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The Sabbats * Runes * Dictionary * Character's Coven Names * The Seven Clans
The Sabbats*
Yule: (Around December 21) The Goddess gives birth to a son, the God. This is in no way an adaption of the Christian holiday of Christmas. The Winter Solstice had been viewed as a time of divine birth long before Christianity. Yule is the shortest day of the year. Since the God is also the Sun, this marks the point of the year when the sun is reborn, and the days get longer. Wiccans sometimes celebrate Yule just before dawn, so the Sun coming up is a big finale. Since this is the time of year when the sun is reborn, the Wiccans light fires and candles to celebrate it's returning light. The Goddess rests after Her delivery.
Imbolc: (Feb2): This marks the recovery of the Goddess after giving birth to the God. This is a Sabbat of purification after the long winter. It is also a festival of light and fertility. Imbolc is also known as Feast of Tourches, Oimelc, Lupercalia, Feast of Pan, Snowdrop Festival, Feast of Waxing light and no doubt many other names. This is a traditional time for initiations into covens. Self-dedication rituals can be performed or renewed at this time.
Ostara: (Around March 21) The Spring Equinox, also known as the Rites of Spring. It marks the first day of true spring. The Goddess blankets the Earth with green fertility as she bursts forth from her slumber. The God, growing to maturity, walks through the fertile fields and delights in nature. On Ostra the hours of the day and night are equal. This is a time of beginnings, of action, of planting spells for future gains, and tending ritual gardens.
Beltane: (April 30) This marks the emergence of the young God into manhood. He desires the Goddess, and they fall in love,lie among the grasses and blossoms and unite. The Goddess becomes pregnant of the God. Wiccans celebrate the symbol of Her fertility in rituals. Beltane has long been marked with feasts and rituals. May poles were used in old English village rituals. Many people rose at dawn to gather flowers and greenery. The May pole was just to represent the God and the flowers of the Goddess. Beltane marks the return of vitality and passion. The cauldron is a more common focal point in Beltane rituals today. The cauldron of course represents the Goddess.
Litha: (Around June 21) Midsummer arrives when the powers of nature are at their highest point. The Earth is bursting with fertility of the Goddess and God. In the past, bonfires were lit to encourage fertility, purification, health and love. The fire represents the Sun, and the God, and was used to celebrate the longest day of the year. Midsummer is an excellent time for magic of all kinds.
Lammas: (August 1) This is the time of the first harvest, when the plants of spring wither and drop their fruits of seeds for use as well as to ensure furture crops. The God is also losing his strength as the days get shorter. The Goddess watches in sorrow, but also in joy, as She realizes the God is dying but still lives on inside Her and Her child. As summer passes, Wiccans remember its warmth and bounty in the food we eat. We are reminded that nothing in the universe is constant.
Mabon: (Around September 21) Mabon is the Autumn Equinox, is the completion of the harvest begun at Lughnasadh. Once again day and night are equal, as the God prepares to leave His physical body and begin his journey towards rebirth of the Goddess. Nature declines, draws back it's bounty, readying for winter and its time to rest. The Goddess nods in the weakening Sun, and feels the presence of the God as He wanes and awaits his rebirth.
Samhain: (October 31): The Wiccan say farewell to the God, but he will soon be reborn of the Goddess at Yule. Samhain, also known as November Eve, Feast of the Dead, Feast of Apples, Hallowa and All Hallows, once marked the time of sacrifice. Samhain is a time of reflection, of looking back over the last year of coming to terms with one thing life garauntees-death. It is believed that the veil separating physical and spiritual realities is thin. It is on this night that Wiccans remember their ancestors an all those who have gone before.
Runes
fehu/feoh - cattle, wealth, worldly possesions, increase, success
uruz/ur/uraz - strength
thorn/thurisaz - divine protection, resistance, sudden change
raido/raed/rad - wheel, movement, journeys, motion, travel
wunjo/wyn - windvane, joy, harmony, happiness
jera/jer/jara - year, seasons, cycles, change, harvest
dag/dagaz/daeg - dawn, certainty, harmony, clarity
eoh/eihwaz - endurance, defense, continuity, a yew tree
odal/ethel/othila/othel - own earth/land, a birthright, home, ancestors
mann/manaz - community, mankinds, humans
beorc/bar - birth, new beginnings
gebo/gyfu/geofu - connections between people, relationships, generosity
isa/is - frozen, ice, lack of movement
hagalaz/hagal/hagell - hailstone, interruptions, disruption
nautniz/nyd/not/neid - need, necessity, constraint
sigel/sig/sowilo/sugil - great power, sun, wholeness, energy, life
algiz/elhaz/eolh/eiwaz - protection, repel evil
perth/peorth/pertho - dawn, memory, initiation, recollecton, hidden things revealed
eh/eharaz - movement, combination
laguz/lagu - water, flow, life force
teiwaz/tyr - spiritual warrior, victory in battle
wyrd - something you shouldn't know, a path you shouldn't take, dangerous or hurtful knowledge
yr - death, ending of something and the beginning of something new
Dictionary
aeromancy: air magick
athame: a wiccan ceremonial dagger, used in rituals
athar: sky
bind: to restain, by magickal or non-magickal means
blood witch: a witch with pure blood, born into one of the seven clans.
