Mastodawn

There's symbolism in this drink, natch:

• it has 3 ingredients, befitting the famously triple goddess, Brighid
• one of them is dairy-based, connecting with the name #Oimelc, "ewes' milk", for the holiday
• the hazelnut liqueur connects with the usual Celtic symbolism of hazelnuts as bringers of knowledge and wisdom, necessary for a smith, a poet, or a healer
• then we set the whole thing on fire, as is only right and proper for a fire goddess 7/8

#Neopagan #Paganism #Imbolc #Brighid #Pagan

Seachaint Jan 31

It's #Imbolc / #Imbolg eve! Or was it #Oimelc? Hard to say honestly.

This is the Dawn Festival of Irish culture, paralleling similar festivals throughout "Spring". Officially it's Feb 1st, but things begin at Nightfall in Celtic culture, so it begins tonight.

Like Samhain, it's likely the festival was originally on a different Solar-Calendar date (e.g. "Old Samhain"), or instead that it was, like Christian Easter, falling on a Lunar event following a yearly Solar milestone.