November 01, 2004
Imbolc and Lughnasadh
For some time I've known that Halloween has
roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain,
which marks the entrance of darkness
halfway between autumn equinox and
winter solstice. Similarly,
May Day goes back to Beltane, halfway
between spring equinox and summer
solstice.I realized that I didn't know anything about the other two symmetric points in the Celtic calendar. What ritual marks halfway between winter and spring, likewise halfway between summer and autumn?
The answers: Imbolc and
Lughnasadh. I wonder if these
are not so popular because
they are so hard to spell.
Posted by spot at November 1, 2004 12:33 PM
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