Lughnasadh , Tailte and 366 day marriages....
Lughnasadh celebrates the Irish Sun God Lugh's respect for his foster mother Tailte.
Tailtean marriages for 366 days and other celebrations are held at this time.
It also coincides with the first harvest.
As autumn is on its way the Sun God is weakening in the sky and the nights are longer
and the strength of the sun is lessening...
The Sun God is entering his old age, but is not yet dead. The God symbolically loses some of his strength
in August as the Sun rises lower in the sky each day and the nights grow longer.
Around this time Lammas is celebrated , the "loaf" mass
( a name created by Christians)with bread being placed on the altar.
Foods to be used in the celebrations are
Apples ,Pears, Grapes, Sloe, Berries , Grains
Pagans celebrate this time of warmth and harvest in a celebrated feast of apples and bread. To join in the rituals use seeds from the fruits consumed and plant them as a sign of giving back to the earth in thanks for the food provided.
If they sprout, grow the plant or tree on and name it as the person you married in Lughnasadh.
Spend some time walking in the countryside appreciating the work of Mother Earth and Father Sky.
Tailtean marriages for 366 days and other celebrations are held at this time.
It also coincides with the first harvest.
As autumn is on its way the Sun God is weakening in the sky and the nights are longer
and the strength of the sun is lessening...
The Sun God is entering his old age, but is not yet dead. The God symbolically loses some of his strength
in August as the Sun rises lower in the sky each day and the nights grow longer.
Around this time Lammas is celebrated , the "loaf" mass
( a name created by Christians)with bread being placed on the altar.
Foods to be used in the celebrations are
Apples ,Pears, Grapes, Sloe, Berries , Grains
Pagans celebrate this time of warmth and harvest in a celebrated feast of apples and bread. To join in the rituals use seeds from the fruits consumed and plant them as a sign of giving back to the earth in thanks for the food provided.
If they sprout, grow the plant or tree on and name it as the person you married in Lughnasadh.
Spend some time walking in the countryside appreciating the work of Mother Earth and Father Sky.
Tanabata.... A night for Lovers
On July 7th the Japanese celebrate the annual reunion of sky princess Shokujo and the lowly shepherd Kengya.Initially accepted by Shokujo's father the King, they were allowed to marry. They were very much in love , and their duties of making
new clothes for the King, and caring for his animals were neglected.
Upset by this they were cast into either side of the great river of the sky , the Milky Way ,as the King raged with fury and intent.
Once a year , so the story goes , when the stars allow , a bridge of magpies help them reunite by making a bridge.
...As part of the celebrations , the Japanese leave skeins of thread on their altars to honour their lover... as a sign of the delicate bridge of birds
and to help Shokujo make new clothes for the King so that she may return to her husband.
We can join in this custom by taking some thin thread and tying to it a small piece of the thinnest paper ,
write on it your wishes for the year and then hang it on the tree for the birds to take to the Universe.
new clothes for the King, and caring for his animals were neglected.
Upset by this they were cast into either side of the great river of the sky , the Milky Way ,as the King raged with fury and intent.
Once a year , so the story goes , when the stars allow , a bridge of magpies help them reunite by making a bridge.
...As part of the celebrations , the Japanese leave skeins of thread on their altars to honour their lover... as a sign of the delicate bridge of birds
and to help Shokujo make new clothes for the King so that she may return to her husband.
We can join in this custom by taking some thin thread and tying to it a small piece of the thinnest paper ,
write on it your wishes for the year and then hang it on the tree for the birds to take to the Universe.
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