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The first crops have been harvested. The God begins losing power. This is a
celebration honoring the marriage of the God, Lugh, to the Mother. Lughnassadh
symbolized the beginning of harvest, and the ending of Summer with Winter
approaching. The first crops have now been harvested and the God begins losing
power. This is a harvest celebration honoring the God, Lugh, and giving thanks
for what we have been given. We mourning the harvest God’s passing.
The God is
beginning to weaken, and the days are growing shorter. Lugh was a popular god
associated with the harvest, as well as the Sun. God of All Skills, he was known
as the "Bright or Shining One". There were games held during this time, in honor
of the waning god. They were said to be funeral games for Lugh. Death and
rebirth were a part of the cycle during Lugh's continuing journey.
He is
associated with both the Sun and fertility of the harvests. Lughnassadh was originally started as a time to assemble to mourn the death of summer, and the death of the Corn God. The failure of the harvest meant starvation and death for the people and a good harvest was essential to life and great cause for celebration. Bread was baked at this time and eaten
and also shared with the earth. This is also a time for charity to those less fortunate and creativity. |
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say that the Goddess oversaw the festival in her triple guise as Macha, her
warrior aspect, at this time. She conveyed the deceased into the realm of death. 
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