Celtic Studies discussion

Hello all, Jenna here. Just reminding everyone not to forget the Celtic Holidays (I try to celebrate them with a bonfire, as is appropriate). The next one coming up is Lughnasadh on August 1st. It celebrates Lugh, master of all the arts (the Celtic Apollo)and celebrates the harvest. Lugh is often depicted as a boar or an eagle.
Here's a list of the four main festivals and what they are:

SAMHAIN (November 1st) - this is considered the Celtic New year in Irish culture. Celebrates the feast of the Morrigan and Donn (god of the dead). Samhain begins the dark half of the year.

IMBOLG or IMBOLC (February 1st) - this festival celebrates the 'lactating of the ewes', the coming of spring.

BELTAINE (May 1st) - a fire festival, this is considered the new year for the Welsh. Begins the light half of the year.

LUGHNASADH (August 1st) - a festival celebrating harvest and the god Lugh.

Hope this is helpful!!!! Make sure to mark these days on your calendar!

- Jenna

Thanks. This is a great idea!

Hi, All! Halee here and I am new to the group.

As a lived-experience, Celtic spirituality, both the ancient and modern expressions, has much to offer to our ecological crisis. Jason Kirkey has a fierce chapter on "psychonavigating the seasons" trough the Celtic celebrations The Salmon in the Spring The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality.

I plan to celebrate Beltaine at High Valley,NY. (There is also a wild retelling of the god-making death of Jesus, told from a Celtic perspective, by Elizabeth Cunningham on Good Friday each year). Does anyone know of a Beltaine celebration in the mountains of NC?

Elizabeth Cunningham