A likewise human race, however own (quite indefinite) origin, kept in which calls itself the Blaír. Blaireau: Badger in French. | The Vöivren meet on May Day. Their king wears a golden crown. The Queen lives at Maraileann Lake and is the snake goddess Nwywre. In Wales, the Druids came together at Midsummers eve to blow being into the Serpents Stone: Glain Neidir, a stone of mystery, victory and divining. The Druids wore the adders egg (adder: small, poisonous snake common in Europe and the only poisonous snake in Great Britain) below the breastplate of judgment suspended by a chain. Opal-like, polished and perfectly round in pale terracotta, light green, azure, or soft pink blended with lilac. It cures disease and eye inflamations and can make people invisible. Snakes are a symbol of regeneration. The heart of a snake encased in a locket and worn around the neck, will insure luck in speculative business. Eating a white snake enables one to understand the language of beasts, birds, reptiles, and fish. Under the earth there exists a delicious place, the dwelling of witches, where all things abound, especially milk and honey, which run in abundant rivers. – Euskad tradition from Ataún (73, 107, 113, 115) |