A Wiccan Bible - Exploring the Mysteries of the Craft from Birth to Summerland

Liber ab Clementia (Book of Humanity)^363

Incense Recipe

3 parts Frankincense

1 part Myrrh

1 part Poppy Flowers (white is best but red/

blue will do)

1 part Cypress

Oil Recipe

8 drops Frankincense oil

6 drops Myrrh oil

6 drops Cypress oil

1/2 ounce base oil

Mylitta—Female—Middle East/Mediterranean

Babylonian moon goddess associated with

love, fertility, and childbirth. Her temples were

served by sacred prostitutes who sacrificed

their virginity to strangers in exchange for the

receipt of teachings in the ways of love.

Myrddin—Male—Central Europe

(Also known as Merlin)

Sister: Gwendydd

Lover: Morgan le Fay, Vivienne (Nimue)

Celtic and Welsh bard, magician, and

speaker of prophecy who was associated with

the mythic, or perhaps mythologized, Merlin

of the King Arthur story.

Nabu—Male—Mediterranean

Father: Marduk

Animal association: Dragon (serpent-headed)

Sumero-Babylonian god of the written lan-

guage, the alphabet, record-keeping, and wis-

dom. He maintains the tablets of fate and is

the patron of librarians and record keepers.

Nago—Male—Africa/Caribbean

(Also known as Nago Shango)

Haitian Voodoo loa and African Yoruba

god of power, especially power derived from

ancestors and lineage.

Nah-Hunte—Male—Mediterranean

Babylonian Sun God of law and order. Pa-

tron of police officers and those working in the

criminal justice system.

Nahmauit—Female—Africa

Husband: Thoth

Egyptian goddess who opposed and re-

moved evil.

Nala—Male—Near East

Father: Visvakarma

Animal association: Monkey

Hindu metalsmith who built a bridge across

the ocean with the help of monkeys. Patron of

working animals and their masters.

Namagiri—Female—Near East

Hindu goddess of divination, inspiration,

education, and teaching.

Nanan Bouclou—Male—Africa/Caribbean

African Creator (maybe bisexual) of the

gods from what is now eastern Senegal. Upon

his migration to the Caribbean, he became a

Haitian Voodoo deity of plant life and the

natural medicines made from plants.

Nanaya—See Nanna

Nanna—Female—North Europe

Husband: Baldur

Son: Forseti by Baldur

Scandinavian goddess whose story has

partly led to the Wiccan tradition of the third

rite of handfasting. Upon the death of her hus-

band Baldur, Nanna committed suicide by

throwing herself on the funeral pyre. Her story

helps us to understand the nature of the third

handfasting as an act that unites a couple even

after they have left this world. Although the

Wiccan rite does not involve suicide, the in-

tent remains the same.

Nannar—Male—Middle East/Mediterranean

Sumerian moon god is called ‘Lord of

Destiny.’

Nanshe—Female—Mediterranean/Middle

East

Father: Ea

Mother: Kishar

Babylonian goddess of fertility, water, and

childbirth. She is said to give her followers the

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