I live in Northern Europe, and has never heard of Beltane.
Just googled it, and it looks to be a Keltic tradition.
Looks like it’s a big thing among Wicca as well, so nothing good I suppose.
We burn fires here in Sweden the last of April, Valborg, in memory of Saint Walpurgis. There is a myth that witches flew to Blocksberg (Brocken) this night, so maybe even in northern mythology this night has some evil undertones.
It’s interesting how Christianity has taken old pagan traditions and made them go from celebrating something dark, to something light.
I live in Northern Europe, and has never heard of Beltane.
Just googled it, and it looks to be a Keltic tradition.
Looks like it’s a big thing among Wicca as well, so nothing good I suppose.
We burn fires here in Sweden the last of April, Valborg, in memory of Saint Walpurgis. There is a myth that witches flew to Blocksberg (Brocken) this night, so maybe even in northern mythology this night has some evil undertones.
It’s interesting how Christianity has taken old pagan traditions and made them go from celebrating something dark, to something light.
From dark to light one may say ;-)
Yes. I know a lot of Celtic people who celebrate it as Christians.
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