The Deities of Mabon

The autumn equinox marks a sacred moment of absolute cosmic equilibrium where light and dark sit hand-in-hand, a balance reflected beautifully in the belief that the God and Goddess hold completely equal power on Mabon night. Named directly after the Welsh god Mabon ap Modron—the divine son of light and earth—this Sabbat is deeply intertwined with ancient stories of harvest, transition, and the shifting tides of nature. In the historical traditions of Scotland and Wales, rich Mabon wines were poured directly onto the earth as libations to honor the aging Goddess as she sheds her mother visage and moves swiftly into her wise Crone aspect. Simultaneously, the Old God prepares for the coming winter, gathering the final fruits of the land and readying himself for his looming sacrificial death at Samhain. Across ancient hearths, this transitional energy was mirrored by invoking a vast tapestry of harvest deities, from agricultural protectors like the Egyptian serpent goddess Rennutet and the Peruvian earth mother Mama Allpa, to deities of wine, revelry, and release like Dionysus and Bacchus. By honoring these archetypes today, we tune our own spirits to the beautiful, bittersweet rhythm of the falling leaves, learning to celebrate our current abundance while gracefully letting go of what must pass.

Goddessess

• All grape/berry goddessess

• All fruit/vegetable goddesses

• Akibimi - Japanese

• Anapurna - Indian

• Cessair - Welsh

• Epona - Celtic-Gaulish

• Harmonica - Greek

• Lilitu - Semitic

• Mama Allpa - Welsh-Cornish

• Modron - Welsh

• Morgan - Welsh-Cornish

• The Muses - Greek

• Nikkal - Canaanite

• Ningal - Sumerian

• Ninkasi - Sumerian

• Pamona - Roman

• Rennutet - Egyptian

• Sin - Irish

• Snake Woman - Aboriginal

• Sophia - Greco-Hebraic

• Sura - Indian

Gods

• All wine gods

• all non-grain harvest gods

• all fruit gods

• all gods of abandonment

• Dionysus - Roman

• Bacchus - Greek

• Haurun - Canaanite

• Hermes - Greek

• Great Horned God - European

• Hotei - Japanese

• Iacchus - Greco-Tuscan

• Mabon - Welsh

• Orcus - Roman

• Thoth - Egyptian