Sabbats and Deities - Appendix

Bird Magic: Wisdom of the Ancient Goddess for Pagans & Wiccans - Sandra Kynes 2016

Sabbats and Deities
Appendix

For convenience, the following list of sabbats and deities provides the birds associated with them. The deities include a few major heroes and heroines.

Sabbats

Yule: Cardinal, eagle, goose (snow), kingfisher, owl, raven, robin, wren

Imbolc: Flamingo, owl, partridge, robin, swan, vulture

Ostara: Cormorant, crane, cuckoo, hawk, lark, meadowlark, parrot, sparrow, stork, swallow, swift

Beltane: Parrot, partridge

Litha: Cuckoo, eagle, falcon, finch, flamingo, hummingbird, lark, kingfisher, owl, robin, wren

Lughnasadh: Cock, pheasant

Mabon: Crane, goose, hawk, parrot, pheasant, swallow, swan, turkey

Samhain: Blackbird, chicken (hen and cock), cormorant, egret, gull, jay, magpie, owl, raven, swan, vulture, waxwing

Goddesses

Amaterasu: Chicken/cock, crow, pheasant, raven

Aphrodite: Bluebird, dove, goose, magpie, partridge, seagull, sparrow, swallow, swan

Artemis: Chicken/cock, crane, hawk, owl, quail, vulture

Astarte: Dove

Atargatis/Derceto: Dove

Athena: Blackbird, crane, crow, cuckoo, dove, nighthawk, oriole, owl, partridge, raven

Badb: Crane, crow, raven

Bertha: Blackbird, goose

Brigid: Chicken/cock, swan

Cailleach: Crane, crow, owl

Cerridwen: Chicken/hen, hawk

Circe: Hawk

Cliodna: Seagull

Danu: Hawk, raven

Demeter: Dove

Devi: Parrot, peacock

Dôn: Seagull

Epona: Raven

The Fates: Blackbird, nighthawk, oriole

Freya: Blackbird, dove, falcon, goose, nighthawk, oriole, raven

Frigg: Blackbird, falcon, nighthawk, oriole

Gaia: Jay

Hathor: Vulture

Hecate: Owl

Hera: Crane, cuckoo, dove, goose, hawk, peacock, stork

Hestia: Peacock

Holda/Holle: Blackbird, dove

Inanna: Dove, swallow

Iris: Peacock

Ishtar: Dove

Isis: Blackbird, dove, eagle, goose, hawk, ibis, swallow, vulture

Juno: Cuckoo, goose, peacock, stork

Justitia/Iustitia: Eagle

Lakshmi: Owl

Leucothea: Seagull

Lilith: Nightjar

Maat: Ibis, ostrich

Macha: Crow, raven

Maeve: Crow, raven

Maia: Dove

Minerva: Blackbird, flamingo, nighthawk, oriole, owl

The Morrigan: Crane, crow, raven

The Muses: Swift, swan

Mut: Vulture

Nantosuelta: Dove, raven

Neith: Blackbird

Nekhbet: Vulture

Nemesis: Swan

Nephthys: Falcon, hawk, vulture

The Norns: Blackbird, nighthawk, oriole

Persephone: Owl

Rhea: Dove

Rhiannon: Blackbird, crow, raven

Sarasvati: Peacock, swan

Sequana: Dove, duck

Tanit: Bluebird

Tiamat: Raven, vulture

Venus: Dove, partridge, sparrow, stork, swallow, swan

Gods

Agni: Cuckoo, eagle

Amun: Goose, heron, peacock

Angus: Swan

Apollo: Chicken/cock, crane, crow, dove, hawk, quail, raven, swan, vulture

Ares: Chicken/cock, eagle, owl, vulture, woodpecker

Asclepius: Cock, crow, owl, raven

Attis: Chicken/cock

Bacchus: Magpie

Belenus: Eagle, robin

Benu: Crane

Brahma: Goose, peacock, swan

Bran: Raven

Buddha: Crow, woodpecker

Cronus: Vulture

Cú Chulainn: Raven, swan

The Dagda: Crane, hawk

Esus: Egret

Geb: Goose

Hades: Owl

Helios: Chicken/cock

Hephaestus: Crane

Hermes: Chicken/cock, crane, hawk, ibis, peacock, stork

Horus: Falcon, goose, peacock

Hypnos: Nightjar

Indra: Eagle, owl, parrot

Jove: Chicken/cock

Jupiter: Eagle, robin, woodpecker, wren

Kama: Parrot

Khonsu: Falcon

Lemminkäinen: Cuckoo

Lir/Llyr: Swan

Loki: Crow, falcon, hawk

Lugh: Chicken/cock, crane, crow, cuckoo, eagle, raven

Manannan: Crane, seagull

Mars: Chicken/cock, jay, raven, vulture, woodpecker

Mercury: Chicken/cock, crow, hawk

Midir: Crane, swan

Mithras: Chicken/cock, crow, raven

Njord: Seagull, swan

Odin: Eagle, goose, raven

Osiris: Chicken/cock, goose

Pan: Cuckoo, eagle, peacock, woodpecker

Perun: Pigeon

Ra: Falcon, goose, hawk, swallow

Saturn: Crow, raven, vulture, wren

Shiva: Peacock

Silvanus: Woodpecker

Skanda: Chicken/cock, peacock

Taliesin: Wren

Thor: Cuckoo, robin, wren

Thoth: Ibis

Vishnu: Eagle, goose

Woden: Falcon

Zeus: Chicken/cock, cuckoo, dove, eagle (golden), peacock, swan, vulture, woodpecker