The Wicca Book of Days for Monday, May 2nd

The Wicca Book of Days for Monday, May 2nd

The Green Man

At this time of year, the youthful Horned God’s presence is felt in his incarnation as the Green Man, a lusty and mischievous deity of the trees and forests who may also be called the King of May, Lord of the Greenwood, Jack in the Green, and Robin Hood, and who may be equated with Pan, the lascivious Greek god of flocks and shepherds, and Faunus, the Roman deity of forest and pastures. Somewhat subversively, the image of this wild, pagan spirit of vegetation can often be seen as a foliage-surrounded face cared in inconspicuous nooks in Christian churches, in England and elsewhere.

Honor Yashodhara

If, amid this celebration of masculine virility, you want to redress the balance in favor of feminine fecundity, light a candle in honor of Yashodhara, the mother of Rahuda and the wife of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, the man who, in later life, would become better known as the Buddha.

Source

The Wicca Book of Days
Selena Eilidh Ash