LUGUNASSATIS

Lugunassatis (Gaulish), or Lughnassadh (Irish), is one of the four greater festivals in the pagan year and one of the four great fire festivals of the Celtic year. Falling around the first of August in the commonest modern reckoning, this festival celebrates the first fruits of the harvest. Named for the god Lugos / Lugh, this festival is an excellent time to thank the Kindreds for the burgeoning crops and to give offerings to request that the later-ripening crops not be damaged by storms, blight, or any other ill.

Lugunassatis is also a traditional time for the ingathering of the Tribes. Because the myths hold that after Lugh’s foster-mother Tailtiu was killed in battle with the Fomorians, he began to hold annual games in honor of her, some modern Pagans hold races, challenges and games among the gathered people as part of their celebrations.

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