Queen of the Circling Universe. The summer solstice was the time when the oak-king was sacrificed in the midsummer fire. She is the queen bee about whom male drones swarm in midsummer. Her followers tolerated sodomy, and the ecstatic self- castration of her priests was similar to the emasculation of the drone, by the queen, in the nuptial act. It is associated with mountains and bees, and sacred to the love aspect of The Goddess.
White heather is the opposite, and protects against acts of passion.
She is mother of Llew Llaw Gyffes. It is observed with mourning, and a feast for dead kinsfolk. It is connected with the Tailltean Games of Ireland, full of chariot races and swordplay. She was the Muse of Memory, of the past as well as the future, and of instinct and intuition. Her Moon falls during the nutting season.