I don't normally remember my dreams, I can go for years without being aware of a single dream but just lately I have dreamt about the same woman seven times in a fortnight.
She always appears as a woman of about 30, long copper-red hair and clothed in a long white dress with a white metallic scale shirt over fine woollen outergarments. She is pretty and slightly plump, not very tall, with brown eyes and she carries a shortsword. Two huge tabby cats accompany her, the size of Alsatian dogs but very friendly and calm. She is not in the least bit threatening but has a definite air of authority about her.
I can't place her in the Celtic pantheon and I know very little outside of that. I wondered if anyone else can see the archetype of a goddess from any other tradition in my description. The cats suggest middle eastern but the red hair suggests otherwise.
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Freya's chariot was drawn by two giant cats, wasn't it?
There's a picture at the bottom of the wiki page depicting Freyja and the cats that Esk mentioned.
Freyja
Freyja
Hmmm, could well be. I don't know much about the female deities of the Northern pantheon (I have a stack of books as yet unread) and I was thinking she might be greek or egyptian. I shall do some more research now I have a foothold on the problem.
Cheers
Cheers
From the description it doesn't sound like what a typical Egyptian goddess would wear but then what's typical? 
Definitely sounds like Freyja though.
Definitely sounds like Freyja though.
QUOTE(Wulfric @ Aug 28 2008, 03:50 PM)
From the description it doesn't sound like what a typical Egyptian goddess would wear...
Scale armour was fairly common in the middle-new kingdom Egypt but it was generally bronze and when I see cats I think of egypt. I've been conditioned by all those school visits to the British Museum!
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The Zorya - (ZOR-yah)
These daughters of Dazhdbog are the Auroras of dawn and dusk, and sometimes have a third sister, midnight (perhaps, Polunocnica) however, this makes little sense as the name, "Zorya" literally means "dawn." It is more probably that modern artists and neo-Pagans have added the third Zorya in order to "Wiccify" her as most in the Slavic system is dual and Polunocnica has a sister/counterpart, Poludnica - Lady Noon. The Zorya are the Guardians of the God or hound, which is chained to the constellation, Ursa Major. Like the Fenris wolf of the Norse mythos , this creature will destroy the world if it ever breaks free. The custom of making the colourful eggs, pysanky, is somehow supposed to strengthen the links in his chain.
Each morning, Zorya Utrenyaya opens the gates of Dazhdbog's Eastern palace so he may ride across the sky. In the evening, Zorya Vechernyaya closes the gates after her father's daily ride is finished. Their other two sisters, Zezhda Dennitsa and Vechernyaya Zezhda, the morning star and evening star are the caretakers of their father's horses and are sometimes considered to be the same two goddesses. These Goddesses, associated with Venus, are sometimes merged into one warrior Goddess, Zorya, who hides and protects warriors with her veil (see her prayer on the Slavic Magick page.)
It doesn't mention cats, but I did wonder if it might be the slavic Goddess of war, Zorya.
These daughters of Dazhdbog are the Auroras of dawn and dusk, and sometimes have a third sister, midnight (perhaps, Polunocnica) however, this makes little sense as the name, "Zorya" literally means "dawn." It is more probably that modern artists and neo-Pagans have added the third Zorya in order to "Wiccify" her as most in the Slavic system is dual and Polunocnica has a sister/counterpart, Poludnica - Lady Noon. The Zorya are the Guardians of the God or hound, which is chained to the constellation, Ursa Major. Like the Fenris wolf of the Norse mythos , this creature will destroy the world if it ever breaks free. The custom of making the colourful eggs, pysanky, is somehow supposed to strengthen the links in his chain.
Each morning, Zorya Utrenyaya opens the gates of Dazhdbog's Eastern palace so he may ride across the sky. In the evening, Zorya Vechernyaya closes the gates after her father's daily ride is finished. Their other two sisters, Zezhda Dennitsa and Vechernyaya Zezhda, the morning star and evening star are the caretakers of their father's horses and are sometimes considered to be the same two goddesses. These Goddesses, associated with Venus, are sometimes merged into one warrior Goddess, Zorya, who hides and protects warriors with her veil (see her prayer on the Slavic Magick page.)
Now that is rather intriguing. The bright red hair seemed important which would be rather reminiscent of the dawn or the dusk, cheers Fred.
Now this might sound a bit daft... but next time if possible that She drops in try and ask Her name if whoever it maybe is feeling generous She might answer 
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