THE STORY OF MABON
From the moment of the September Equinox, the Sun's strength diminishes, until the moment of the Winter Solstice in December, when the Sun grows stronger and the days once again become longer than the nights...
During this time Mabon, Young Son, Divine Youth, Son of Light also disappears. He is taken at birth when only three nights old.
His Mother Modron laments...
With the help of the wisdom and the memory of the most ancient of living animals - (the Blackbird , the Stag, the Eagle, the Salmon, and the Owl), Mabon is eventually found. His seeker asks the ritual question of each totem animal: "Tell me if thou knowest aught of Mabon, the son of Modron, who was taken when three nights old from between his mother and the wall?"
All along, Mabon has been dwelling, a happy captive, in his mother Modron's magical Otherworld / her womb. Modron is Gaurdian of the Otherworld, Protector, Healer, the Earth herself. Her womb is nurturing and enchanted, but also filled with challenges. Only in so powerful a place of renewable strength can Mabon be reborn as his Mother's champion, the source of joy and Son of Light.
Once reborn Mabon's light is drawn into the Earth, gathering strength and wisdom enough to become a new seed.
During this time we celebrate Mabon's death and his return to Modron's womb, where he will soon be reborn.
The Faeries roam this land and mournful
music fills the air this day, at this hour.
Modron, O! great Queen and Earth Mother,
we call you here to share your sorrow.
O! shadowed God, great son of Modron,
we plead your return from the mysterious world that keeps you.
The power of your brilliance is the joy of your mother.
Modron is Earth and the Mother we all attend.
Her bittersweet lament
nurtures your return to be born again and again.
