Closer to Sophia

 It feels like an answer to her call or her answering my call learning this.  I figured it was her or Freya and they are often so interchangeable irregardless, I sometimes struggle to know where one ends and one begins.  But, anyway, I feel very comfortable devoting myself to Frigg as the hearth goddess. And i feel this is a time of expansion in many ways as I begin exploring the sacredness of the home, the concept of sacred ritual within the home and using the home as a temple where healing can happen.  Exploring various herbs, sacredness of words in healing, shamanic/hedge witch aspects.  It all feels very comfortable.  

From my Baltic heritage, the hearth goddess is Gabija who I feared for a while because she will start fires when she is angry and I have a fear of fire.  That is one reason I fear cooking. It is probably important I develop a more trusting relationship with Gabija because this fear can't be good to have between a Goddess and a woman of Baltic heritage who seeks to make her hearth deeply sacred.

In my Slavic heritage are two goddesses and even a god.  Gabija's Slavic Name is Matergabija or Fire Mother (Fire Mother sounds more reassuring, knowing there is a maternal aspect. Maybe I just don't know that about Gabija anditssomething I can learn; I think I'll look into that later on).There is also the Ukranian hearth mother, Bereginia, who is also honored now in that land as protectress of the earth.  I would like to learn more of her.  She sounds like a beautiful energy that would help me grow in many areas that I seek to explore. 

The god comes from the Russian pantheon. Domovoy. Domovoy could manifest in many ways.  Even Mos or my beloved Sweet-Sweets could be manifestations of Domovoy since he can show up as those animals. Michael, Frank or Jackie or perhaps Mociute (all Slavic ancestors) could manifest as Domovoy because he can also manifest as a departed ancestor.  Domania is the feminine name of the deity; I see again here the polarity of Slavic Native Faith when speaking of Feminine and Masculine.

I think I will put an offering on my altar to these deities. Maybe a gift from our walk to Bigelow.