to favor changing into the crow. Furthermore, the Morrigan was one of the Tuatha Dé Danann, who were the folk of the Goddess Danu. Growing up, we were frequently told stories about Celtic Gods and Goddesses, however, few stories had us on the edges of our seats like the tales of the Goddess Morrigan.

The mysterious Morrigan Celtic queen as kids growing up in Ireland. Like all stories from Irish and Celtic Folklore, the tales were colorful, magical and, in this case, featured many a battle. The Phantom Queen/Morrigan mythology is one of the most popular there is, which is likely due to the incredible stories that revolve around her.

It’s said that the name ‘Morrigan’ roughly translates to ‘The Phantom Queen’. Like the Puca, she was a shapeshifter yet, unlike the Puca, she was associated with war, death and destiny. So what we get here in this follow up book from author Mercedes, is not only a dutiful, updated tag on to her prior book, but also brings forth a Celtic prose to those not wholly familiar with the warrior queen herself (although the name by which she is called tends to change depending on who is telling the story, she often referred to by several different names).

But, I digress, as Pagan Portals - The Morrigan: Meeting the Great Queens, Morgan brings forth some insightful, useful, and highly impassioned, well-researched information on the Irish Morrigans. Including some well respected academic sources, it may well all sound a little straight-laced, but trust me when I say she makes learning an enjoyable act here.

Inclusive of a chapter dedicated to finding the Morrigans in the Modern World, the Queens included here are: Morrigu (Goddess of Battle), Marha (Goddess of Sovereignty), and Badb (Goddess of Prophercy), with other chapters designated to: The Morrigan by Other Names, The Morrigan in Mythology, and Animals of the Morrigan.

About the Author - Morgan Daimler is a blogger, poet, teacher of esoteric subjects, witch, and priestess of the Daoine Maithe. Morgan is a prolific pagan writer, having published more than a dozen books under Moon Books alone, and she is one of the world’s foremost experts on all things Fairy. She lives in Connecticut, US.

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