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- /*
- * Pagan
- *
- * $OpenBSD: calendar.pagan,v 1.1 1998/01/31 18:49:23 kstailey Exp $
- */
-
- #ifndef _calendar_pagan_
- #define _calendar_pagan_
-
- LANG=utf-8
-
- 02/02 1st Cross-Quarter Day
- 02/02 Imbolg / Imbolc (other Celtic names) / Brighid / Oimelc
- 03/19 1st Quarter Day - Spring (Vernal) Equinox
- 03/21 Ostara / Eostre (Saxon goddess of Spring)
- 04/30 May Eve / Walpurgisnacht (witches' Sabbath) / Walpurgis Night (after St. Walpurga)
- 05/01 May Day / Beltane / Bealtaine - Celtic bonfire festival
- 05/04 2nd Cross-Quarter Day
- 06/20 2nd Quarter Day - Summer Solstice
- 06/21 Litha (Norse/Anglo-Saxon for "longest day")
- 06/23 St. John's Eve - European Midsummer celebration
- 08/01 Lugnasad / Lughnasada / Lunasa - Gaelic summer "games of Lug" (sun-god)
- 08/05 3rd Cross-Quarter Day
- 09/21 3rd Quarter Day - Fall (Autumnal) Equinox
- 10/31 Hallowmas / Allhallowmas / Allhallows
- 11/01 Samhain - Celtic feast of departing Sun & new year
- 11/05 4th Cross-Quarter Day
- 12/20 4th Quarter Day - Winter Solstice
- 12/21 Yule (Norse for "wheel") - Germanic 12-day feast
-
- #endif /* !_calendar_pagan_ */
-