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Cardinal Points -
Other Belief Systems
MAYAN:
Mayans assigned
these
correspondences to
the cardinal points:
NORTH:
Color.- red
Jewel.- bloodstone
SOUTH:
Color.- white
Jewel.- pearls,
shells
EAST
Color.- yellow
Metal.- gold
WEST
Color. black, blue
Jewel.- jade,
turquoise
CELTIC:
The Celts had a
fourfold cycle:
EAST:
life - beginning
element - air
season - spring
time - dawn
tool - the sword of
Nuadha
SOUTH:
light - increasing
element - fire
season - summer
time.- noon
tool.- the spear of
Lugh
WEST:
love - maturing
element - water
season - autumn
time - evening
tool - the cauldron
of the Daghda
NORTH:
law - destroying
element - earth
season - winter
time - night
tool - the stone of
Fal
IRISH:
The Irish divided
their land into five
directions, each
with its own
correspondences (Leinster):
benefit,
farmers/householders,
prosperity and
hospitality
SOUTH
(Munster): music,
poets/minstrels,
knowledge and
fertility
WEST
(Connaught):
learning, Druids,
judgment, chronicles
and storytelling
NORTH
(Ulster): battle,
warriors, conflict,
struggle and pride
CENTER
(Meath): kingship,
king/stewards,
stability, bounty
and renown
from the "Wicca
Handbook" by Eileen
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