Viele Traditionen sehen fĂŒr die Feier die Nacht des 8. Vollmond nach Yule vor, da dieser einst den Beginn der Ernte kennzeichnete.
2020 wÀre das also in der Nacht auf den 3. August.
Auch Dankbarkeit kann rituell ausgedrĂŒckt werden.
DafĂŒr kann man beispielsweise eine goldgelbe Kerze entzĂŒnden, in ihrem Licht selbstgebackenes Brot verzehren oder GetreideĂ€hren in einem Feuer rituell verbrennen. Man zeigt sich dankbar gegenĂŒber der Natur oder den Göttern.
Man schĂ€tzt sich glĂŒcklich, genug zu essen zu haben und Wachstum erleben zu dĂŒrfen - sowohl weltlich, als auch spirituell.
Die Natur wertschÀtzen.
Nur wenn der Festakt begangen wird, kann Tailtiu ihr Versprechen des materiellen Reichtums halten. Wird der Festtag nicht gewĂŒrdigt, zeigt sie sich im folgenden Jahr abweisend und unversöhnlich.
Die Quellen lassen also keinen Zweifel daran, dass die Kelten an Lughnasadh nicht nur Lugh ehrten, sondern auch seine Ziehmutter, die Göttin Tailtiu oder Taillte, zu deren Andenken auch Grabes- oder Bestattungsspiele, die sogenannten „Taillteanische Spiele“, ausgetragen wurden. Da das Licht, Lugh, mythologisch gesehen erst zum HerbstĂ€quinoktium stirbt , macht es Sinn anzunehmen, dass diese Bestattungsspiele eben nicht Lugh galten.
Wo werden Lughnasadh Rituale gefeiert?
Lughnasadh Rituale werden auf energiegeladenen PlĂ€tzen gefeiert. FĂŒr die Kelten haben Quellen, FlĂŒsse, Seen, BĂ€ume, WĂ€lder und Steine eine religiöse Bedeutung. In der Natur zeigen sich ihre Götter. Keltische HeiligtĂŒmer befinden sich oft versteckt in Eichenhainen oder an markanten Felsen. In jedem Fall wird ein Ort ausgesucht, an dem Energie flieĂt. Heute befinden sich oft Fest oder SportplĂ€tze darauf. In Irland, den Britischen Inseln, einigen Regionen Mitteleuropas, aber vor allem in den USA finden Variationen der Lughnasadh-Feiern statt.
Ist der Mond aufgegangen, wird die Strohpuppe mit einer Fackel angezĂŒndet und die Flammen beginnen, an ihr empor zu lecken - Lughnasadh Bedeutung ist auch "Feuer". Wenn die Garben hell brennen und Funken stieben, scheint sie sich zu bewegen
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The Lughnasadh Celtic Festival
On the night of August 1st, the Celts celebrated the Lughnasadh festival of light, because the start of the harvest and autumn. The festival Luu-a-sah is spoken and has the poetic meaning “wedding of light” in German. Here we reveal the origin of Lughnasadh and the rituals the Celts used to honor this special festival.
Lugh pays homage to his mother
In Celtic mythology, the Lughnasadh festival dates back to the sun god and god of light Lugh. He paid homage to the actions of his foster mother Tailtiu, who was worshiped in the mythology of the Celts as a goddess of fertility and an earth mother.
According to legend, Tailtiu ruled over the Fir Bolg as a queen at the side of Eochaid, son of heaven. These are a mythical people who populated the Green Island in front of the TĂșatha DĂ© Danann. From the Hill of Tara, Tailtiu watched over Ireland's gentle, lush hills like a mother and cleared the forest to plant fertile fields for her subjects.
When the TĂșatha DĂ© Danann invade Ireland and fight the Fir Bolg, Tailtiu's husband loses his life in the legendary battle on the Mag Tuired Plain. From this point on, the victorious TĂșatha DĂ© Danann determine the fortunes of the Green Island. The widowed Tailtiu took care of the god Lugh entrusted to her. The future King of Ireland, who was a self-sacrificing mother, and Lugh was very fond of his foster mother.
Exhausted from work in the field, Tailtiu lay down to die. She sacrificed herself for the Irish people. Through their work and death, the people of the Green Island were able to cultivate their fields and live. They celebrated their lives and complained about their death. Lugh started organizing annual mourning games on the day she died on August 1st. On her deathbed, Tailtiu predicted that there would always be music in Ireland as long as people celebrated Lughnasadh. The place of her death is said to be Teltown, Co. Meath.
