Originally Posted by kwendt
If there are any quilters here who are familier with these holidays, perhaps celebrate these holidays... would you have any ideas, pattern names, color choices ... advice for me?
Thanks all!
The 8 main Wiccan holidays are Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Lammas, Ostara, Beltane, Litha and Mabon.
Samhain is Full Harvest & is (basically) a combination of Halloween and Day of the Dead.
Yule is mid-winter & return of the Sun and longer warmer days
Imbolc is the time of Blessing of the seeds and consecration of agricultural tools.
Lammas is first reapings of the harvest. It means 'loaf-mass ', a time when newly baked loaves of bread are placed on the altar.
Ostara is basically Easter - rabbits, eggs
Beltane is midpoint in the Sun's progress between the spring equinox and summer solstice. This is when you have the Maypole dance.
Litha is mid-summer; longest day of the year.
Mabon is ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and the God during the winter months. It's Thanksgiving for pagans.