SAMHAIN

This is the Celtic feast of the dead, the night of the Wild Hunt.
From the sunset till the morning dawn of the Samhain night the veil between the worlds is in the thinnest condition of the whole year. This enables beings to change the worlds easily.
 

DATE
The last night of October (31st)
 

CORRESPONDING MODERN FEAST
Halloween
 

CELTIC GODS
Gwynn ap Nudd, Cerridwen
 

ASSIGNMENT
Moonhalf in season cross, male
 

CUSTOMS
Big fires, frightening costumes, imploring fire forces, performing magical tricks, hollowing out pumpkins, dark magical ritual of great power.
 

SYMBOLS
Pumpkins, bunches of corn on the cob, Saturn, poison herbs, skulls, black cats and witches, fear and awe.
 

DEDICATED FOOD
Apples, red meat, red wine, pumpkin, root vegetables
 

SMOKE WORK
Wormwood, belladonna, datura, hemp, applewood fire
 

TRESHOLD TIME
Midnight