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A place for pagans of all shapes and sizes to discuss their faith and practice.
No bigotry of any sort will be allowed. That means NO FOLKISM.
Please keep the discussion respectful and pagan centric. You don't have to be a pagan to participate, but you must respect its adherents and tenets and keep the discussions relevant to paganism. Paganism is an umbrella term for a very diverse range of religious and spiritual beliefs, so please be inclusive and accepting of people's differing beliefs and opinions.
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@lemmy.mlI prefer podcasts with at least two people, infotmational but also with some fun banter in between. Couldn't find anything like that - not many active ones in general that I could find.
Podcasts that don't meet above criteria also welcome. Though would be best if it is active podcats that still gets new episodes
https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/the-folklore-of-may-day-bealtaine/
The 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…
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!
I'd br interested in what you'd consider a good book (or other sources) on various pagan beliefs and traditions that you would recommend.
I'm personally interested in European pagan traditions - be it Norse, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic (bonus points for Slavic!) - but would love to leave the topic open to others as well, just to make it interesting for people with different intrests.
https://theconversation.com/brigids-day-how-a-festival-of-fire-and-fertility-connects-christian-ireland-with-its-pagan-past-220974
The traditional start of spring in Ireland on February 1 is now marked with celebrations of women, empowerment, food, sustainability and craft.
https://archive.is/egZ7c
My SO and I - in the UK - celebrate an adapted form of the Roman festival of Brumalia - which, as celebrated in Byzantium in later times (recorded as late as C11th CE despite Xtian repression) began on Nov 24th and continued through to Saturnalia - and a little beyond. This will be our third Brumalia.
A common greeting during the festival was 'Vives Annos' - Live for Years.
I follow a broadly Celtic path, but am happy to adopt, adapt and extend the Interpretatio Romana where it usefully adds to my understanding of the Celtic deities, and certainly am happy to adopt appropriate festivals from the Roman calendar.
We will be progressively decorating the house for the solstice, starting from today - the first day of Brumalia - and then adding additional items each day until the start of Saturnalia. This year, I have also created an advent-style calendar running from Nov 24th to the end of Brumalia with a pair of chocolates in each day's drawer. In addition, since this is above all a chthonic, Saturnian festival, on each weekend during the period, we will make offerings to relevant gods and godesses: Bruma (personification of Winter), Bacchus, Ceres and Saturn being the originals. Consequently our calendar for the season looks like:
1 - Although a title of Roman origin, Faunus had a temple and cult revealed through archaeological digs quite near to us in the late Romano-Celtic period and has a strong personal significance for me. Several items found in the dig were inscribed with Brythonic epithets to Faunus.