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Blot Blessings Hallowed Festivals
May Eve is held on May 1 (N)/Nov 1 (S). Merry-Moon, Beltaine. A fertility fire festival that celebrates spring and marks the turning of the green when the veils between worlds are the thinnest.
May Eve (Merry-Moon, Beltaine) symbols are bonfires on hilltops, singing and dancing about May poles, pilgrimages to sacred wells, Laguz (flowing), and Sowilo (sunny)
Midsummer is held on Jun 21 (N)/Dec 21 (S). Summer Solstice, a pivotal power point, the apex of the year, and the time to take action. The season of the Oak King when faeries and elves flourish
Midsummer (Summer Solstice) symbols are decorative wreaths made from seeds, feathers, twigs, flowers, and feathers; consecrated water, the kindling of fires, Kenaz (fire), and Dagaz (day)
Loaf Feast is held on Aug 02 (N)/Feb 02 (S). Lammas, Lughnasadh, Spirit of the Field, First Sheaves. This is the a pre-harvest festival of the ripening fields, marking the turning point on the cyclic wheel where the summer vacation ends and the hard work of the harvest begins.
Statue of Norse Thunder God Thor
Tenth century Heathen statue found in Iceland,
Now in the care of the Icelandic National Museum
Loaf Feast (Lammas, Lughnasadh) symbols are the Corn Dolly, decorated wells and springs, and Othala (ancient knowledge).
Harvest Moon is held on Sep 22 (N)/Mar 22 (S). The Fall Equinox, Mabon, is a time of rest, dressing down, simple enjoyments. This is a festival of Thanksgiving, feasting, a time to rest from the labor of the harvest, and a time of reflection upon the cycle just completed.
Harvest Moon (Fall Equinox, Mabon) symbols are fruits, nuts, dark breads, stories, leaves, fruit juices, and the entire Futhark.
Winternights is held on Oct 31 (N)/Apr 31 (S). Samhain, Fog Moon, Winter Full Moon, Elf Blessing, The Need Fire. A festival of hallowing the land, repelling evil, remembering the dead, affirming life, honoring ancestral spirits, the spirits of the land, and limitless creativity for the clan.
Winternights (Samhain, Fog Moon,
Winter Full Moon, Elf Blessing, The Need Fire) symbols are sweet sounding bells,
drinking horns, mementoes of those to be remembered, Raidho (afterlife), and
Hagalaz (shamanism)...
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Heathen Ásatrú Troth Copyright © 2002-2008 Maureen Grace Burns, Blessings Cornucopia. All Rights Reserved.
Public Domain Image Statue of Norse Thunder God Thor, Tenth century Heathen statue found in Iceland, now in care of the Iceland Museum, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ThorStatue.jpg].
Accessed December 18, 2006.
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