Kaltes – Dancing the Moon

acrylic on birch panel – 30″ X 40″
© 2019 Sandra Ware

In the forest dark and deep
Along the silver ribbon river
I dance the power from its sleep
The moonlight essence shift and shiver
          I dance the Moon, I dance the Moon

Radiant spirt blessings flow
Along the lines of song and dream
Moonlight touches Earth below
Abundance quickens in that stream
          I dance the Moon, I dance the Moon

In sacred glow all women blest
The grain and livestock multiply
I dance new life, new babes at breast
Where new life quickens, there am I
          I dance the Moon, I dance the Moon

In the forest dark and deep
Along the silver ribbon river
I dance the power from its sleep
The moonlight essence shift and shiver
          I dance the Moon, I dance the Moon

© 2019 Sandra Ware

Kaltes is the Moon Goddess of Western Siberia where dark forests run along the river Ob. It is Kaltes who brings the energy of the Moon to Earth. She is a fertility goddess associated with abundance and childbirth, a shapeshifter who often takes the form of a hare.