21 SEPTEMBER - AUTUMN EQUINOX
ME’AN FO’MHAIR – pronounced Myawn foh-wer or Alban Elved (Light of the Water) or Mabon
At the Autumnul Equinox, days and nights are of equal length all over the world. This is when the sun begins to wane as the dark half of the year draws near. The Celtic Irish celebrated the Autumn Equinox as a time of the Waning Goddess and would honour the Green Man, the God of the Forest by making offerings of herbs and wines to the trees. The tree is a symbol of the divine female and as trees shed their leaves, they turn inwards leading into the realm of the Goddess. After this celebration the days become darker and colder and the descent into winter begins. Livestock would be slaughtered, salted and smoked, to provide for the long winter ahead.
ME’AN FO’MHAIR – pronounced Myawn foh-wer or Alban Elved (Light of the Water) or Mabon
At the Autumnul Equinox, days and nights are of equal length all over the world. This is when the sun begins to wane as the dark half of the year draws near. The Celtic Irish celebrated the Autumn Equinox as a time of the Waning Goddess and would honour the Green Man, the God of the Forest by making offerings of herbs and wines to the trees. The tree is a symbol of the divine female and as trees shed their leaves, they turn inwards leading into the realm of the Goddess. After this celebration the days become darker and colder and the descent into winter begins. Livestock would be slaughtered, salted and smoked, to provide for the long winter ahead.