source: finn mac cool, morgan llywelyn ★

to one another,

• you cannot possess me, for i belong to myself—
• but while we both wish it, i give you that which is mine to give.
• you cannot command me, for i am a free person—
• but i shall serve you in those ways you require,
• and the honeycomb will taste sweeter coming from my hand.
• i pledge to you that yours will be the name i cry aloud in the night,
• and the eyes into which i smile in the morning.
• i pledge to your the first cut from my meat and the first drink from my cup.
• i pledge to you my living and my dying, each equally in your care.
• i shall be a shield for your back, and you for mine.
• i shall not slander you—nor you me.
• i shall honor you above all others, and we quarrel,
• we shall do so in private, and tell no strangers our grievances.
• this is my wedding vow to you;
• this is the marriage of equals.

the high priest(ess):

• these promises you make my the sun and the moon,
• by fire and by water,
• by day and by night,
• by land and by sea.
• with these vows you swear, by the god and the goddess,
• to be full partners—each to the other.
• if one drops the load, the other will pick it up.
• if one is a discredit to the other, his own honor will be forfeit:
• generation upon generation, until he repairs which was damaged
• and finds that which was lost.
• should you fail to keep the oath you pledge today,
• the elements themselves will reach out and destroy you.