THE TRIPLE GODDESSES - Maiden, Mother & Grone C5085

It’s believed that the triple goddess has been worshiped since before recorded history. We can trace the worship of triple goddesses back to ancient Greek, Roman, and Celtic pantheons, as we will explore below. In many Wiccan practices, the Goddess is worshiped in triplicate, made up of three forms: the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone. These archetypes are are sometimes depicted as three life phases of a single goddess paralleling the phases of the moon (Waxing Moon, Full Moon, and Waning Moon). The maiden-mother-crone archetype of the Triple Goddess is meant to echo a woman’s life cycle and the many aspects that she embodies in her lifetime. These three phases also represent the passing of a year and the cycle of seasons or Wheel of the Year. A practitioner may call upon these archetypes to aid in their magical practices. While many Wiccans and Neopagans worship the Triple Goddess .She is three at once: the Maiden, Mother, and Crone. However this association was not observed in ancient times. Historically, some deities were depicted as siblings or as three separate goddesses united as one, rather than three life stages of the same entity.