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ambermotta · 5 months

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Lokean Holidays

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With holiday season coming up across all cultures, I have decided to do a little something in honor of one of my own dedicated deities — Loki. Following the holiday theme (and looking forward to one of my favorite Loki festivals), today's post is all about Loki-specific holidays.

I will start off by saying that He does not have any known traditional holidays. We have no surviving evidence of any Loki-specific Holidays, and few evidence of Loki even being worshipped in ancient times.

So keep in mind these are all modern holidays that many lokeans (those who follow Loki) have adopted.

It's also important to note that not every lokean follows all, if any of these.

And lastly, I won't mention any of the usual norse pagan holidays, but you can definitely still honor Loki on those alongside other norse deities. It's just that they are not specific to him.

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Loki Fool's Day

April 1st

This was probably one of the first lokean holidays created, in honor of Loki as a Trickster and deity of Mischief.

It was proposed by Dagulf Loptson in his book "Playing with Fire", but I believe many of Loki's followers already thought of Loki during April Fool's before that.

Ideas:

Have fun

Play games

Make jokes and pull tricks

Reflect on Loki as a trickster deity and the trickster archetype in all its forms

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Lokabrenna

July – August (roughly)

The star Sirius was known to the norse people as Lokabrenna ("burning done by Loki", "Loki's torch"). The star would be gone for one half of the year, so when it reappeared at its highest point, that would be the date of Lokabrenna. Because of the connection to Loki's name, the day of Lokabrenna became a modern lokean holiday.

The date varies because it's connected to when the star Sirius shows up in the sky, so it depends on location.

In the southern hemisphere, Sirius can be seen throughout the year. In this case, Lokabrenna can be celebrated when it shows during both morning and evening, rising with the Sun.

You can adopt a date between the beginning of July to the end of August for convenience.

The following reddit post (at r/lokean) details one way you can find out the day of Lokabrenna for your location:

Ideas:

Prapare a ritual for Loki

Celebrate the comming season (summer in northern hemisphere, winter in southern hemisphere)

Meditate on Loki as a fire good and bringer of light, knowledge and creativity

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Loki Sponge Cake Day

September 4th

TW: brief mention of bullying

This holiday popped up in the community as an anti-bullying holiday. Basically, this happened because someone got mad at a lokean who got some store bought sponge cake as an offering to Loki and shamed them for it.

So this is a holiday to commemorate modern offerings and promote anti-bullying.

Ideas:

Anti-bullying awareness.

Get some store bought cake or other modern stuff to give as offerings and celebrate

Reflect on Loki as a deity of the Outcasts

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Loki's Holiday

December 13th

This holiday was proposed by Dagulf Loptson in his book "Playing with Fire".

This is because, on Dec 13th in Scandinavia, there is the feast of St. Lucia and the festival of light, which would symbolize the coming of light in the midst of darkness.

In his book Loptson states that he had asked Loki if there was a special day he could celebrate him, and the answer was Dec 13th, which he later learned was the day of St. Lucia.

So yes, this is the author's UPG, but it was widely adopted by the community.

In scandinavian countries the date also used to mark the Winter Solstice. As the longest night of the year, it was believed that all sorts of foul creatures would roam the earth, and the bringing of light could symbolize safety and the hope of warmer days to come.

While Loki and Lucia may not be directly related, they share a relation in the sense that they may come as "light bearers". Thus, many lokeans find it fitting to honor Loki on this day.

Ideas:

Celebrate the coming of light and Loki as a deity that brings fire, warmth and light

Give gingerbread treats, cakes, cookies, sweets, etc, as offerings

Celebrate with other Lokeans!

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Loki and Sigyn — 4th Day of Yule

December 23th

art by Ksenia Svincova

There is actually very little information on this holiday and how it came to be, and not many lokeans celebrate it.

So you may take this with a grain of salt.

From what I could find this one is actually tied to celebrating the 4th day of Yule and it honors both Loki and Sigyn.

It is a day to celebrate love (especially queer love) and devotion, as Sigyn loved Loki unconditionally, despite everything that he did and that had happened to him.

Supposedly, it also coincides with Saturnalia (Roman holiday, Dec 17th-23th), a day where social order is turned upside down — which is very much a Loki thing to do, as demonstrated in Lokasenna.

That said, I personally don't think the correlation with Saturnalia fits most heathens' practice. But Sigyn and Loki's relationship is highly defined by Her actions after Lokasenna, so I can see how you could make a connection.

Ideas:

Celebrate love, queer love

Pour libations

Do healing work and cleansing rituals

Celebrate Loki and Sigyn's union

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That concludes this post. Even if you do not work with, worship, or follow Loki, I hope you enjoyed the post!

Thank you for reading!

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tyetknot · 8 months

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I'm really proud of these constellation witch hats I've put together and while part of me is sure that they'll sell in a heartbeat at Hamilton Pagan Pride Day next weekend another, more insecure part of me is worried that they won't.

#witchcraft #wicca #pagan #crown and crescent #pagan festival #hamilton pagan pride day #Witch hat

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violetmoondaughter · 1 year

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On May the 1st we celebrate the fourth sabbath of the Wheel of the year, the midpoint between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. We celebrate the bloom of nature, the beginning of summer, the moment in which the earth is most fertile and so are animals and plants. We celebrate flowers, the queen of flowers, the goddesses Persephone, Flora, Demeter and the Antesphoria festival, Floralia festival, Chloeia Festival. We celebrate the horned god, Dionysus, the Anthesteria Festival. We celebrate the union, the conceive, the hierogamy. As it happens in the counterpart sabbath of Samhain the veil between our world and the underworld gets thinner creating a meeting between the two worlds. We cherish the spirits by lighting sacred fires, we dance around the sacred pole to honor and recall the fertility of the earth.

