Brujita de Cocina: Choosing a Kitchen Goddess

17.7.13

Choosing a Kitchen Goddess

Kitchen Witch Goddesses of Hearth and Home

There are many goddesses to choose from when it comes to kitchen witchery. It is perfectly fine to work with several, but generally, one will be chosen as overall goddess of hearth and home, to be honoured in the kitchen and on the altar.

The goddesses are usually of the following aspects:

* Goddesses of hearth and home

* Fire goddesses

* Goddesses of harvest, grain or fertility

* Goddesses of crafts, weaving, arts, divination

Examples include:

* Vesta (Roman) or Hestia (Greek) - hearth and home

* Brighid (Celtic) - fire, hearth, divination, healing

* Demeter (Greek) - grain, harvest

* Cerridwen (Celtic) - grain, sacred cauldron

* Freya (Norse) - fire, creativity

* Gaia (Greek) - earth, creation

* Sekhmet (Egyptian) - fire

* Pele (Hawaiian) - fire

* Lakshmi (Hindu ) - abundance

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Kitchen witches honour the everyday chores, from cooking to cleaning, finding sacred meaning in their work in honour of the Goddess. Many kitchen witches choose to honour one Goddess in particular, usually one closely associated with hearth and home, or a related element such as grain, harvest or fire.

Goddesses Associated with Hearth and Home

* Brighid (Celtic)

* Chantico (Aztec)

* Dugnai (Slavic)

* Hestia (Greek)

* Vesta (Roman)

Goddesses Associated with Grain and Harvest

* Ashnan (Babylonian)

* Ceres (Roman)

* Chicomecoatz (Aztec)

* Corn Mother

* Demeter (Greek)

* Pirua (Peruvian)

Goddesses Associated with Fire

* Agnayi (Hindu)

* Ida (Hindu)

* Kamui-Fuchi (Japanese)

* Li (Chinese)

* Pele (Hawaiian)

* Sekhmet (Egyptian)

* Saule (Slavic)

Goddesses Associated with Kitchens, Cooking, Food & Domesticity

* Annapurna (Hindu)

* Baba Yaga (Slavic)

* Cerridwen (Celtic)

* Fornax (Roman)

* Freya (Norse)

* Frigg (Norse)

* Hehsui-no-kami (Japanese)

* Huixtocihuatl (Aztec goddess of salt)

* Ivenopae (Indonesian goddess of rice)

* Mama Occlo (Inca)

* Okitsu-hime (Japanese)

* Pomona (Roman goddess of orchards and fruit)

Other Goddesses Associated with Kitchen Witchery

Kitchen witchery also usually involves a talent for crafts, so goddesses of weaving and other traditional crafts, as well as inspiration and creativity, are also appropriate. Prosperity, plentiful abundance and protection are key elements, as the kitchen witch will strive to take care of her home and family through her kitchen rituals and work. Finally, Goddesses associated with the earth (sacred for growing food), life and health are also equally appropriate.

* Athena (Greek goddess of weaving)

* Gaia (Mother Earth)

* Lakshmi (Hindu Goddess of plenty)

* Nehallennia (Norse Goddess of abundance)

* Ops (Roman Goddess of earth)

* Sarasvati (Hindu Goddess of creativity)

* Vasudhara (Hindu Goddess of abundance)

Kitchen Gods for the Kitchen Witch

Some witches might like to have a kitchen god as well as goddess. Some appropriate ones would include:

* Bes (Egyptian God of household protection)

* Hyang kehen (Indonesian God of hearth fire)

* Oki-Tsu-Hiko-no-Kami (Japanese child of the Harvest God)

* Oki-Tsi-Hime-no-Kami (Japanese child of the Harvest God)

* Tsao Wang (Japanese God of hearth and kitchen)

* Sanpo Kojin (Japanese God of hearth and kitchen)

* Zao Jun (Chinese kitchen God)

Honouring the Kitchen Goddess

Once a goddess has been chosen, the kitchen witch can honour her by placing artwork, a statue or other imagery on the kitchen altar. Creative witches might even make a figure out of salt dough or clay, cross-stitch a picture or weave a tapestry representing their Goddess.

The kitchen witch will work closely with her chosen Goddess, leaving seasonal offerings of harvest, herbs, incense or flowers upon the altar. The witch will ask for blessings and assistance in cooking, chores and magic, invoke the Goddess for ritual, and meditate with her for insight or healing.

Working with a chosen Goddess can bring inspiration, sacredness and spirituality into the kitchen. Whether invoking the Goddess for ritual or simply to assist with the chores, the work of the kitchen witch is deeply enhanced and blessed by her presence.

- Sources:

Greenwitch, Shayleah. "Choosing a Kitchen Goddess". A Kitchen Witch's Book of Shadows, 1999.

Lurker, Manfred. "The Routledge Dictionary of Gods, Goddesses, Devils and Demons". Routledge, 2004.

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(De ex- y céntrico).

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