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Paganism @lemmy.ml frightful_hobgoblin @lemmy.ml The Folklore of May-Day/ Bealtaine – from the National Folklore Schools Collection
irishfolklore.wordpress.com The Folklore of May-Day/ BealtaineThe 1st of May brings us to the start of summer and one of the most important cross-quarter days (being between the solstices and equinoxes) in the Irish calendar. May-day, like many festivals of i…
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Paganism @lemmy.ml frightful_hobgoblin @lemmy.ml /c/paganism thread about Easter
Share what you know about Easter, its traditions, symbolism, history, etc.
My limited understanding is that it's a spring festival, celebrating resurrection/new life
There is a Germanic spring-goddess called Ôstara (in Old High German) and Ēastre (in Old English). I believe this has a Proto-Indo-European link to 'Aurora' and hence a connection between spring and dawn, both of which are times of new life and of brightening.
I might revisit this thread as I learn more over the weekend, until then tell me eveything you know!