/* * Pagan * * $OpenBSD: calendar.pagan,v 1.1 1998/01/31 18:49:23 kstailey Exp $ */ #ifndef _calendar_pagan_ #define _calendar_pagan_ 02/02 1st Cross-Quarter Day 02/02 Imbolg / Imbolc (other Celtic names) / Brighid / Oimelc 03/19 1st Quarter Day - Spring (Vernal) Equinox 03/21 Ostara / Eostre (Saxon goddess of Spring) 04/30 May Eve / Walpurgisnacht (witches' Sabbath) / Walpurgis Night (after St. Walpurga) 05/01 May Day / Beltane / Bealtaine - Celtic bonfire festival 05/04 2nd Cross-Quarter Day 06/20 2nd Quarter Day - Summer Solstice 06/21 Litha (Norse/Anglo-Saxon for "longest day") 06/23 St. John's Eve - European Midsummer celebration 08/01 Lugnasad / Lughnasada / Lunasa - Gaelic summer "games of Lug" (sun-god) 08/05 3rd Cross-Quarter Day 09/21 3rd Quarter Day - Fall (Autumnal) Equinox 10/31 Hallowmas / Allhallowmas / Allhallows 11/01 Samhain - Celtic feast of departing Sun & new year 11/05 4th Cross-Quarter Day 12/20 4th Quarter Day - Winter Solstice 12/21 Yule (Norse for "wheel") - Germanic 12-day feast #endif /* !_calendar_pagan_ */