book of shadows: a witches tome, or journal, used to write spells and explantions of Wicca in. Usually passed down through familys.
bradhadair: fire starter
braigh: a spelled silver chain that prevents the wearer from using magick
coven: a group of Wiccans that meet together
crystalmancy: crystal magick, to scry with a crystal
cumhachd: power
cusp: the day/hour an astrological sign changes
das boot: german for the boat; the name of Morgan's car
dealan-dč: blue witch fire that bloodwitches can shoot at each other
deasil: clockwise
elements, the five: earth(north), water(west), fire(south), air(east), and spirit(center)
esbat: a gathering where magick is done
evocation: to call out something from within
familiar: an animal who has a spiritual bond with a witch
gaea: earth mother, meaning the Goddess
geomancy: earth magick
gėomanach: hunter
glamor: an illusion spell
green man: a name used for the God
high preist(ess): the leader of a coven
hydromancy: water magick
invocation: to call in something from without
invoke: to call upon, to put power into
killian: strife
kithic: gaelic for left-handed, the coven led by Sky & Hunter
maroc dath: menstrual blood, usually a virgin's
maroc dant: the latin name of a mayapple
mųrin beatha dān: one true soulmate (who's also a witch)
pentacle: a 5 pointed star that is displayed 3-dimensionaly, like in a rock or a pendant.
pentagram: the 5 pointed star of a pentacle, in 2-D, or drawn
rune: a symbol used for rune casting, spells, or writing
sabbat: a witches holiday and time for worship of the Goddess and God. There are 8 in all.
scrying: to scry, or to look at the past, present, or future by using water, fire, or a stone or crystal. A form of divination
seōmar: a private place, used by one witch alone, to work magick
sgāth: darkness
skyclad: naked, wearing nothing but the sky
taibhs: a dark spirit that causes destruction
tāth meānma: what Morgan calls the wiccan versoin of the Vulcan mind meld, it's when two minds connect to learn whats in the others
tāth meānma brach: a supercharged tāth meānma where two witches share each others knowledge. It can be very painful and very dangerous
tau labra: sending a "witch message" or a telepathical message to another witch
wicca: the religion of witches, based on women and celebrating nature.
widdershins: counter-clockwise
People and Their Coven Names
Calhoun Blaire  Sgāth
Maeve Riordan Bradhadair
Hunter Niall Gėomanach
Sky Eventide Athar
Daniel Niall Magach
Ciaran Neimhich
The Seven Great Clans
Wyndenkell - They are expert spell writers.
Wyndenkell blood witches we know of: Fiona Niall, Hunter Niall(1/2), Sky Eventide
Woodbanes - The 'dark clan' who fought for power at any cost. They battled and betrayed other clans to gain and control land, magickal power, and knowledge. Some woodbanes have an athame shaped birthmark, called the woodbane athame. They practice a 'traditional' form of wicca; they feel that they should not be denied all magick just because some is 'evil.'
Woodbane blood witches we know of: Morgan Rowlands, Cal Blaire, Selene Beltower, Hunter Niall(1/2), Maeve Riordan, Daniel Niall, Angus, Mackenna Riordan, Ciaran, Killian
Burnhides - They are known for their magick with crystals, gems, and metals. They mostly settled in Germany.
Burnhide blood witches we know of: David Redstone
Leapvaughns - They are known as mischief makers and joke players. They often have red hair.
Leapvaughn blood witches we know of: Finn Foster
Vikroths - They are fierce magickal warriors, who were later related to the vikings.
Brightendales - They are the medical clan, who are very good with plants and herbs, especially healing with them.
Brightendale blood witches we know of: Alyce
Rowanwands - They are teachers and hold alot of knowledge. Back when the clans fought, they fought by hoarding their knowledge and letting the other clans die out because of ignorance.
* thank you Amanda for this information! I can't explain as well as you can!
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