The Cauldron – a powerful feminine symbol of regeneration, enlightenment and human destiny Cover Image

Котелот - моќен женски симбол на регенерацијата, просветлувањето и човечката судбина
The Cauldron – a powerful feminine symbol of regeneration, enlightenment and human destiny

Author(s): Gerlinde Glaser
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Институт за фолклор "Марко Цепенков" - Скопје
Keywords: cauldron; feminine symbol; human destiny; enlightenment

Summary/Abstract: The myth of the cauldron is connected with the idea of rebirth and enlightenment and as such symbolizes the Great Mother’s womb. The witch’s cauldron, a vessel, where the secret ointment, requisite not only of the magic flight but of regeneration and future destiny, is brewing, is part of the myth and as such it is abundantly represented in various legends and tales about the iron mountain, iron doors or iron stoves. Furthermore, it is worshipped in holy wells and hot springs in earth-caves, whose bubbling and seething reminds of the ever-boiling cauldron.

  • Issue Year: 82/2022
  • Issue No: LIII
  • Page Range: 191-208
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English