Full Moon Fire Festival of The Sun
Fey
Lugh
Lamfada & Taillte
Le cúnamh Dánu
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August 1st
Sun Sprites-Fey Fire Festival of
the Full Faery Moon
Teltain/Lughnasadh/Lammas
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Many celebrate Teltain/Lughnasadh
or Lammas
around August 1st each year.
Lughnasadh for the Irish Lugh
& Lammas also celebrates the
Welsh Llew
Lughnasadh is pronounced "loo-na-say"
or "loo-nay-sah" by most.
Lughnasadh means "The Feast of
Lugh".
First started by him, for his foster
mother, Taillte.
So, Teltain is another name for
the holiday.
Lugh The Bright Shining One
is associated with the Summer Sun
& as a Son of a dearly beloved
Great Mother. (Light)
He is also called Lugh of the Long
Armed,
because the rays of the sun reach
far & wide.
The mutual love between Lugh &
hisMother Figure, Taillte
warms her soul from mortal death
into golden immortality;
Just as the Suns rays warm Mother
Earth
till flowing gold with grain.
The Sun & the Moon, were originally
considered feminine
& sometimes called the Sisters.
The name for the Sun was Greine.
The "big sun" was the sun &
the "little sun" was the moon.
The Gaelic Eagle was sometimes
called "Suil-na-Greine",
for "eye of the sun".
The eagle came to be associated
with Lugh,
as a Solar Bird with a Secret Lake
of replenishment & renewal
in the north.
This can represent the need for
the mind to dive into
the feelings & intuition of
the loving heart
in order to find true wisdom.
Lughnasadh celebrates marraige,
1st harvests, grain,
craft, trade, prosperity &
abundance
& the fairness of the old Celtic
social order
& the sheer joy of summertime.
A giant fair was held from around
July 15th through August 15th.
The Fire Festival for Taillte held
on the full moon
closest to August 1st was the climax
of the fair.
July 28 is a full moon eclipse
and is also a SuperMoon,
(A SuperMoon is a new or full moon
which occurs
when the Moon is within 90% or
more
of its mean perigree, or closest
approach to earth.)
This will occur july 28th, just
days before
the August 11th Total Eclipse and
Grand Cross!
(Best viewed over Cornwall. i think)
Our Lady of Healing Lights has
put on some
marvelous shows for us this year
to go out
of the Millennium with Grand Spectacles
& to Welcome in the Fae-Merfolk
Age of Aquarius
New Millenium to Mother Nature's
Delight!
According, to this wild calendar
we have,
The Celtic Tree Month moves from
Oak
into Holly Tree Month started July
8th
& the Full Blessing Moon is
on July, 28th of 1999
of the last Teltain/Lughnasadh
of the 1900's!
In the year 2000, the Full Moon
will be on July 16th
& our New Moon will be starting
Lughnasadh Eve.
Once again the time is very favorable
for a portal
to & from the Realms of Fae.
Lughnasadh,
(one of the four ancient fire festivals)
is also in remembrance of Irish
Lugh Lamfada, The Bright Shining
One
who first started the festival/fair
in honor of his Foster Mother,
Taillte.
The festival was held in Teltown
in honor of Taillte, considered
a
Golden Earth Goddess of Fertility
who lost that mortal incarnation
as Taillte
("died")while clearing the land
"for agriculture".
Of course she lives on immortally
now.
The Telteann Games (named after
Taillte)
were like the Celtic Olympics.
Taillte had a connection to horses,
so Horse Racing was a big part
of the Teltean Games.
The Celts truly loved their horses.
A Goddess sometimes shapeshifted
into a Mare
while representing the Sovereignty
of the Land.
The immortalized Goddess-Queen
Macha
who was forced to outrace
a brutish Ulster king's horses,
while pregnant with Boy-Girl Twins,
to rescue her Tuatha de Danann
husband-
is also often celebrated at Lughnasadh.
Queen Macha suceeded in winning
the race
& saving her husband's life,
but at the finish line
she gave birth to her twins
& ever since the mean Ulster
king's fortress (at Navan)
was named Emain Macha for "Macha's
Twins"!
(More about Queen Macha & her
story is on her own page)
This should be enough for you to
see why she is also
associated with horses & great
courage.
The Horse is also associated with
Epona, Rhiannon, Etain,
as well as with Taillte & Macha.
Aoifa & Boudecia were also
very, very fond of horses.
Of course, Every Time is wonderful
for honoring the
Great Mother of all the Goddesses
& Gods,
Our beloved Mother Danu.
The principle traditional site of
the Festival
was first held in Teltown, Ireland,
near the mound/cairn
that Lugh had built for Taillte
after her death.
She was interned there were she
gave her mortal life up
for the land & her people.
Children & Fosterage:
The Celtic tradition of fosterage
was very important to them.
Foster children were usually loved
just as much as one's own.
