What does Mabon stand for?

the autumnal equinox
Mabon is a pagan holiday, and one of the eight Wiccan sabbats celebrated during the year. Mabon celebrates the autumnal equinox. In the northern hemisphere, this September 23rd will be the autumnal equinox.

Why do pagans celebrate Mabon?

Mabon is a harvest festival, when pagans reflect on the past season and express their gratitude for the blessings in their lives. In the astronomical season, it marks the first day of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere or the moment when the Sun is exactly above the Equator, meaning day and night are of equal length.

What is the festival of Mabon?

Mabon is essentially a harvest festival. Celts and pagans used this day to give thanks to nature or Mother Earth for a good harvest and to pray to their gods and goddesses that the crop would last throughout the winter. There’d be feasting, fires, offerings, and sacrifices. The usual pagan party.

Is Mabon a Celtic holiday?

In the Celtic tradition, this holiday goes by the name Mabon, after the name of the God of Welsh mythology. In Celtic tradition, Mabon typically commemorates the celebration of resting after a long and laborious harvest season.

Is Mabon a religious holiday?

Mabon is a pagan holiday that celebrates the autumn equinox. According to the Wheel of the Year, Mabon is a sabbat that also celebrates the second harvest. The Wheel of the Year is a symbol of 8 sabbats or religious holidays, observed by modern pagan religions, like Wicca.

How do you practice Mabon?

More easy ways to celebrate Mabon

Host a bonfire for friends and family.
Decorate your porch or entryway with traditional autumn greenery.
Write down all your blessings from the past year in a journal.
Go apple picking.
Have a picnic.
Clean your house and get rid of stagnant or negative energy.

Who invented Mabon?

Aidan Kelly
ANYWAY. We are actually here to discuss harvest festivals, the fall equinox, and the witch celebration of Mabon, which is a completely made-up holiday created by a Wiccan named Aidan Kelly in the 1970s.

When was Mabon first celebrated?

History of Mabon Modern Pagans began celebrating Mabon as the last of the eight Sabbats in the 1970s, but its roots as a harvest festival go back to ancient times.

What did the Celts call autumn?

AN English poet famously referred to autumn as a “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”. The early Irish Celts had their own take on this season as the year declined into winter. They called it Samhain, which literally means ‘the end of summer’, with the word pronounced roughly as “saw-en”.

When was Mabon created?

ANYWAY. We are actually here to discuss harvest festivals, the fall equinox, and the witch celebration of Mabon, which is a completely made-up holiday created by a Wiccan named Aidan Kelly in the 1970s.