~ May 29
Once, the water mother floated
on the empty ocean waters.
Through the air a bird came flying,
feathered brightly, flying slowly,
looking for a place to shelter.
From the waves her knee she lifted,
Water mother offered shelter,
and the bird alighted on her,
built a nest and laid within it
golden eggs, and one of iron,
which hatched into the world we cherish.
-Finnish Kalevala, ancient song of creation
In the mythology of Finland, the creator of the universe is a woman, Luonatar, “daughter of nature.” She comes to awareness floating in an endless chaotic sea. And, out of that chaos, a bird flies toward her. Lifting her knee, Luonatar makes a perch for the bird, who then lays magical eggs that hatch into the universe as we now know it.
Creativity is a natural part of goddess nature-and of human nature as well. We are unique beings, for there has never been one exactly like us before in the whole history of the universe. Because of this, we see this world differently than it has ever been seen before. Thus we co-create, with the great universal force, the world around us. In every act of seeing, touching, relating to the world, we reenact the primal creation of the goddess.
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