Children adopted thus, were generally
truly appreciative
of care & fosterage they recieved.
It is obvious that Lugh dearly
loved his foster-mother, Taillte.
Lughnasadh spread to all over Ireland
& the British Isles,
such as Scotland, Wales, The Isle
of Man & Britain, herself.
This is a fair very ancient beginnings,
with evidence of it's celebration
as far back as
the second millenium B.C. &
the games being celebrated
for more than a thousand years
A.D. at Teltown too!
This Teltain/Lughnasadh celebration
has endured in some form until
the present
& hopefully will endure long
into the future also as an
important part of the Seasonal
Wheel of the Year
spreading to more places than ever
before. ;o)
Lughnasadh celebrates marraige,
1st harvests, craft, trade,
the ancient social order, justice,
ancient sports,
prosperity & abundance.
Romance:
The Lughnasadh Fair Time during
July & August
in regards to handfasting was called
"Elembious" or "Claim Time".
This was kind of like an engagement,
except they got to live together
& practice
being married for a trial period,
so they could
find out if they were truly compatable
as spouses.
Things such as any brutality in
character or
vs: kindness & generosity of
character ,
were bound to come out during that
time.
Practice-Handfastings or "Trial
Marraiges"
generally lasting a year &
a day
were often entered into at Lughnasadh.
If the couple were happy enough
to continue together,
then they could confirm there vows
at the next Lughnasadh
thereby entering into a permanent
marraige.
Arriving at the next year's Fair
with a new baby in arms
was likely to be considered a good
omen
for the continuance of the marraige,
as well as a source of loving pride
in the fruits
of the fertility they had been
blessed with during
their loving time together
& a sign that the Goddess had
smiled on their union.
Children were very important to
community life.
Of course that likely was not the
only deciding factor,
love & compatable marital companionship
having a lot to do with most any
couple's desire to be together.
Yet, If during that trial marraige
time they found
that they were incompatable after
all
& had made each other too unhappy,
they could part ways instead of
renewing their vows.
Just think how much suffering could
be avoided
if it was still done like this?
*smiles*
Crafts:
Try putting some Marigold, Apple
Leaves,
Hazelnut, Golden Grain, Rose Petals
& Yarrow
& a few drops of Faery Flower
Oil
in your wedding philtres &
oils.
Also put some Marigold in your
Dream Pillow.
Make crowns of greenery & flowers
for your hair.
Make Wreaths from Grain & Corn
Husks
to decorate your space & to
give as gifts.
You can also make Corn Dollies
or other Grain Dollies
to celebrate the Mother
Aspect of Goddess Energy.
You can also make grain necklaces
& ankle bracelets
for celebrating fertlity &
protection.
Times of the Druidic Assistance:
Also, during the times of the Priestly
Caste of Druids,
Lughnasadh became a time for administering
Druidic Law
& entering into contracts,
settling previous contracts or
claims
as well as the giving & taking
in marraige.
Both Male & Female Druids were
equal in importance.
Druids enacted ceremonies &
spiritual rituals.
Celtic Law focused on the victim's
rights.
It was the victim &/or their
family that recieved
recompense & restitution, instead
of the "Crown"
(or "government").
It took Druids many years to learn
the Common Law
that united the Tribes & Clans.
Druids were also very wise teachers.
Music & Story Telling:
Teltain is also a wonderful time
for Bards & Filidh.
Story telling, songs, ballads,
music & games
are a great way to celebrate &
give thanks too.
You may have a festival or go to
a fair now.
Festive Friends:
The Flower Faced Fae Queen,
The Bright Fae & Nature Elementals
bring joy to any holiday of course,
yet it is also nice to think of
Fire-Sprites & Fire Elementals
at this time of year too, especially
at the Full Moon Fire Festival.
Of course also use care when dealing
with fire.
It is an element that can be very
mischievious, if not
handled with proper safety &
treated with due respect.
Never leave fire unattended &
be sure to bid adieu politely
& fully extinguish the fire
when through.
You can use older felled branches,
instead of cutting down trees for firewood.
If you live in an area where you
can not build a bonfire
then you can always light a fire-pot
or candle & incense.
Animal Friends:
Some of the Animal friends that
we personally like
to meditate about & celebrate
now are;
the Highland Wildcat (chait) &
the Cat,
The Horse (Each)
The Eagle (Iolair)
The Salmon (Bradan)
The Otter (D`obhran)
The Bee (Beach)
The Hare (Ge`a```rr)
The Stag (Damh)
The Hind (Eilid)
Tree Friends:
Apple Trees
Oak Trees
Hazel
Happy Teltain!
Labors of Love in Progress:
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More About Taillte
& the Teltown Mound
More About Lugh Lamfada
More about Queen Macha
About
the Story of Lammas
-& British/Welsh Lleuw &
Arianhod & more
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