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Litha, also known as Midsummer, is a pagan festival celebrated during the summer solstice, typically around June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere. The term "Litha" is believed to derive from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "summer."
Chinese art : a guide to motifs and visual imagery. Boston, US: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0689-5. OCLC 893707208. Williams, Charles (2006). Chinese symbolism and art motifs : a comprehensive handbook on symbolism in Chinese art through the ages. New York: Tuttle Pub. ISBN 978-1-4629-0314-6. OCLC 782879753
For Celtic neopagans, the festival is dedicated to the goddess Brigid, daughter of The Dagda and one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. [ 24 ] In the Reclaiming tradition , this is the traditional time for pledges and rededications for the coming year [ 25 ] and for initiation among Dianic Wiccans .
There is some variation between Wiccan groups as to which sabbat corresponds to which part of the cycle. Some Wiccans regard the Horned God as dying at Lammas, August 1; also known as Lughnasadh, which is the first harvest sabbat. Others may see him dying at Mabon, the autumn equinox, or the second harvest festival.
However, the 2011 census made it possible to describe oneself as pagan-Wiccan, pagan-Druid and so on. The figures for England and Wales showed 80,153 describing themselves as pagan (or some subgroup thereof). The largest subgroup was Wicca, with 11,766 adherents. [147] The overall numbers of people self-reporting as pagan rose between 2001 and ...
Students were required to take courses in Chinese history and literature, as the curriculum emphasized the close relationship between these subjects and Chinese art. [2] In 1963, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was founded, consisting of three existing Chinese-language post-secondary colleges, namely: New Asia College, United College ...
Drawing down the Moon (also known as drawing down the Goddess) is a central ritual in many contemporary Wiccan traditions. During the ritual, a coven 's High Priestess enters a trance and requests that the Goddess or Triple Goddess , symbolized by the Moon , enter her body and speak through her.
The modern Icelandic festival of Þorrablót is sometimes considered a "pagan holiday" due to folk etymology with the name of the god Thor. [5] The name, while historically attested, is derived from Þorri which is not explicitly linked to Thor, instead being the name of a month in the historic Icelandic calendar and a legendary Finnish king.