The Wicca Book of Days for February 28th

Celebrating Kalevala

In many preliterate cultures, the ancient myths that tried to make sense of how the world came into being, and how societies subsequently took shape, were passed down orally, which means that many of them were either lost completely or distorted beyond recognition. Those that have survived are therefore to be celebrated, as is done in Finland on the day, which is known as Kalevala Day. The Kalevala (whose subtitle is An Old Poem from Karelia Telling the Ancient History of the Finnish People), the Finnish epic saga as related to him by his compatriots, was set down by Elias Lonnrot (1802 – 84), and was first published on this day in 1835

A Waning Influence

On this day honor the Goddess Zamyad (the animating spirit of the earth in the Near East). Offerings were made to her on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, or the thirteenth day of the waning moon, in ancient Persia.