Today's Goddess: Miellikki

Tyvendedagen (Norway)

Themes: Change; Providence

Symbols: Bear; Grain; Woodland Plants

 About Miellikki: The Finnish Goddess of Game, Hunting, and the Forest, Mielikki protects our resources during the remaining cold season by keeping the pantry filled. As the Goddess of abundant grain, she also encourages the return of fertility to the earth.

To Do Today: Go into your kitchen and get a small handful of any

grain-based cereal. Take this outside and release a pinch of it to the earth, saying,

Mielikki, see this grain and bless, return to earth in fruitfulness.

Hear the prayer that fills my heart; to my home, providence impart.

Take the remaining pinch back in the house and store it in an airtight container, symbolically preserving your resources.

 Tyvendedagen means "twentieth day after Christmas." In Norway, today marks the official end of the Yule season. It's celebrated with races, sleigh rides and the storage of ornaments and by burning the Christmas tree to drive away winter. So, when you dismantle your Yule tree, keep a jar full of its needles handy. Burn these throughout the year to banish

frosty feelings or to warm up a chilly relationship. The pine smoke, being from a woodland tree, also draws Mielikki's attention to any pressing needs you may have.

From: "365 Goddess" by Patricia Telesco

From:GrannyMoon's Morning Feast Archives