Category Archives: Mythology

Beltane Blessings 1st May

Beltane Blessings. If you are reading this in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane is celebrated on the 1st of May, in the Southern Hemisphere this will be on the 1st of November.

This is an ancient festival of Gaelic origin which was celebrated in various guises in most Celtic counties. It was said to be a magical time when the gulf between the different planes of existence is more permeable, rather like Halloween.

This was also seen as being the first day of summer and it was celebrated by large bonfires, a tradition which continues in Limerick to this day: recently, it has also been mooted that such a fire should be lit once more on the Hill of Tara. Traditionally, torches lit from the large communal fire are taken to light the fires of domestic hearths – although where this occurs it is likely to be the result of reviving the custom rather than a practise reaching directly back into history.

However, there is evidence that the Druids drove cattle between bonfires to purify them and ensure a fertile harvest. Today, in some parts of Scotland people also walk between two fires as a means of purification.

In Ireland boughs of may or hawthorn were hung on the doors and windows of the house, an act which is seldom seen now. Nevertheless, you can’t keep a good festival down and many modern pagans have special celebrations as this time; some try and reconstruct the rites of past generations, whereas others celebrate on the same date and use the word “Beltane” but have created new ceremonies to celebrate the changing season.

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Saint George’s Day

April 23rd is the feast day of Saint George, patron saint of England, butchers and boy scouts! Yet are you familiar with his legend which tells how he rescued Princess Cleolinda…

Saint George’s Day

…of Libya from a dragon; killing the monster and converting 15,000 men in the process? Oh, and of course, he got the girl and married her! Read more about Saint George with me here…

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Easter, the inside track

For many people, Easter is an incredibly important time in the Christian Calander. But why do we give one another chocolate Easter eggs? And why have bunnies crept into the equation?

Easter, the inside track

“In point of fact the bunnies were not even rabbits, they were hares which were sacred to Eostre and the exchange of brightly decorated eggs far precedes Christianity. The tradition of egg decorating has largely been replaced by the giving and receiving of chocolate eggs in the UK and US but in central and Eastern Europe real eggs are still decorated to celebrate Eastertide.”

For more on Easter.