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satya_firestoneVaska has several words pertaining to Witches. A Sorg is a male Witch, and a Sorga is a female Witch. Sorgae, the name we use for this 'Craft, means, "what Witches do." Last week I introduced the Basque word "Sorginak" in connection with our Vaska word "Sorgitzak," because they both refer to Witches.
The first point to expand on, is that it is deemed unclear by scholars whether "Sorginak" refers to actual, physical Witches, or mythological beings. This is significant, because Sorgitzak, Witches who practice Sorgae 'Craft, are considered a race of Fae (I've even mentioned that they were categorized as such). So Sorgitzak are both physical, practicing Witches, and "fabled beings." We are the Fae of Will, in that we are the vehicles of Divine Will on this plane of existence.
Growing from this, is the significance of the Goddess of the Sorginak, Mari. She is the primary Deity of the ancient Pagan Basques, along with Her Consort, the God called Sugaar. Mari is a cave-dwelling Goddess, the very personification of the Earth. Her name may mean "mother," and She is sometimes associated with cows. This is strikingly similar to Arduina, our Mother Bear.
But Sugaar is not to be discounted either. He is associated with serpents and flames. He sometimes takes the form, in the sky, of a sickle of fire. This aligns strongly to the position and office of the Tsaranos.
This provides us a North-South axis, which is seen in shamanic practice as the path to Divine communion, the World Tree, the North Star Road. But also, specific to Sorgae, we Witches, the Sorgitzak, are associated with the South; and Arduina, the North Goddess, was not only the first to speak to us about this path, but the North represents that place and condition of ultimate communion with the Divine, with the All.
"Sorgae" means "what Witches do," and what we do, is honor and serve our Gods, through ritual, communion, and Gobah.
The first point to expand on, is that it is deemed unclear by scholars whether "Sorginak" refers to actual, physical Witches, or mythological beings. This is significant, because Sorgitzak, Witches who practice Sorgae 'Craft, are considered a race of Fae (I've even mentioned that they were categorized as such). So Sorgitzak are both physical, practicing Witches, and "fabled beings." We are the Fae of Will, in that we are the vehicles of Divine Will on this plane of existence.
Growing from this, is the significance of the Goddess of the Sorginak, Mari. She is the primary Deity of the ancient Pagan Basques, along with Her Consort, the God called Sugaar. Mari is a cave-dwelling Goddess, the very personification of the Earth. Her name may mean "mother," and She is sometimes associated with cows. This is strikingly similar to Arduina, our Mother Bear.
But Sugaar is not to be discounted either. He is associated with serpents and flames. He sometimes takes the form, in the sky, of a sickle of fire. This aligns strongly to the position and office of the Tsaranos.
This provides us a North-South axis, which is seen in shamanic practice as the path to Divine communion, the World Tree, the North Star Road. But also, specific to Sorgae, we Witches, the Sorgitzak, are associated with the South; and Arduina, the North Goddess, was not only the first to speak to us about this path, but the North represents that place and condition of ultimate communion with the Divine, with the All.
"Sorgae" means "what Witches do," and what we do, is honor and serve our Gods, through ritual, communion, and Gobah.