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Lughnasssadh - Freyfaxi

Lugh

This party, devoted to the Celtic solar god-king, Lugh, celebrates the vitality of the summer, the energy expended at the time, but also, being the first day of autumn to the land north, preparation to be carried out for the winter, considering that from the time the temperatures begin to decline. This is symbolized by the bread: a food can only be created when the seed is collected, and may take some time.

really Lughnassadh was celebrated on August 7 in the Celtic lands, or rather with the first harvest, which meant having a large surplus of food (hence the amount of energy collected), but also I had to start saving for the winter (hence the preparation for winter).

present this festival is celebrated mainly in circles Celtic pagans and, under the Christian name of Lammas, neopagan branches. Keep in mind that Saxon Lammas means "loaf of bread" (Loaf of mass), and is closely linked to certain passages of the Bible. I personally prefer the name Lughnassadh literally 'games' or 'parties' of Lugh.

names for the festival:

modern-Irish: Lá Lúnasa (Lughnassadh day)

-Welsh, Calan

AWST -Scotland: Lunasduinn or Whitsun

as celebrated in other traditions:

-Freyfaxi and Hlafmaest in Germanic and Norse tradition

-Lammas in Wicca.

-First Harvest: Christianized holiday.

History of the celebration of this festival:

Mythologically, it is believed that Lugh dedicated this festival to his mother, Tailtu, died while conducting work clearing the fields of Ireland. It is also closely related to or Crom Dubh Crom Cruach, Scottish god is symbolically sacrificed at the time of the year.

Lughnassadh, along Samhain, Bealtaine and Imbolc, one of four major agricultural festivals of the Celtic culture. Lughnassadh marked the beginning of markets, and other summer festivals, it was the best time for the exchange of goods, tests of strength, commitment ...

Today celebrations are more common in Europe, bonfires and dances. Strength contests, concerts and recitals also take place.

Lughnassadh typical activities:

-Making bread and straw dolls.

-deer dances, where young people dance with deer antlers emulating youths.

-offerings to the gods of the crops in each village.

-Making bonfires.

-quizzes and tests of various kinds, because you have to remember that this festival is held in honor of Lugh and his mother, and Lugh, the bearer of the spear, was above all a warrior.

-The song of John Barleycorn: a traditional English song in which the protagonist symbolizes a kind of god of dying and rising fertility. In fact, John Barleycorn is the god of wheat, and death is told in the song is related to a possible ritual that took place at that time. The village chose a man and was treated like a king for a day, and then be sacrificed and shed their blood for the fields in order to stimulate the crop.

Freyfaxi:

Freyfaxi the Nordic-Germanic feast for Lughnassadh. The wheat is of crucial importance in it, but his name means "the horse Freyr. " Thus, the figure of the horse as a dual symbol of fertility and death, like nature at that time. There is also talk of a cult of the natural springs and wells, to which he gave gifts such as dolls representing various dísar wheat, which were kept up to Yule.

Freyfaxi commemorate also the period of truce and peace, because by the time the war ended and the warriors returned home. Sif, Thor's wife, whose hair was cut off by Loki, is the goddess who presides over this festival. To amend the loss of her hair, Thor sent the dwarf to build a hair gold. Sif, in this case, is the goddess mother, and her golden hair is the harvest. Thor is the protector, as Lugh the Celtic paganism, and lightning and thunder of summer storms scare away the misfortunes of the fields.