Lammas is also known as:Lughnasadh, Lammastide, and First Harvest Festival.
Date: August 1st
Symbolism: First harvest festival; aging of the Deities, honoring of Sun Gods
Symbols: Corn dollies, cornucopia, grains, the Sun
Foods: Breads, grains, potatoes, summer squash, cider, blackberry pies and jellies, berries, apples, roasted lamb, elderberry wine, meadowsweet tea
Plants & herbs: Ash, camphor, caraway, fern, geranium, juniper, mandrake, marjoram, thyme, sunflowers, wheat
Incense and oils: Allspice, carnation, rosemary, vanilla, sandalwood, aloe, rose
Colors: Red, gold, yellow, orange
Stones: Aventurine, citrine, peridot, sardonyx
Animals and mythical beasts: Roosters, calves, the Phoenix, griffins, basilisk, centaurs
Some appropriate Goddesses: all grain, agriculture, and mother Goddesses; Alphito (Greek), Ashnan (Sumerian), Bast (Egyptian), Bau (Assyro-Babylonian), Ceres (Roman), Demeter (Greek), Gaia (Greek), Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian), Isis (Egyptian), Libera (Roman), Persephone (Greek), Rhiannon (Welsh), Robigo (Roman), Tailtiu (Irish)
Some appropriate Gods: all grain, agriculture, Sun, and father Gods; Cernunnos (Celtic), Dagon (Babylonian), Lahar (Sumerian), Liber (Roman), Llew (Welsh), Lugh (Irish), Neper (Egyptian), Ningirsu/Ninurta (Assyro-Babylonian), Odin (Norse), Osiris (Egyptian)
Decorations: Corn, hay, gourds, corn dollies, shafts of grain, sun wheels
Activities: games, country fairs, making corn dollies, baking bread, gathering fruits, visits to fields, orchards, lakes and wells.
Spell/ritual work: Offering thanks, honoring fathers, prosperity, abundance, generosity, continued success, connectedness
Have a magical picnic and break bread with friends.
Do a meditation in which you visualize yourself completing a project you have already begun.
Make a corn dolly charm out of the first grain you harvest or acquire.
Bake sacred loaf bread and give a portion of it to Mother Earth with a prayer of appreciation.
Make prayers for a good harvest season. Do prosperity magic.
Harvest herbs in a sacred way for use in charms and rituals.
Kindle a Lammas fire with sacred wood and dried herbs. If you live in or near a farming region, attend a public harvest festival, such as a corn or apple festival.
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