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"The Morrigan" by Jennifer Miller (Nambroth)

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SciFi and Fantasy Art The Morrigan by Jennifer Miller (Nambroth)

My piece for the Corvid Portfolio; upon being contacted to join in on this great project, I knew I wanted to do something with the celtic goddess of battle, strife, and fertility; The Morrigan. Several of the resources I looked up cited her as appearing as a hooded crow in particular, so I chose to depict her as a shape-shifted hooded crow.
A note about the celtic knotwork- I am by no means good at drawing knotwork, and there are people out there that do it well, much better than I! I did my best to make it original- that is I didn't outright copy any existing designs, allthough I did use a large number of images to help draw the patterning and figure the stuff out. I could not have done it with out the help of dozens of images of well done knotwork.
Painted with the oil pastels in Painter. I offer large format prints of this as well, feel free to contact me if interested!

Date	Name	Comment
26 Jan 2008	Casandra l.johnsen	Loading... Love the bird person!
23 May 2008	Anon.	Loading... ive got a really strong feeling he’s on the good guys team
23 May 2008	Anon.	Loading... oh yeah and btw awesome pic
27 May 2008	Ehh... a newbie	Loading... this is amazing, i love it! i wish i was that good...
3 Jun 2008	Irishperson	Loading... crows WERE an aspest of the morrigan, as both were intertwined in battle, the crow scavanged off the dead, to the celts the animal eating the flesh of the dead was partly seen as carying it off the the otherworld (or whatever name you want to call it), or seen as the dead returning to the battlefield. ravens are useually seen on the coasts, while crows are everywhere, battles took place on planes, so it was more likely they were seen after a battle, and therefore also became associated with the morrigan/ macha. your picture is lovley, i like it as it dosent show an aspet of the morrigan looking gentle and overtly femmine but rather like someone from the otherwolrd ready to transform for battle (but am i right in saying thats a magpies head?) Jennifer Miller (Nambroth) replies: "Hi! Thanks for your kind comment! It is not a magpie head, but a hooded crow (as said in the description). They are also known as the Carrion Crow. These are a European species that are not solid black, and upon research I found that they are the species most commonly linked to the Morrigan mythology due to their appearance to feed on corpses, post-battle."
1 Oct 2008	M. 'Poseidon' Evripidou	Loading... I love hooded crows. And seeing one drawn so beautifully... welldone
26 Oct 2008	Olivier Ffrench	Loading... The celtic subject, foggy backdrop and general mood make me think of the work of John Howe. Really nice!
16 Oct 2009	Anon.	Loading... I was doing some research on ’The Morrigan’ and I came across your piece. It is absolutely Beautiful!
16 Feb 2010	Kelly ann lynch	Loading... very nice.. i think the morrigan is the most beautiful goddess and you captured her strength
11 Nov 2011	Ron Patrick Maxwell	Loading... I find this piece greatly inspiring! the background is so subtle and open i find myself overwhelmed and enveloped within it’s details. That level of finesse is something i aspire to be able to master one day. your work is a treasure to be valued and a gift to be proud of.
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