The Three Mothers
The Three Mothers (or Deae Matres in Roman/Latin) are known from Romano-Celtic iconography from both Europe and Britain.
A representation on an engraved stone plaque was found at Cirencester dating from 2AD or 3AD, and shows three women sitting side by side with short knee-length clothing, holding baskets of bread and fruit.
In Celtic art we repetitively find symbols and images carved three times over. The number three, and the repetition three times of an image, conveys the accumulation of the desired empowerment.
In pagan imagery and symbolism, the concept of invoking spiritual energies three times over still exists. Nowadays we invoke the Goddess in the guise of Maiden, Mother and Crone.
A representation on an engraved stone plaque was found at Cirencester dating from 2AD or 3AD, and shows three women sitting side by side with short knee-length clothing, holding baskets of bread and fruit.
In Celtic art we repetitively find symbols and images carved three times over. The number three, and the repetition three times of an image, conveys the accumulation of the desired empowerment.
In pagan imagery and symbolism, the concept of invoking spiritual energies three times over still exists. Nowadays we invoke the Goddess in the guise of Maiden, Mother and Crone.
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The Three Mothers of Cirencester
Cirencester Museum
