One of my favorite goddesses is the Gaelic goddess Nicnevin also known as The Queen of Elphame, Queen of the Fairies of Fife or Gyre Carlin, the Bone mother.

                         The Fairy Queen, illustration by Arthur Rackham

Nicnevin name evolved from the Gaelic Nic an Neamhain, meaning “Daughter of Flap,” spirit-woman or goddess who personifies the frenzied havoc of war. She is symbolized by flying geese similar to the symbols of the Roman goddess Juno. Succeeding the chaotic Christian witch trials, she was then categorized as a Seelie (benevolent fairy)  Queen of Elphame and Unseelie (malevolent fairy) Nicnevin goddess of Witches. She represents both sides of the divine feminine.

The wild hunt: Asgårdsreien (1872) by Peter Nicolai Arbo

Nicnevin is associated with the dead riders of the night in German folklore of the Wild Hunt. She is a shape shifter representing once more the divine feminine. She…