#witchcraft #witchblr #Strega #italianwitch #beltane #Wheel of the Year #flowers #spring #pagan witch #pagan festival #paganism #Persephone #flora #chloeia #antesphoria #floralia #maypole #walpurgisnacht

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wicked-witch-dude · 2 years

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Lughnasadh Blessings to everyone!

🌾🌾🌾🌻🌾🌾🌾

#witchblr #witchcraft #witch community #witches of tumblr #witch #witchythings #witches #pagan festival #celtic paganism #paganism #wheel of the year #lughnasadh #lugh #first harvest #pagan sabbats

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poetry-lair · 2 years

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So is the summer sky.

Like a bonfire,

even the sun burns intensely

and shines with a golden light.

Even Nature

is made of pure gold,

Like the fields of wheats

and the crystal clear water at noon.

This is how It greets Summer

and the golden hour.

Poem (C): Me

“Nude Nymphs dancing to Pan’s flute around the fire” (C): Joseph Tomanek

“A beaming Sunset” (C): Wojciech Weiss

“Olives trees with yellow Sky and Sun” (C): Vincent Van Gogh

“The Sower (Sower with Setting Sun)” (C): Vincent Van Gogh

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asterias-fallen-star · 4 months

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Finally getting round to properly creating a festival for Lady Asteria, but I have no clue what it’s name should be, any ideas? It’s surrounding new years

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iridescent-witch-life · 1 year

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For all my Southern Hemisphere witches, how to DIY a maypole for Beltane!

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hildathesaint · 6 months

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Are there any pagans and witches in the southern hemisphere that i can follow and share in the festival excitement with? I feel lonely practicing the festivals here in the South when the majority of my pagan mutuals are celebrating it the other way around. I would love to find a community i have a little more in common with season wise!

#paganblr #paganism #witchcraft #nature #witchblr #festivals #pagan festival

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proteidaes · 2 years

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New adopts coming soon!! 🎉🎉🎉 A collab project with @Angiculus inspired by 8 seasonal festivals ❄️💐🍂☀️

#adopts #adoptables #artists on tumblr #character designs #pagan festival #wheel of the year #YAAAAAA #SOON SOON SOON

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ihavenoideahowtodream · 7 months

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So me and my roommate go to the local pagan pride festival today so we dress fairly normally to go there. It's at the regional Irish Center. We walk in the front door and we immediately see a bar full of the local NFL team fans while a game is projected on the wall next to us. An announcer is very loudly narrating the game.

Our wardrobe?

Roommate:

Me:

The bar:

(This but they are all in blue jerseys)

And after an awkward beat this Karen looking woman just points to a back door and says, "you're through there" and I'm like, "thanks" we shuffle through the crowd and back there is a crowd that is a bit more familiar 🤣🤣

#pagan festival #football #it was a lot of fun #at one point i walked through the bar in front of the game eating a chicken sandwich with the sunglasses on #someone told me i looked like Crowley from #and im like yeah that was on purpose #florence welch #florence and the machine #good omens #a j crowley

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tyetknot · 7 months

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Scenes from a pagan festival.

I am indescribably tired, my feet hurt, my neck is sore, but I sold LOTS of things to lots of people, had my most profitable event EVER, and some local assholes didn't even bother showing.

Being the ritual/workshop co-ordinator is a lot of work on top of being a vendor, but it contributes to the event and I'm very proud that I got some really great workshop leaders for Hamilton Pagan Pride Day 2023. Lots of great feedback and lots of happy people and I'm glad everything went so well.

#wicca #witchcraft #pagan #crown and crescent #hamilton pagan pride day #HPPD2023 #pagan festival

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twistedkittyart · 9 months

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Lammas or Lughnasadh Blessings!

So as well as it being a full moon and the 1st of August today it is also the date that marks the celebration of the first fruits of harvest.

#lammas #lughnasadh #blessings #pagan festival #wicca #wiccan #festival #full moon #harvest

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violetmoondaughter · 10 months

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On June the 21st we celebrate the fifth sabbath of the Wheel of the year, the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, the end of the light half of the year and the beginning of darkness. During this sacred day Fairies and spirits of all kind reveal bringing their power to the earth and creating a thread of powerful energies. We Celebrate the Sun and its light that in this sacred day reaches its highest peach before starting to decline. We celebrate the clash between darkness and light, between life and death, and the departure of light with the return of darkness. We feast to celebrate and honour the gods and the spirits; we light the sacred fire and keep it lit to celebrate the sun and its waning power.

#witchcraft #witchblr #witches of tumblr #litha #summer solstice #Wheel of the Year #pagan festival #pagan witch #paganism #Strega #italian witch #faery folk #sun #Summer #midsummer #midsummer festival

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wicked-witch-dude · 1 year

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Blessed Samhain to all my amazing witches. 🍄🕷🦇💀🧙🏻‍♂️🎃

And a blessed Beltane to my witches in the southern hemisphere.

#samhain #pagan festival #pagan holidays #wheel of the year #witchblr #witch community #witches of tumblr #witchcraft #witchythings #witchy celebration #irish paganism #celtic paganism #beltane #blessed samhain #blessed beltane

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elhoimleafar · 9 months

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To all my beautiful witches & brujas everywhere, I wish you a Happy Time of Lughnassad/Lammas/Lúnasa and Imbolc for those living in the North or South respectively.

And a Happy & Blessed Aquarius Full Moon 🌝 may this gorgeous Super Moon bring to you all the light and manifestation you need.

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poetry-lair · 10 months

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The sun shines

in the vault of heaven,

radiating its warmth

while its rays

come down powerful

on earth.

Others little suns

blossom in the fields

bringing the light,

at the dawn of summer

Poem (C): Me

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