In the Welsh romance of Math ap Mathonwy Blodeuwedd is conjured up by Gwydion the Magician as a bride for Llew Llaw Gyffes. Blodeuwedd is made from nine powers of nine flowers and when Llew Llaw Gyffes sees Her He falls in love with Her. The two lovers live happily for a time until one day whilst Llew is visiting, Math Gronw Pebyr comes by Blodeuwedd's castle hunting a stag. When their eyes meet the Hunter and the Goddess fall in love. Blodeuwedd then tries to kill the magically born Llew by devious means, but Llew can only die if he is struck by spear one year in the making, not within a house or without and not on horseback or on foot. Llew is finally struck down by Gronw, who Blodeuwedd has persuaded to kill him with a deadly spear whilst Llew is taking a bath in a roofed cauldron by the side of a river, and standing with one foot on a buck's (deer) back and the other in the edge of the cauldron. Llew turns into an eagle and ascends to heaven. Gwyidon the Magician who created Blodeuwedd then goes off to find Llew. He finds him on a tree above a pigsty transformed back into himself. They then go and seek revenge on Blodeuwedd and Her maidens. They eventually catch up with the Goddess and turn her into an Owl/

Blodeuwedd is the Guardian of Emergence and reclaiming the True Self. When working with Her Blodeuwedd asks us "Who are you?" and She offers you clarity and wisdom.

Blodeuwedd is in essence the Flower Goddess who creates Herself each springtime. Blodeuwedd, like Rhiannon, is a love Goddess, she chooses her lovers as she pleases and is unrestricted by castle walls or contianment of the social morals of the day. She leads her lovers into initiation (male and female) by asking you to surrender to love.

Blodeuwedd is portrayed as a betrayer and is chased out of her communal home into the wilds where she adopts another face, that of the owl. The owl is a symbol of wisdom, the bird of widom. The owl is the part of us that sits on our shoulders and whispers into our ears the wisdom of our life experiences.

At Beltane Blodeuwedd asks us to honour the love and the beauty within us. She asks us to create ourselves anew each springtime out of the beauty of the flowers all around us. Then at Samhain she is the wise owl taking our knoweldge and experience and turning it into wisdom.

Connect with Blodewedd through meditaion at Beltane (30th April/1st May) and Samhain (31st Oct) which are both portal times. She can be involked to assist with any matters of betrayal in love and can help you to find wisdom in these times.

Blodeuwedd's Ritual of Understanding Betrayal.

Do you feel betrayed by a lover or friend? Have you betrayed someone and are feeling the pain of this? Then this meditation can help heal the betrayal and any residual pain you may be holding. It is best performed on Beltane but will work at any time.

Gather around some or all of the nine flowers of Blodeuwedd or sit under a flowering hawthorn tree. Now close your eyes and begin to sing to Blodeuwedd. It can be a low hum or a grand song of love to draw her towards you. When you begin to feel yourself drifting away imagine yourself running in a field full of beautiful spring flowers. You are running towards a seated maiden, she has her back towards you and you slow down as you approach. She turns and smiles and asks you to unburden yourself of any betrayal. You begin to tell her your story and the details come flooding back. As the characters of your story appear in your mind, you see you are linked to them by a vine of ivy. You cut the vine now and begin to unravel yourself from the drama of the betrayal. Spend a while here in the Goddess Blodeuwedd's company unraveling your betrayal. See all the Ivy shrinking and deteriorating and disappearing as the feelings you have carried begin to leave your being. When you have completed this sit with Blodeuwedd for a while and allow her to cover you in Owl feathers and flowers and to mend any broken pieces of your heart.

When you are ready to let all this go and return to the waking world send Blodeuwedd your love and thanks and offer her a gift. Respectfully walk away from the Goddess and slowly breath yourself back into the now. Ground yourself and awaken. Welcome back.