#Māras /Mara's Day or Great Mother Day in the #Latvian tradtion- is now mostly celebrated Aug 15, conflated with the Virgin Mary; really it should be around Aug 6, for the cross-quarter day between Summer Solstice/Autumn Equinox. Māra is the #prechristian Great/Earth Mother celebrated several times a year. This one marks final flowering, harvest, final days of summer. Digital altar this year, +more in this #blog post from 2021 with an #altar #offering
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2021/08/blog-post.html #animist #pagan
Māras/Great Mother Day: Late Summer and an Earth Goddess

Mara or Māra, Great Mother, is the highest goddess in Latvian mythology. Her sphere of power and influence is wide and varied. Numerous othe...

I'm working on some video and a new blog post for Māras- the August #CrossQuarterDay meanwhile (above in this thread) here's last year's post.
#pagan #SeasonalRhythms #Latvian #heathen