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Beltaine
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Also known as: Beltane, Bealtaine, May Day.
First day of Summer.
The name Beltaine is Celtic and means
"festival of Bel". The more commonly seen Beltane is
the Gaelic version of the name.
Date: May 1 or 15 degrees Taurus.
Seasonal Importance: Animal mating time.
Plants are growing strong. The world is warm. The veil thins
again and fairies may be present.
Activities: Sympathetic fertility magick
in the form of symbolic sex (maypole dancing, May games) and
actual sex (the Great Rite). The Sacred Marriage of the Goddess
and the God. May baskets, the making of festival wreathes.
Celebrating the creative force; rituals concerning bringing to
manifestation.
OTHER BELTAINE LINKS:
(offsite resources)
Beltane: The Springtime Fire Festival - Pagan/Wiccan
Religion - 05/09/99
Beltane - Circle Sanctuary's
Beltane page.
What
is Beltane - from The Beltane Fire
Society
Beltane - Pagan/Wiccan Religion - Net Links - About.com's Pagan / Wiccan Links for Beltane.
Gracious thanks and acknowledgement are due to Arachne Gentleheart, my
mentor, for the outline from which this information was developed.
Unless otherwise noted, all graphics and artwork on all pages of this site
are assumed to be in the Public Domain or are used with the artist's permission.
Graphics
credits and source information for all graphics can be found on this page.
All written materials are copyright by Catherine Deville, 1999, unless otherwise
noted. Please notify me immediately if you have any copyright concerns.
The Fire Cauldron, Pentacles and Chalice used in the Header of the grove
pages were downloaded from Robin
Wood's Pagan Graphic Freeware site. These graphics are © Robin Wood 1997,
and are used with permission.
The phase animated moon (Pythmoon.gif) at the top was created by
Python. Please visit his website at
Python's Sacred Space.
The Lunar Eclipse Button set was downloaded from AOL and is used by
permission of the Artist: Starznmorn@aol.com.
(Lettering on the "Top" button was done on a blank button in Lucida
Handwriting by Catherine Deville)
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Last revised: October 07, 2005
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