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The Pagan and the Pen. Winter Solstice Traditions. Winter Solstice: The Unconquered Sun At the Winter Solstice, we celebrate Children's Day to honour our children and to bring warmth, light and cheerfulness into the dark time of the year.

Winter Solstice Traditions

Holidays such as this have their origin as "holy days". They are the way human beings mark the sacred times in the yearly cycle of life. In the northern latitudes, midwinter's day has been an important time for celebration throughout the ages. On this shortest day of the year, the sun is at its lowest and weakest, a pivot point from which the light will grow stronger and brighter. The Roman midwinter holiday, Saturnalia, was both a gigantic fair and a festival of the home. The custom of mummers visiting their neighbours in costume, which is still alive in Newfoundland, is descended from these masked processions. In pagan Scandinavia the winter festival was the yule (or juul). In the third century various dates, from December to April, were celebrated by Christians as Christmas.

Write in Runes. You can write your name or other words in the runes of the Elder Futhark by using the javascript transliterator below.

Write in Runes

Tips: Write phonetically, and skip doubled letters and silent letters. Examples: "Chrissy" should be written "KRISY". "Cynthia" should be written "SYNTHIA" "Ralph" should be written "RALF". "Thomas" should be written "TOMAS", but "Thad" would be written "THAD". "Book" should be written "BOK".

CH, as in "Chuck", will appear as Kenaz Jera. The javascript does not insert spaces or punctuation. Type a word or name into the form below and hit the Translate button. Letters: Runes: Characters: The rune symbols are individual GIF files. This brilliant javascript was created by Daniel Jakobsson and used on this website with his permission. ©2003 Daniel Jakobsson (Email fake_healer@hotmail.com) Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions index. Sacred Texts Wicca & Neo-Paganism Irish Druids And Old Irish Religions by James Bonwick This scholarly, but very readable, book covers what was known about Druids and Irish Paganism at the end of the nineteenth century.

Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions index

It discusses many of the concepts which later would be utilized by the Wiccan movement to construct Celtic Neo-Paganism. The Pagan Name Generator. So, you've decided to become a pagan.

The Pagan Name Generator

Great! But you can't show up at the next full moon ritual, all set to shuck off your clothes and leap over a flaming cauldron with a staid, boring mundane name. No, you need a special name. A non-Muggle name. Pagan Baby Names. Thousands of NAMES OF GODS, GODDESSES, DEMIGODS, MONSTERS, SPIRITS, DEMONS   & DEITIES for your dog, horse, cat, pet or child - from Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia.