Liber XXXV · Witchcraft & Wicca
Liber XXXV · Witchcraft & Wicca
Chapter VI
The Wheel of the Year
8 min readBeltane: History, Folklore and Modern Pagan CelebrationBeltane explained: the Gaelic May festival of fires and cattle in Irish sources, Scottish folk customs, English maypoles, May Eve witches and modern Wicca.8 min readSamhain: History, Folklore and Modern Pagan CelebrationSamhain explained: the Gaelic festival of 1 November in Irish myth, its links with All Saints and Hallowe'en, folk customs and modern Pagan practice.9 min readThe Wheel of the Year: The Eight Pagan Sabbats ExplainedThe Wheel of the Year explained: the eight sabbats from Samhain to Mabon, their Celtic and Germanic sources, modern origins and southern hemisphere dates.8 min readYule: History, Folklore and Modern Pagan CelebrationYule explained: the Germanic midwinter feast in Bede and the sagas, its links with Christmas and Saturnalia, Yule logs, folk customs and modern Pagan Yule.
Forthcoming in this chapter
6- The Wheel of the Year: A Complete Guide
- Imbolc: History, Folklore and Modern Celebration
- Ostara: History, Folklore and Modern Celebration
- Litha: History, Folklore and Modern Celebration
- Lughnasadh: History, Folklore and Modern Celebration
- Mabon: History, Folklore and Modern Celebration