Lammas which is celebrated on August 1st
Symbols of Lammas:
Corn, All Grains, Bread, Full Moon, Wheat.
Deities of Lammas:
Sun Gods, Mother Goddesses.
Activities of Lammas:
Baking Bread, Gathering First Fruits, Astrology.
Stones of Lammas:
Yellow Diamond, Peridot, Citrine.
Plants of Lammas:
Corn, Rice, Wheat, Ginseng, Rye.
Attunement Teas of Lammas:
(Individually or
Blended)
Alfalfa, Corn Silk, Golden Seal.
Ritual Oils of Lammas:
Eucalyptus, Corn, Safflower.
Goddesses oh Lammas:
All Grain Deities, All Mother Goddesses, All Livestock Goddesses, Aine (Irish), Alphito (Irish), Ashnan (Sumerian), Cabria (Phoenician), Carmen (Italio-Iberian), Ceres (Roman), Chicomecoatl (Aztec), Damia (Greek), Demeter (Greek), Frey (Norse), Goddess of Mundus (Norse-Celtic), Habondia (German-Celtic), Hani-Yasu-NoKami (Japanese), Ishtar (Babylonian), Kait (Hittite), Kornjunfer (German), Libera (Roman), Marcia (Italian), Mama Alpa (Incan), Morgay (English), Nisaba (Chaldaean), Persephone (Greek), Pirua (South American), Po Ino Nogar (Cambodian), Qocha Mana (Hopi), Robigo (Roman), Saning Sri (Japanese), Selu (Cherokee), Taillte (Irish), Tailltiu (Welsh-Scottish), Tea (Irish), Tuaret (Egyptian), Uti Haiti (Pawnee), Zaramama (Peruvuan), Zytniamatka (Teutonic).
Gods of Lammas:
ll Father Gods, All Grain Deities, All Livestock Gods, Athtar (Pheonician), Bes (Egyptian), Bran (Welsh), Dagon (Pheonician), Ebisu (Japanese), Ghanan (Mayan), Howtu (Chinese), Liber (Roman), Lono (Polynesian), Llew (Welsh), Lugh (Irish), Neper (Egyptian), Odin (Norse), Xochipilli (Aztec).
Lore of Lammas:
It is appropriate to plant the seeds from the fruit consumed in ritual. If they sprout, grow the plant with love and as a symbol of your connection with the God and Goddess.
Wheat weaving (the making of corn dollies, etc.) is an appropriate activity for Lughnasadh. Visits to fields, orchards, lakes and wells are also traditional.
Food of Lammas:
The foods of Lughnasadh include bread, blackberries and all berries, acorns (Leached of their poisons first), crabapples, all grains and locally ripe produce. A cake is sometimes baked, and cider is used in place of wine.