Nine maidens

Ancient myths and legends all have stories about nine maidens. While the number nine keeps appearing in those very old legends, nine maidens are a theme that often springs up and around folklore across Europe and world. There are the nine Muses in Greek mythology, who  are the daughters of the god Zeus and Mnemosyne. The Muses are talented goddesses. They are Calliope, protector of heroic poems, Clio the guardian of history and maker of the guitar instrument, Erato the protector of love prose and weddings, Euterpe who guards over music, Melpomene who protects over tragedy, Polyhymnia the inventor of geometry, Terpsichore who is guardian of the dance and invented the harp, Thalia who guards comedy and Urania the guardian of stars and inventor of astronomy.   

There are the Nine Wave Maidens, and these are the daughters of the giant Aegir and goddess Ran in Norse mythology. Each of these nine daughters are sea nymphs of sorts. The are each called Blodughadda or "Bloody-hair", Bylgja or "Bollow," then Bara who was previously called Drofn, Dufa or "wave", Hefring or "lift", Himinglaeva or "clear top", then Hronn or "ripple", Kolga or "cold water" and Unn or "Foam". (I think I've got that translated a bit right). 

There are small references to nine maidens all over the world. And there are even stone circles called Nine Maidens. It's said that these were once maidens who were punished for dancing on a Sunday, and were petrified into stones by an unhappy deity. 

More on Nine Maidens here at Wikipedia page 

And for the stone circles called Nine Maidens here at Legendary Dartmoor.

Hope you enjoyed reading that. 

Finally this: The images were found on the web although I don't know who made them. If you're the artist or you know who the artist is, then please let me know. Comments are moderated. 

Thanks for reading.

She Wolf Night team.