Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays And Some Not So Ancient!
Today Is …
Day Dedicated to Arianrhod. Arianrhod (ah-ree-AHN-rhohd), Arian meaning ‘silver’, and Rhod meaning ‘wheel’ or ‘disc’. Take a trip or ride a bike.
Kemetic/Egyptian: The Burning of the Lamps – festival held in Sais in the Temple of Isis. Priestesses, priests, and initiates gathered in an underground chapel beneath the main temple carrying lamps and marched in a procession around a wooden coffin for the God Osiris, in Sais, a city on the Nile delta/
In pre-Christian times, the festival of Fors Fortuna was celebrated annually on this date in the city of Rome to honor and receive favorable blessings from the Goddess Fortuna.
A Sun-God festival called Inti Raymi was celebrated annually on this date by the ancient Incas of Peru. Llamas were ritually slaughtered and their entrails were used by priests for divining the future.
On this date in the year 1950, Reformed Alexandrian Witch and author Janet Farrar was born in London, England.
Syria: Night Of The Magic Mule.
Syria: Night Of Increase.
Southern Syria: Night Of The Magic Camel.
St. Agatha’s Day. Also Known As Santo Gato, She Appears As A Cat & Can Summon Storms When Angry.
Burning Of Greens.
Glastonbury, England: Blooming Of Glastonbury Thorn, Offshoot Of The Staff Of Joseph Of Arimathea.
Discordian Festival Of Blessed Saint Hung Mung.
Old Bohemia: Beginning Of Carnival.
Festival Of Pyrotechnics.
Lady Luck/Fortuna – The Romans celebrated the Goddess of Good Fortune on this day. Monaghan comments that she was not merely “luck,” but the principle that drives men and women to mate, an irresistible “Fors.” She was the Goddess of Fertilization of Humans, Animals and Plants, and thus was especially worshipped by women wanting to become pregnant and by gardeners. As Fortuna Virilis, she made women irresistible to men. It was perhaps on this day that Roman women invaded men’s public baths. It makes sense to celebrate Fortuna at this time of the year when the sun at its height represents the top of her wheel of Fortune. The wheel becomes a symbol again at the other side of the year (winter solstice) when the sun is at its lowest point.Monaghan, Patricia, The Book of Goddesses and Heroines, Llewellyn 1981
Midsummer Day (old calendar)
Aztec: Inti Raymi – Fire festival of the sun god, celebrated by the ancients to exalt the maize harvest. Llamas were ritually slaughtered and their entrails consulted by priests for divining the future. Chanting would last from sunrise to sunset. 6/24 to 6/27:
Zuni Corn Dance. A ritual for fertility and rains
A sun-god festival called Inti Raymi was celebrated annually on this date by the ancient Incas of Peru. Llamas were ritually slaughtered and their entrails were used by priests for divining the future.
On this date in the year 1950, Reformed Alexandrian Witch and author Janet Farrar was born in London, England.
Remember The Ancient Ways and Keep Them Holy!
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