How the Celts celebrated Lughnasadh
For this reason, Teltown is the main location for the festivities surrounding the Lughnasadh festival. Celebrations in honor of the deity also took place in Kildare and Tara. On this occasion, the first bread was baked and sacrificed. In addition, the Celts celebrated the "wedding of light" with a large slaughter festival, various sporting competitions, ritual performances and a large fire.
Lughnasadh also served as a kind of wedding exchange. If a couple married on that day, they could separate after a year. With this trial marriage, the couples had enough time to get to know each other and to determine whether they could imagine a life together. If this was not the case, they could separate again at the end of the year without risk.
At that point, the couple could then decide whether to extend the deal (if they were happy with it) or stand with their backs to each other and go in opposite directions, officially terminating the Waisted relationship. Such trial marriages, which were made by a bard or a priest of the old religion, were common until the 16th century.
The name Lughnasadh (or also Lugnasad, meaning: Luu-NA-sad or Luu-NA-sa) means in the Celtic language "meeting in the name of Lugh".
Lughnasadh is celebrated more frequently on the night of August 1st (less often on the night of August 2nd).
Many traditions provide for the celebration of the night of the 8th full moon after Yule, since this once marked the beginning of the harvest.
In 2020 that would be on the night of August 3rd.
Gratitude can also be expressed ritually.
For example, you can light a golden yellow candle, eat homemade bread in its light, or ritually burn cereal ears in a fire. One shows gratitude towards nature or the gods.
You consider yourself lucky to have enough food and to experience growth - both worldly and spiritually.
Appreciate nature.
Personal successes - like the harvest - can also be made “durable” in terms of energy. During a ritual, you tie wreaths or make flower arrangements.
The German word Herbst and the Nordic "haust" actually mean "harvest" like the English "harvest". The old Norse "domestic blot" means primarily harvest festival, harvest sacrifice or thank you sacrifice for "good harvest and peace".
The festival has many names, such as: "Lug (h) nasad (h)", "Lammas", "domestic block", Schnitterfest and grain festival.
In the name Lughnasadh we find the connection to Lugh and thus a connection between Lughnasad and the royal dignity. Just as Lugh cuts the darkness with his sword of light, the grain in the field is cut off in early August. To understand the central role of the king in the Lughnasad festival, one has to know that Lugh was not only the ruler of the world of the gods, but was actually understood as the rightful king of Ireland. Between the priest festival of May 1st (= Beltane) and the warrior festival in November (= Samhain), the earthly representative of Lugh was celebrated in his function as king at the beginning of August. This ambiguous figure of the earthly king, who was chosen by the priests from the warrior class, but was never a priest himself, probably needed the benevolent and neutral support of the highest in rank and spirit in his difficult administrative and religious task God who was seen as an intermediary between heaven and earth. This also explains why the king's festival could not be that of the priest. All kinds of military, craft, musical and other types of competitions take place, but - unlike Beltane - there are no victim ceremonies.
Only when the ceremony is celebrated can Tailtiu keep its promise of material wealth. If the festival day is not honored, it will be dismissive and unforgiving the following year.
The sources therefore leave no doubt that the Celts at Lughnasadh not only honored Lugh, but also his foster mother, the goddess Tailtiu or Taillte, to whose memory grave or funeral games, the so-called “Taillean games”, were also played. Since the light, Lugh, dies mythologically only at the autumn equinox, it makes sense to assume that these funeral games were not meant for Lugh.
Where are Lughnasadh rituals celebrated?
Lughnasadh rituals are celebrated in energetic places. For the Celts, springs, rivers, lakes, trees, forests and stones have a religious meaning. Their gods show themselves in nature. Celtic sanctuaries are often hidden in oak groves or on prominent rocks. In any case, a location is selected where energy flows. Today there are often festivals or sports fields on it. Variations of the Lughnasadh celebrations take place in Ireland, the British Isles, some regions of Central Europe, but especially in the USA.
When the moon has risen, the straw doll is lit with a torch and the flames begin to lick up at her - Lughnasadh meaning "fire". When the sheaves burn brightly and spark sparks, it seems to move
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