Cerridwen with Cauldron

Mother of Taliesin. Cauldron of Inspiration. Great earth goddess associated with the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth, worshiped at harvest time. She tends her cauldron of wisdom and inspiration. Her totem animal is the white sow and she is a shapeshifter, able to become a greyhound, an otter, a hawk, and a black hen. She was mother to the great Celtic bard Taliesin. Her herbal potions bring forth initiation and transformation, just as tiny grains become vast fields of wheat that then transform into the bread that sustains life.