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Wheel
of the Year Pagan Flags
Seasonal Flags: Cross Quarter, Equinox, Candlemas, May Day, Lammas and Samhain
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Wheel
of the Year Flag String Set
FULL SET
15 inches by 17 inches each
8 separate flags
Winter
and Summer Solstices
Spring and Autumn Equinoxes
Candlemas, May Day, Lammas, and Samhain
Designed for display at each of the solar
holidays, these flags will fit on a pole outside your house, in your window or
on a wall! Decorate to celebrate!
Details
and more photos Here
These are smaller versions of all eight holidays. Not sewn on a string, but a
string is included for your use.
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History
and Meaning of The Wheel of the Year
The Wheel of the Year is a Wiccan and Neopagan term for the annual cycle of the
Earth's seasons. It consists of eight festivals, spaced at approximately even
intervals throughout the year. These festivals are referred to by Wiccans as
Sabbats.
While the term Sabbat originated from Abrahamic faiths such as Judaism and
Christianity and is of Hebrew origin, the festivals themselves have historical
origins in Celtic and Germanic pre-Christian feasts, and the Wheel of the Year,
as has developed in modern Neopaganism and Modern Wicca, is really a combination
of the two cultures' solstice and equinox celebrations.
When melded together, two somewhat unrelated European Festival Cycles merge to
form eight festivals in modern renderings. Together, these festivals are
understood by some to be the Bronze Age religious festivals of Europe.
As with all cultures' use of festivals and traditions, these festivals
have been utilized by European cultures in both the pre and post Christian eras
as traditional times for the community to celebrate the planting and harvest
seasons.
The Wheel of the Year has been important to many people both ancient and modern,
from various religious as well as cultural and secular viewpoints.
In many forms of Neopaganism, natural processes are seen as following a
continuous cycle. The passing of time is also seen as cyclical, and is
represented by a circle or wheel.
The progression of birth, life, decline and death, as experienced in human
lives, is echoed in the progression of the seasons. Wiccans also see this cycle
as echoing the life, death and rebirth of the Horned God and the fertility of
the Goddess.
While most of these names derive from historical Celtic and Germanic festivals,
the non-traditional names Litha and Mabon, which have become popular in North
American Wicca, were introduced by Aidan Kelly in the 1970s.
The word "sabbat" itself comes from the witches' sabbath or sabbat
attested to in Early Modern witch trials.
Source: Wikipedia
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Samhain
Halloween Cat Flag
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Spring
Vernal Equinox Flag
Vernal Equinox Flag Pagan Wiccan Seasonal
Cross Quarter and Equinox Banner Wall Decor
Large individual flag is 22 inches wide
by 22 1/2 inches long
First Quality Handmade Rayon Batik
Hemmed with space for dowel or hanger. Shaped with a point on the bottom. First
quality rayon.
Hand batik'd in Bali.
March 21 - Vernal Equinox (Spring) -- Eostar
(aka Eostre or Ostara ) Day and night are equal as Spring begins to enliven the
environment with new growth and more newborn animals.
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May
Day Flag
Beltaine May Day Flag Pagan Wiccan
Seasonal Cross Quarter and Equinox Banner
Wall Decor
Large individual flag is 22 inches wide
by 22 1/2 inches long
First Quality Handmade Rayon Batik
Hemmed with space for dowel or hanger. Shaped with a point on the bottom. First
quality rayon.
Hand batik'd in Bali.
May 1st - Beltaine (May Eve) Folk dance around the Maypole, emblem of fertility
(the name "May" comes from a Norse word meaning "to shoot out new
growth").
A midway mark between Spring and Summer.
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Other
Banners /Prayer Flags / Tapestry Wall Decor
Chakra
Banners - Tapestries Here
Twin Bedspread Sized
Tapestries
Seasonal Cat Goddess Flags
Curtains and Doorways
Wheel of the Year - Pagan Celebrations Flags Here
Tantra
Flag String and Banners
Healing
Flags, Diversity Flags, Peace Flags, Abundance Strings Here
Some of our Altar
cloths can also serve as banners here
Garden Prayer Flags in English
Dragon and Serpent Flag and Banners Here |
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