This is a very special rattle!
Filled with Painted corn that I harvested last year and dried for this very use, as well as a few Rowan berries from my yard that I also dried this fall.

Elk:Elk have stamina, Strength, Nobility, Elk teaches us how to pace ourselves.

Birch:The Celtic symbol of Birch is the white stag and the new moon. Birch is associated with the element of water, and the n moon because of it’s silvery paper.
Birch is considered to be a Goddess tree, the symbol of new beginnings, birth and creativity.

Deer:Deer:Deer’s special medicine is gentleness,gracefulness and the ability to listen. The Hind (the red female deer), called Eilid in the Gaelic language, symbolizes femininity, subtlety and gracefulness.

Rabbit:The rabbit has been revered around the world in many different cultures. In Asia they hail the rabbit as a sacred messenger to the divine. Egyptians believe that the rabbit represents fertility as does most of Europe Western Europe has their strong beliefs in the rabbit as a symbol of fertility and new life.

Spiral Goddess:The Spiral Goddess is a symbol fertility and feminine power.
The spiral lies over her abdomen, is the source life, spiraling inward and back out again.

Corn:Since ancient times corn {maize}has been held as being most sacred and represents the goddess of fertility. To the ancient Mayan each kernel of corn was considered sacred and not to be wasted. This was because they believed that corn not only contains the power to sustain us, but also represents the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth.

Rowan Berries:Sometimes referred to as “the whispering tree,” the rowan was well known is among the Celts as a tree of the Goddess and to be sacred among the faeries. Its berry is shaped like a five-pointed star, which is known as a symbol of magical protection.