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Beltane

This Sabbat celebrates the joining of the Goddess and the God on May Eve and May 1st. She is now in her Mother aspect, and it is from Her womb that all life will spring. It symbolizes the return of fertility.This day is also known as May Day, Rood Day, Rudemas, and Walpurgisnacht.

Traditional Foods-All red fruits (strawberries, apples, cherries), red or pink wine punch, green herbal salads, and large, round oatmeal or barley cakes known as Beltane cakes.

Traditional Herbs-almond, angelica, ash tree, bluebells, cinquefoil, daisy, frankincense, hawthorn, ivy, lilac, marigold, meadowsweet, primrose, roses, satyrion root, woodruff, and yellow cowslips.

Altar Decorations- small Maypole and/or phallus shaped candle to symbolize fertility, daisy chain, springtime wildflowers such as primrose, yellow cowslips, or marigolds.

Incense- frankincense, lilac, and rose.

Gemstones-emerald, orange carnelian, sapphire, and rose quartz.

Deities- Flora (Roman flower-goddess), lunar goddesses Diana and Artemis, Pan (greek horned goat-god of woodlands, fields, shepards, and fertility), Faunus (Roman equivalent to Pan), and all fertility deities.

Candle Colors-dark green and colors of the rainbow spectrum.