MORA-IA (Original MOTHER EARTH song and video) before Summer green shifts into Autumn

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Summer 2021 is ending... but here in my corner of the world everything is still green...
I feel I'm myself slowly shifting as the first breath of autumn is felt and some leaves start to change their colours. But green still reigns, so this music video celebrates all the joyful and vibrant life before it starts to go dormant and it has a clear "dryad" vibe into it.

Dryads and Earth Goddesses

The term Dryad (female tree spirits) derives from the Greek Drys meaning “Oak” and refers to female tree spirits or Nymphs inhabiting and protecting these trees, if linked to a the life of a particular tree the term is Hamadryad (from “together” and “tree”)
“Drys” comes from the same Proto-Indo-European word, *doru/drew, as English “tree” so it is a term that is not restricted to "Oaks" really. They are part of the Forest and their guardians too.

Goddesses that represent Mother Earth are present in many cultures

Here in the North of Spain she is known as Amalur o Ama-Lurra, also sometimes "Mari"

As I have mentioned before Pagan Baltic Latvian Mythology and Pre-Christian beliefs includes a list of māte (Mothers) linked to Nature and Life Cycles. They are traditionally mentioned in folk songs called Dainas. Meža māte is the Mother of the Forest Lapu māte" is a Female Latvian Deity, protector goddess of the leaves. Her spirit is also responsible for the shifting of the leaves colors during the fall

Representations of a mother goddess who embodies the bounty of the earth or nature are present since ancient times and all cultures.

In Greek mythology, Gaia (/ˈɡeɪə, ˈɡaɪə/; from Ancient Greek Γαῖα, a poetical form of Γῆ Gē, "land" or "earth"), also spelled Gaea /ˈdʒiːə/, is the personification of the Earth
In Norse mythology Jörð (Old Norse: Jǫrð [ˈjɔrð]; "earth") is the personification of earth. She is partner of Odin and the mother of the thunder god Thor
Mat Zemlya (Matka Ziemia or Matushka Zeml'ja the name meaning literally moist Mother Earth) is one of the oldest slavic deities that also represent Mother Nature.

Mora-ia: An original song I wrote in my childhood in an invented language

Mora-ia is a song when I was a child, the first thing I composed and learnt to play with my school recorder. It is a song about saying good bye to things that were a burden to our heart or soul and breath into open air. For me this happens mostly in Nature and the new video has a very clear "Mother Earth Dryad" vibes and would fit in my "Music inspired by Nature" and the flowing of the seasons playlist "Incantations". It will be eventually compiled into an album featuring all my seasonal specials.

The lyrics are in an invented language I made as I was a little child and so not entirely phonetic. Even if it was written decades ago it was first released in January 13, 2013 and this is a 2021 remaster of the 2013 recording with improved song and a brand new video. The song would be related to my other "green" songs like "Grow" and "The Heart of the Forest"
I guess it's not difficult to guess my favourite colour! ahem!

Credits

Music, lyrics, arrangements, voice, harp by myself
Violin: Armen Vartanyan
Flute: Iulian Gogu
Additional backing vocals: Mireia Blasco
Original recording was released in 2013. This is the 2021 remastered version with a video filmed this Summer.

My Dryad dress 🌱🌱🌱

I made the crown myself :) in fact I'm quite proud of it, despite having burnt my fingers badly with the hot glue gun :). I used to make garlands like this and it had been a while since I had had the patience to be crafty. But the rest of the look is achieved with many gifts from many friends.

Special thanks to Costurero Real for my leaf skirt
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CostureroReal?coupon=YIDNETH
Special thanks to Folk Owl for my bag, mittens and capelet
https://www.etsy.com/shop/folkowl
Special thanks to Eva Platero from "El Bosque Sagrado) for my beautiful earrings

https://www.etsy.com/es/shop/ElBosqueSagrado
Oak felt pin by Neirahda
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Neirahda
Pendant by Enchanted Lotte Tree

As always find the hidden ratties or Fufunchis

If you read my blog and follow my videos you'll know I always hide my fufunchis in the videos. They were my pet rats. In this video there is also the appearance of Fievel a little wild mouse I nursed back to health this Summer, he is now back and safe in the wild. So you can see him in this part of the video but still you have other 3 fufunchis to find

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A celebration of Green

I'm grateful for all the green, for the lungs of our planet... And I also mourn all that we have lost during wildfires and other climate disasters... We need to take care of our planet.
We must choose our future
I don't want this to be our future

I will envision our Nature thriving and finding a way to remain lush....
And I send all the love in my heart to this precious planet that still is out only home

I cherish you 🌎

We need to rewild
We need to heal
We need to change

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Filmed in Navarra, Spain, August 2021.

Filmed in Summer 2021.Song (c) 2013. Priscilla Hernandez. YIDNETH. This version remastered in 2021. Video filmed in 2021
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