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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The #Cailleach was preeminently the goddess of harvest, whose name was given to the last sheaf cut in each field; dressed in women’s clothes and honored during the harvest festivities, the Cailleach sheaf was kept safe until the next year’s harvest.`
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Zoroastrian Valentines is called Jashn-e Mehr, an Iranian festival of the autumnal equinox which celebrates the ties that bind, whether platonic or romantic. Dedicated to Mithra, kings were crowned on this holy day and the festival survives Islam. #FolkloreSunday

In pre-Christian Slavic tribes, Dożynki was an autumn equinox festival, one celebrating the gifts of the earth and the hope of renewal next year, when the gifts would come once again. Holdovers from these celebrations include the baking of massive pancakes. #FolkloreSunday

In Ireland, Damhán ealla are small spiders that float through the air in the Autumn. Whoever they land on will get a new article of clothing, so the spiders are not to be interfered with. redbubble.com/shop/ap/3544... #FolkloreSunday #art #vintage #illustration #folklore #mythology

The Harvest Moon is the only one not tied to a month, but rather the equinox. It's the one closest to the #autumnequinox , usually in Sept. This year it's on 9/26.
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Álfablót is a Nordic rite of late Autumn making sacrifice to the elves. Unlike other ritual sacrifices, the Álfablót was private. It is believed to have celebrated the family's ancestors & insure its continuing health. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/4187... #FolkloreSunday #art #gifts #folklore

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `A roughly human-shaped figure constructed from straw at harvest time, the Corn Dolly/Maiden was often crafted from the last sheaf cut at harvest-time. Its origins are obscure but clearly mythic or ritual.
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2/2 The Gaelic equivalent is Cailleach & Brighde. Cailleach is a divine hag carrying a staff that freezes the ground. She rules the winter & Brighde rules the summer. redbubble.com/shop/ap/3989... #FolkloreSunday #art #gifts #autumn #giftideas #folklore #equinox #mythology

1/2 The Holly King & the Oak King are locked in eternal battle representing winter & summer. Midsummer sees Oak King at his strongest. The Holly King regains power at #Autumnequinox & is at his strongest at #WinterSolstice. redbubble.com/shop/ap/4225... #FolkloreSunday #art #folklore

🍀🌾🍀An old English superstition said that to meet a loaded hay-cart on the road was a good omen, and a wish made on seeing it would come true - but only if the cart was coming towards the viewer.
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In the 19th C, in Brailes at the end of harvest a rooster was brought into the field, tied to a post and all the reapers would shoot at it. One year the fowl escaped but was eventually shot by a man whose gun was loaded with a silver sixpence 🧵
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Mabon is a modern Pagan festival marking the autumn equinox, when day and night are nearly equal. A celebration of harvest, gratitude and nature’s slow turn towards winter, its modern name was taken from Mabon ap Modron, a figure in medieval Welsh legend. #FolkloreSunday

In Welsh myths, Mabon ap Modron ("Son, son of the Mother") was stolen as a baby from his mother Modron such a long time ago that even the oldest animals of Britain (who are centuries old) don't know where he is. Mabon is eventually freed from his prison by King Arthur.
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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Dún Dealgan means ‘the stronghold of Dalgan’ in #Irish. According to legend, long before it became the home of Ulster’s hero, #CùChulainn, it was originally the site of a fortress constructed by a Fir Bolg chieftain by the name of […]

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