PAGAN
FESTIVALS
There are eight commonly-recognized and celebrated Wiccan or pagan holidays. Four of these
(the quarter days) are held at the time of the solstices or equinoxes. The other four are
cross-quarter days, held roughly in between one solstice and the subsequent equinox.
To jump to a particular day, select it from the list
which follows.
Historical, archeological, anthropological and folklorist research shows that these holidays were probably celebrated throughout Europe and the British Isles in pre-Christian times. Many of the festivals were so popular that the Christian church could not prevent the common people from commemorating them, so they were appropriated and held under the aegis of various (and frequently spurious) Christian saints. The popularity of these ancient holy occasions is linked to changes in the earth and sky, the seasons, and the natural year-round seasonal shifts that dramatically affect human beings, animals, and plants.
Pagan Resources
Ancient
Ways - a complete metaphysical store
OBOD
- The Order of Bards Ovates and Druids
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