From: Donal Area: MagickNet To: (xpost: 2) All 4 Aug 92 09:07:56 Subject: The festival of Lugnasad UpdReq From: donal@brewich.hou.tx.us (Donal) Newsgroups: mag.magiknet Subject: The festival of Lugnasad Don't remember if I already posted this or not. Sorry if I did... Thought that some might want to know a little bit more about Lammas. :) Lug (also Lugd, Lud) Celtic god, son or reincarnation of Dagda, eponymous founder of the cities of Lyons and London - formerly Lugdunum, the stronghold of Lug. His temple stood on Ludgate Hill. "Lud's Gate" was a great stone called Crom Cruaich, The Bloody Crescent, apparently a symbol of the menstruating Moon-goddess to whom Lug was married in suggestively Tantric style. Lug's special festival was Lammas Eve, formerly Lugnasad, "the Games of Lug." The pagan rites of Lugnasad were kept to a very late date at Taillten in Ireland, where the Goddess had been worshipped as a local Earth-mother, Tailltiu. At the annual Taillten Fair, men bought brides in a custom reminiscent of the Goddess's ancient rites of sacred promiscuity and defloration. The hill where payments were collected was known as the Hill of Buying. Taillten was so notorious for promiscuity that any casual sexual affair came to be known as a Taillten marriage. Taillten marriages were actually kept legal up to the 13th century. They were supposed to last the period specified by the old lunar calendars, a year and a day. Lug's curious name may have come in some remote past time from Mesopotamia, where the title of a sacred king, the Goddess's spouse, was "lugal". - taken from "The Womans Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets", by Barabra G. Walker I hope everyone had a beautiful festival! Blessed Be. -------------------- Donal, Sysop of The Brewer's Witch BBS -- +1 713 272 7350 (Internet & MagickNet) donal@brewich.hou.tx.us (SCA) Ld. Donal Dubh, IC of Dun Bruddair, B of the Stargate, K of Ansteorra 718499927771849992777184999277718499927771849992777184999277718 From: Gerda Thunarsson Area: MagickNet To: Erin 4 Aug 92 19:01:24 Subject: Re: Sun? Female? UpdReq More specifically, Balder is the God of Light and Radiance, which can be interpreted as God of the Sun. Balder is the son of Frigga and Odin.. He lost the battle in Ragnarok, and was taken to Hel. When the true way of the Good and True Fok rises again, we will release Balder from Hel, and he will reign again. 718499927771849992777184999277718499927771849992777184999277718 From: Josh Norton Area: MagickNet To: Chris Feldman 3 Aug 92 12:06:02 Subject: Re: FISHY? UpdReq CF>JN> Thanks for the info, Paul. I was recalling a guy on CIS a few years > JN> ago who was always appealing to Greek "originals" for his arguments. CF>Hehe... Back in High School, we had a group of students and faculty >who were into investigating various "occult" etc. areas - sort of an >"Unsolved Mysteries" gang. (It was an unusual school.) We once had a >guest speaker who claimed to channel Jesus Christ, who was presently >somewhere just outside the Lunar-Terrestrial sphere. When "Jesus" >spoke through her, her voice would get deeper, and she would speak in >a phony King James "thou knowest" dialect! Even the girl who >always believed *everything* couldn't swallow THAT one! Well, the guy I was referring to was a scholar, not a channeller. But I know what you mean. There's a popular local "channeler" who can call up practically anyone you want -- for the proper "donation", of course. She has one of those big portable signs out in front of her store, advertising the "Channel of the Week". (I always feel sorry for the Comte de St. Germain -- the channelers sure keep him busy!) * SLMR 2.1a * This tagline is umop apisdn 718499927771849992777184999277718499927771849992777184999277718 From: Erin Area: MagickNet To: Grendel 4 Aug 92 08:56:02 Subject: Re: Sun? Female? UpdReq Quoth Grendel to Erin: "I believe he is considered a deity with solar attributes. That is not the same as a sun god. Yup. Just what I said. (Damn Mercury reprobate.) Did you get my earlier message about the Irish? Erin 718499927771849992777184999277718499927771849992777184999277718 From: Gerda Thunarsson Area: MagickNet To: Grendel 5 Aug 92 07:29:28 Subject: Sun? Female? UpdReq Grendel, Does Ring of Troth mean anything to you? or are you a different grendel? Gerda Thunarsson 718499927771849992777184999277718499927771849992777184999277718 From: Erin Area: MagickNet To: Gerda Thunarsson 5 Aug 92 15:19:36 Subject: Re: Sun? Female? UpdReq Quoth Gerda Thunarsson to ERin: More specifically, Balder is the God of Light and Radiance, which can be interpreted as God of the Sun. Balder is the son of Frigga and Odin.. He lost the battle in Ragnarok, and was taken to Hel. When the true way of the Good and True Fok rises again, we will release Balder from Hel, and he will reign again. Yes. But I'm confused. Why are you addressing this to me? In reply to what? You haven't quoted, so I'm not sure if you meant to address Grendel or someone else, especially since the thread is on Lugh and Balor. ???? Erin 718499927771849992777184999277718499927771849992777184999277718 From: Dennis Breen Area: MagickNet To: Black Dog 6 Aug 92 17:23:00 Subject: Dance Music Sent UpdReq Are you by any chance Black Dog from The Crucial Jive? 718499927771849992777184999277718499927771849992777184999277718