Symbol of Lugh
May. 11th, 2015 07:58 pmOther Names: Lammas, First Harvest, Ceresalia, August Eve Lúnasa
Colors: Red, Gold, Yellow, Green, Orange, Citrine
Symbols: Corn, All Grains, Bread, Full Moon, and Wheat
Ritual Meaning: Honoring the Parent Deities, Honoring the Sun Gods, and Celebrating the First Harvest.
Key Action: Receive and Harvest
Ritual Oils: Eucalyptus, Corn and Safflower
Stones: Yellow Diamonds, Peridot, and Citrine
Plants: Corn, Rice, Wheat, Ginseng, and Rye
Activities: Baking Bread, Gathering the First Fruits, and Astrology
Taboos: Not Sharing Food
Animals: Roosters and Calves
Mythical Creatures: Phoenix, Griffins, Basilisk, Centaurs, and Speaking Skull
Deities: Sun Gods and Mother Goddesses, Aine, Ceres, Demeter, Frey, Ishtar, Persephone, Taillte, Tailltiu, Tea and Tuaret, Bes, Bran, Dagon, Llew, Lugh, and Odin
Foods: Breads, Corn, Berry Pies, Potatoes, All First Harvest Foods
Drinks: Elderberry Wine, Mead, Ale, Meadowsweet Tea, and Cider
Offerings
mead, wine, beer, whiskey
bread
first fruit (especially blackberries)
coins
votive hand
votive shoes
votive weapons esp. spears
votive horses
votive serpents
votive birds
chess pieces
balls
shoemaking implements
implements of/representing your own trade
Rituals and Magicks: astrology, prosperity, generosity, continued success, good fortune, abundance, magickal picnic, meditate & visualize yourself completing a project you’ve started Customs and Activities: games, the traditional riding of poles/staves, country fairs, breaking bread with friends, making corn dollys, harvesting herbs for charms/rituals, Lughnasadh fire with sacred wood & dried herbs, feasting, competitions, lammas towers (fire-building team competitions), spear tossing, gathering flowers for crowns, fencing/swordplay, games of skill, martial sports, chariot races, hand-fastings, trial marriages, dancing ’round a corn mother (doll)
Colors: Red, Gold, Yellow, Green, Orange, Citrine
Symbols: Corn, All Grains, Bread, Full Moon, and Wheat
Ritual Meaning: Honoring the Parent Deities, Honoring the Sun Gods, and Celebrating the First Harvest.
Key Action: Receive and Harvest
Ritual Oils: Eucalyptus, Corn and Safflower
Stones: Yellow Diamonds, Peridot, and Citrine
Plants: Corn, Rice, Wheat, Ginseng, and Rye
Activities: Baking Bread, Gathering the First Fruits, and Astrology
Taboos: Not Sharing Food
Animals: Roosters and Calves
Mythical Creatures: Phoenix, Griffins, Basilisk, Centaurs, and Speaking Skull
Deities: Sun Gods and Mother Goddesses, Aine, Ceres, Demeter, Frey, Ishtar, Persephone, Taillte, Tailltiu, Tea and Tuaret, Bes, Bran, Dagon, Llew, Lugh, and Odin
Foods: Breads, Corn, Berry Pies, Potatoes, All First Harvest Foods
Drinks: Elderberry Wine, Mead, Ale, Meadowsweet Tea, and Cider
Offerings
mead, wine, beer, whiskey
bread
first fruit (especially blackberries)
coins
votive hand
votive shoes
votive weapons esp. spears
votive horses
votive serpents
votive birds
chess pieces
balls
shoemaking implements
implements of/representing your own trade
Rituals and Magicks: astrology, prosperity, generosity, continued success, good fortune, abundance, magickal picnic, meditate & visualize yourself completing a project you’ve started Customs and Activities: games, the traditional riding of poles/staves, country fairs, breaking bread with friends, making corn dollys, harvesting herbs for charms/rituals, Lughnasadh fire with sacred wood & dried herbs, feasting, competitions, lammas towers (fire-building team competitions), spear tossing, gathering flowers for crowns, fencing/swordplay, games of skill, martial sports, chariot races, hand-fastings, trial marriages, dancing ’round a corn mother (doll)