Celebration of Mayday
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Description: Beltane Sabbat and other Mayday celebrations around the world.
The earliest known picture of a May-pole is taken from a drawing of a window in Betley Hall, Staffordshire, England, erected in the mid-1460s during the rule of Edward IV Called Beltane by the Celts, Walpurgis by the Teutons, and Floralia by the Romans, May festivals were a time of "wearing of the green." Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, the month of May is a time to celebrate renewal of life. May is named for Maia, grandmother, the Goddess of death and fertility. Maia scorns marriage, so it is a good idea to put weddings off until June. Although less stern goddesses now oversee May festivities, wreaths and baskets of Hawthorn are still used in some May festivals in Maia's honor.
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| Page title: | SalmonRiver Gazette: May Day |
| Keywords: | spring, festival, pagan, goddess, fertility, heaven, maypole, celts, teuton, mythology, teutonic, |
| Description: | Origins of May Day festival |
| IP-address: | 74.208.26.97 |
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| Date | Creation Date: 25-feb-1997 Expiration Date: 26-feb-2015 |