I made a post about this last year, and have had a few requests for an update, so I thought I'd finally get around to posting even though it's already March! It's not all Anglo-Saxon this time - I've added a few Icelandic holidays for spirits that seemed to want to catch my attention this past year.
January 23rd - Thorrabloat (welcoming and appeasement of Thorri, a spirit of winter)
February 3 - The Charming of the Plow (in which cakes are offered to
the earth, a practice attested to by Bede for the month of Solmonað)
February 22 - Konudagur (celebration of Góa, an Icelandic spirit of spring)
March 5 - Festival for Hreða (the full moon, and midpoint, of Hredmonað)
April 4 - Eostara, spring festival for the goddess Eostre (the full moon, and midpoint, of the month Eostara)
June 17 - Litha (placed on the new moon closest to the solstice; this
would have been the day between two months called Before-Litha and
After-Litha)
August 29 - Hlæfmæst (literally 'loaf-feast', on the full moon midpoint of Háligmonað)
September 27 - Freyfaxi (unattested in England, but an important Heathen
harvest festival; I chose the full moon of September as it often lines
up with other Freyfaxi celebrations)
October 27 - Winterfylleð (Winterfinding is the name of the month; given
similar holidays attested in Norse sources, I have chosen to honor it
with a feast-day, again on the full moon)
November 25 - Winternights (again, this is not a historical English
celebration, but its importance in modern Heathenry brings me to
celebrate it)
December 21 - Mōdraniht (I have chosen to celebrate this the night
before the solstice, though there is some debate on where in December it
should be celebrated)
December 22 - Solstice (I choose to honor Sunne on this day, though as far as I know this is historically unattested)
Jan 1 - Twelfthnight (this is attested in Norse sources, but given the
history of the 'twelve days of Christmas' in England, I find it
perfectly acceptable to extend the festive holiday season)
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