Morrigan the Witch
Morrigan pulls the strands of fate and measures the length of each mortal life. She is the Crone-Goddess and the Moth er-Witch. Sister to Danu, Morrigan wove magic into the fabric of the world itself. She is depicted as a woman with a mane of feathers, raven-like wings sprouting from her back, and her hands are formed into clawed talons. She is often accompanied by ravens. Alternatively, Morrigan is occasionally portrayed as a half-woman, half-spider with many red eyes upon her head and long spindly limbs. The Mother-Witch is sometimes conflated with various demonic and shadowy entities.
Worship
Those who worship Morrigan often do so in hopes of prolonging their life, learning occult secrets, and appeasing her desires in exchange for her blessing. Worshipers are superstitious about killing spiders, and instead will welcome the presence of a spider in their home as a protector and guardian. They tend to keep ravens and will wear raven feathers in their hair or on their caps.
Ritual
When someone is fearful they have reached the end of their life, or that fate is playing a cruel hand for them, they often cut their palms and spill their blood into a boiling pot filled with raven feathers.
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