Lughnassadh and Lammas are two names for the pagan Sabbat celebrated on August 2nd. Lughnassad is the holiday dedicated to the god Lugh, and is often celebrated with games and contests of battle skills. For this reason, the Crow Women sing Warrior Woman at this time of year, to honor women’s fierce side. Those who focus on the harvest aspect of this holiday tend to call this holiday Lammas. Our song At Lammas is about our gratitude to the Mother God and Father God for their gifts. A harvest feast has to have a food blessing, of course, and we offer our song A Pagan Grace to express gratitude for summer’s bounty.
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Here are our blog articles about Lammas / Lughnassadh
The First Harvest
As we sit at the table of our first bountiful harvest of the year, what do you see laid before you? This is a question I have asked myself too many times to count over the last week. The same answer rang back in my face over and over, “keep...
Harvesting Harmony: Lammas Inspired Pagan Music
Lammas or Lughnasadh is traditionally celebrated on August 1st, although in some pagan traditions it is celebrated on the first full moon in August. This festival marks the beginning of the harvest season, and it is a time when pagans give thanks for the bounty of nature. There is an abundance...
Honoring Lugh
Lughnassadh (Lammas) is, among other things, a celebration of the Celtic god Lugh (also Lleu or Lugus), the god of nobility. Lugh was both a warrior and a craftsman (ah, the heart of a warrior, soul of an artist), and is well known for his many, many talents. He is...
Heartbeat of Harvest
I have to stand quietly in the glorious gently swaying fields of old John Barleycorn as he reflects the Spectacular golden light of the magic sun. His time has come! His life and sacrifice will once again stay in us all. This is my time of year, a Leo born...
We Are Warrior Women
Warrior women for today The world may not be much different now from 6 months ago, but we in the US are experiencing it much differently. Global pandemics have been affecting many of our fellow beings on this planet for years; Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) have been...
A Lammas Corn Husk Dolly
Wow! It’s already more than a month past the Summer Solstice and it’s apparent the days are getting shorter. We are at Lammas, celebrating the first harvests, the bounty that follows the fertility of Oestara and Beltane. This is a perfect time to make a corn husk dolly to celebrate...
Planning a Lughnasadh Celebration
Any way you spell it, the first harvest sabbat of Lunasa is a time to celebrate what is coming to fruition in your life! As I plan the Crow Women’s ritual gathering for this pagan festival, I contemplate the joy of accomplishment that I want to share and incorporate into...
Lughnassad plum mead
As Lughnassad approaches, I am excited to harvest my favorite fruit for mead making: wild plums. The fruit heavily loads down the branches of a tree behind my house as I wait in anticipation until they have ripened to sweet perfection. Which is perfect timing for giving thanks at the...
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