Lughnasadh

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Lughnasadh is a traditional Gaelic harvest festival marking the beginning of the harvest season, historically celebrated with feasting, games, and fairs in honor of the god Lugh.

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Label Occurrences
Lughnasadh canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish traditional festival ⓘ
Scottish traditional festival ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ
pagan festival ⓘ
associatedDeity Lugh ⓘ
associatedWith agriculture ⓘ
first fruits ⓘ
harvest ⓘ
celebratedWith athletic contests ⓘ
fairs ⓘ
feasting ⓘ
games ⓘ
market gatherings ⓘ
religious rites ⓘ
trial marriages ⓘ
etymology Old Irish Lugnasad ⓘ
follows Beltane ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Gaelic culture ⓘ
Irish culture ⓘ
Manx culture ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic culture ⓘ
hasNameVariant Lammas ⓘ
Lughnasa ⓘ
Lùnastal ⓘ
Lúnasa ⓘ
hasRitual bonfires in some regions ⓘ
climbing of hills and mountains ⓘ
offering of first fruits ⓘ
visits to holy wells ⓘ
honorsDeity Lugh ⓘ
influenced modern Neopagan Lughnasadh celebrations ⓘ
linkedTo Lammas in Christian tradition ⓘ
marks beginning of the harvest season ⓘ
modernPractice Neopaganism ⓘ
namedAfter Lugh ⓘ
observedIn Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
occursIn Northern Hemisphere summer ⓘ
linked to: Summer (season)
partOf Celtic seasonal festivals ⓘ
precedes Samhain ⓘ
religiousTradition Celtic paganism ⓘ
symbolizes gratitude for the harvest ⓘ
transition from summer to autumn ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin pre-Christian era ⓘ
typicalDate 1 August ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wicca → celebrates → Lughnasadh ⓘ
Samhain → relatedFestival → Lughnasadh ⓘ
subject linked to: Celtic festival Samhain
Celtic culture → hasFestival → Lughnasadh ⓘ
Samhain → relatedTo → Lughnasadh ⓘ
Beltane → pairedWith → Lughnasadh ⓘ
Lugh → festival → Lughnasadh ⓘ
Lugh → honoredAt → Lughnasadh ⓘ