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  2. Samhain - Wikipedia

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    Samhain (/ ˈ s ɑː w ɪ n / SAH-win, / ˈ s aʊ ɪ n / SOW-in, Irish: [ˈsˠəunʲ], Scottish Gaelic: [ˈs̪ãũ.ɪɲ]) or Sauin (Manx: [ˈsoːɪnʲ]) is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. [1]

  3. Alban Arthan - Wikipedia

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    In the recent Druidic tradition, Alban Arthan is a seasonal festival at the Winter solstice. The name derives from the writings of Iolo Morganwg, the 19th-century radical poet and forger. Not on the solstice, but six days after the first new moon, Pliny the elder claimed that druids would gather by the oldest mistletoe-clad oak. The Chief Druid ...

  4. Imbolc - Wikipedia

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    Historically, its many folk traditions were widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Imbolc falls about halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox [2] and is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along with Bealtaine, Lughnasadh and Samhain. [3]

  5. 13 Fascinating Winter Solstice Traditions Around the World

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    The shortest day and longest night of the year inspire mystical celebrations, both old and new, in anticipation of the sun's return. The post 13 Fascinating Winter Solstice Traditions Around the ...

  6. What to know about the winter solstice, 2024's shortest day

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    The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and celebrations around the world.

  7. Winter solstice: The shortest day and longest night of the year

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    Winter solstice traditions. An Indigenous man performs the Palo Volador (Flying Pole) in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, on December 20, 2023. Palo Volador is a pre-Hispanic tradition in Guatemala to ...

  8. Cailleach - Wikipedia

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    Ben Cruachan, highest point in Argyll and Bute, home of the Cailleach nan Cruachan. In Scotland, where she is also known as Beira, Queen of Winter (a name given by 20th-century folklorist Donald Alexander Mackenzie), she is credited with making numerous mountains and large hills, which are said to have been formed when she was striding across the land and accidentally dropped rocks from her ...

  9. Wheel of the Year - Wikipedia

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    Come the winter solstice the Oak King in turn vanquishes the Holly King. [81]: 137 After the spring equinox the sun begins to wax again and the Holly King slowly regains his strength until he once again defeats the Oak King at the summer solstice. The two are ultimately seen as essential parts of a whole, light and dark aspects of the male God ...