![]() ![]() Ol(mak) (Turk.), ol(maq) (Azeri.), bo'l(moq) (Uzbek), болуы (Kazakh) - to be, to live, to be born ![]() Kõldõs(in) (Udmurt, Komi), калтась(эква) (Khanty) - the Creator God(Goddess), the Forefather (the Foremother) of Nature. Кылдыты(ны) (Udmurt) - to give birth to, to create Кылды(ны) (Udmurt) - to be born, to appear לֵידָה (Hebrew) – childbirth, parturition. Лада, Леда / Lada, Leda (Slavic) - the God's Mother, Our Lady (Eng.) ![]() Ѣлда, елда (Rus.) - the reproductive male organ. The related words in other languages include: It is obvious that the Birth of the new Sun is exactly what the name of the holiday, the Yule, reflects. the infant Sun, which is 'born' each year at winter solstice). The word Yalda supposedly means 'the Birth' or 'to give birth'. The following day (the first day of Dae month) is a holiday. People gather in safe groups of friends and relatives, and share their last remaining fruits of the past summer. One is advised to stay awake most of the night, to avoid any misfortune. In Zoroastrian tradition it is considered to be a particularly inauspicious night when the evil forces of Ahriman are imagined to be at their peak. Noteworthy, however, is that the followers of the Zoroastrian (Persian, Iranian) tradition use the same name when celebrating the winter solstice: they call the longest and darkest night of the year as Shab-e Yalda, or Shab-e Chelleh (Çillə). The French, the British, the Germans, the Scandinavians and the Baltic Finns call Christmas with the following word that remains from pagan times: Yule (Eng.), Jul, Julen (Sw., Dan., Norw.), Jól (Icelandic), Joulu (Finnish, Izhorian), Jõulu(d) (Estonian, Votic) - allegedly considered to be a word 'of unknown origin'. Īs a result of a mistake made by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, the celebration of Christmas is now 3 days behind the actual day of the winter solstice (and the Orthodox Christmas, celebrated on 7 January, is 16 days behind). In the IVth century AD Sol Invictus was renamed into the Christian holiday of Christmas - the day of the birth of CHRIST (effectively, of 'the Sun' - as the CROSS in a circle was an old pagan pre-Christain symbol of the Sun): see. Parts of the myth were eventually absorbed into the more modern Easter celebrations, as both festivals occurred around the same time.Ī version of this story originally ran in 2009.The Romans celebrated their Saturnalia festivities from 17 December and until the winter solstice day - which was then falling exactly on 25 December, and had a name of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, 'the birthday of the invincible Sun'. More likely, it was that rabbits and eggs were both seen as symbols of fertility, and Eostre was the goddess representing spring and fertility. One story generally goes that Eostre found an injured bird and transformed it into a hare to save its life the transformation was incomplete, and in gratitude for saving her, the hare laid eggs and decorated them as gifts to Eostre (or, alternately, the hare found an egg and decorated it for the goddess). ![]() This comes from an ancient Saxon tale about their lunar (or spring/summer) goddess, Eostre. Finally Understand Why the Easter Bunny Lays Eggs On the summer and winter solstices and spring and autumn equinoxes, Stonehenge is open to visitors (and the local Druids) who want to witness the sunrise over the stones. Stonehenge remains one of the world's most mysterious megalithic sites. Specific religions also adhere to the holy day, including the Bahá'í Faith. Celebrate the New YearĬountries like Iran, India, and Turkey, among many other areas of Asia, observe the New Year on the spring equinox, generally in observance of Nowruz (which means "new day" in Persian). To celebrate the coming of spring, modern Pagans offer up tables of wine, flowers, and phallic symbols made of food. Honor Dionysus With a Bread Phallusĭionysus-the god of fertility, wine, flowering plants, poetry, and theater-is often associated with phalluses (for fertility) and bread (because of ritual meals involving the consumption of bread and wine). It takes practice, but eggs can be balanced any day of the year. But don't worry: If you're too busy to experiment with egg balancing on the day of the equinox, you can certainly try it the following day. The myth that one can be balanced on its end only on that day likely relates to the day's re-balance of day and night. Eggs are often associated with the spring equinox because of their standing as a symbol of birth and fertility. ![]()
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