• Symbolism: First harvest festival; aging of the Deities, honoring of Sun Gods
  • Symbols: Corn dollies, cornucopia, grains, the Sun
  • Foods: Breads, grains, potatoes, summer squash, cider, blackberry pies and jellies, berries, apples, roasted lamb, elderberry wine, meadowsweet tea
  • Plants & herbs: Ash, camphor, caraway, fern, geranium, juniper, mandrake, marjoram, thyme, sunflowers, wheat
  • Incense and oils: Allspice, carnation, rosemary, vanilla, sandalwood, aloe, rose
  • Colors: Red, gold, yellow, orange
  • Stones: Aventurine, citrine, peridot, sardonyx
  • Animals and mythical beasts: Roosters, calves, the Phoenix, griffins, basilisk, centaurs
  • Some appropriate Goddesses: all grain, agriculture, and mother Goddesses; Alphito (Greek), Ashnan (Sumerian), Bast (Egyptian), Bau (Assyro-Babylonian), Ceres (Roman), Demeter (Greek), Gaia (Greek), Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian), Isis (Egyptian), Libera (Roman), Persephone (Greek), Rhiannon (Welsh), Robigo (Roman), Tailtiu (Irish)
  • Some appropriate Gods: all grain, agriculture, Sun, and father Gods; Cernunnos (Celtic), Dagon (Babylonian), Lahar (Sumerian), Liber (Roman), Llew (Welsh), Lugh (Irish), Neper (Egyptian), Ningirsu/Ninurta (Assyro-Babylonian), Odin (Norse), Osiris (Egyptian)
  • Decorations: Corn, hay, gourds, corn dollies, shafts of grain, sun wheels
  • Activities: games, country fairs, making corn dollies, baking bread, gathering fruits, visits to fields, orchards, lakes and wells.
  • Spell/ritual work: Offering thanks, honoring fathers, prosperity, abundance, generosity, continued success, connectedness
may 20 2012 ∞
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