The Silver Circle Lyrics
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The songs 'The Silver Circle' and the instrumental 'Arianrhod' are dedicated to the Celtic lunar deity Arianrhod. Etymologically, the word means 'silver wheel' , or 'silver circle' (from archaic Welsh arian -silver- and rhod -wheel-, which would later derive to the Latin term Argento-rota).
Arianrhod is the goddess of the full moon and the dawn, the silver wheel of the sky that descends to the sea. It is also associated with reincarnation (the circle of life) and the cyclical return of the seasons. The goddess lives in Caer Sidhi, a tower to which the souls of poets go to rest between lives, between incarnation and reincarnation. Like all lunar deities, associated with natural cycles (the tides and menstruation in women), Arianrhod represents the ancient matriarchal society, the one that was deposed by the patriarchy.