Today's Goddess is Akerbeltz. She is a Portugese Goddess - Tabuleiros Festival
Themes: Harvest; Charity; Health; Thankfulness, Beauty and Peace
Symbols: Rainbows, health and healing amulets
About Akerbeltz:
This Basque goddess attends the human body by protecting it from disease,
encouraging health, and offering healing when needed, especially when we
overdo summer activities. Being a goddess of earth and nature too, she sometimes appears as a
rainbow, a bridge that takes us from being under the
weather to overcoming circumstances.
To do today:
The Tabuleiros has been celebrated for six hundred years in Portugal by
honoring the harvest, giving thanks to the goddess for her providence,
and making donations to charitable organizations. The
highlight of the day is a
parade in which people wear huge headdresses covered
with bread, flowers, and doves, symbols of Akerbeltz continued sustenance,
beauty and peace. These are retained by the wearer through the year to
keep Akerbeltz close by, warding off sickness. A simpler approach for us
might be to get a small rainbow refrigerator magnet or window piece that
reflects this goddess beauty throughout our home to keep everyone therein
well and content.
Also give a little something to someone in need today.
Doing good deeds for to others pleases Akerbeltz because it makes them
healthier in spirit. She will bless you for your efforts with improved
well-being, if only that of heart.
From Wikipedia: Akerbeltz or Aker ( From the basque language: Aker, billy goat and Beltz, black) is a spirit in the folk mythology of the Basque people. It lives inside the land and it has many elves as servants. I do have the book "365 Goddess" by Telesco, and i have to say that she is mistaken in many parts of that book.
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