What do you do for Mabon?

[PinkFluffyButterflies]

Since next Tuseday will be Mabon, and thus the start of fall, I was wondering how everyone here celebrates?
I'll start.
I made a wreath last year and I think I'll make a new one this year. A friend and I cut three apples before drowning them in honey and carmel, we offered them to the god and goddess. We also made a punch out of fresh fruit (that was messy!) before dancing in front of my fire place and casting a protection spell.  

[Violet Song jat Shariff]

Now might be a wonderful time to point out that not everyone here celebrates Mabon.  

[TeaDidikai]

PinkFluffyButterflies

Since next Tuseday will be Mabon, and thus the start of fall, I was wondering how everyone here celebrates?

Since I'm not Norse, I don't celebrate Mabon.

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I cut three apples before drowning them in honey and carmel, we offered them to the god and goddess.

Which god and goddess?  

[Collowrath]

I don't celebrate Mabon, regardless of where it comes from. smile I do, however, have some traditions that come about with the start of fall.

We get out old photos of our ancestors (some are very old, so we don't like to keep them out all the time), and put them out on display. We keep a candle with them, a plate, and this year I've added a glass of water.

Also, this year, I made a doll of the god Jarilo, who passes with the coming of fall. I buried him in a special place and sung for him.

Near the end of October, there are a couple of feast days, for our ancestors. The plate I mentioned before is filled during those dinners generously, and the food is later burned. On the last day of October, I'll make a wreath and get some things ready, and on November 1st I'll take them to my grandparents' grave, clean it up, and decorate it for the winter.

Some of this is cultural tradition, some of it is not.  

[TeaDidikai]

Collowrath

I don't celebrate Mabon, regardless of where it comes from. smile I do, however, have some traditions that come about with the start of fall.

We get out old photos of our ancestors (some are very old, so we don't like to keep them out all the time), and put them out on display. We keep a candle with them, a plate, and this year I've added a glass of water.

Also, this year, I made a doll of the god Jarilo, who passes with the coming of fall. I buried him in a special place and sung for him.

Near the end of October, there are a couple of feast days, for our ancestors. The plate I mentioned before is filled during those dinners generously, and the food is later burned. On the last day of October, I'll make a wreath and get some things ready, and on November 1st I'll take them to my grandparents' grave, clean it up, and decorate it for the winter.

Some of this is cultural tradition, some of it is not.

Any special foods or is it what you're having?  

[TeaDidikai]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

TeaDidikai

PinkFluffyButterflies

Since next Tuseday will be Mabon, and thus the start of fall, I was wondering how everyone here celebrates?

Since I'm not Norse, I don't celebrate Mabon.

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I cut three apples before drowning them in honey and carmel, we offered them to the god and goddess.

Which god and goddess?

Confusion. I thought Mabon was Welsh?

D'oh. You're right. I screwed the pooch on that one.

I thought it was Norse because I was told the solar festivals in generic neo-paganism lifted from Norse sources. A quick crosscheck shows you're right. My bad.  

[AniMajor]

Even if I celebrated Mabon, I doubt I would do much for it. Holidays and celebrations, to me, always involve family gatherings. If there's no family gathering, then the holiday loses all meaning.

Since no one else in my family is anywhere near pagan, it would just be empty rituals to me.

Thanksgiving, though, is a pretty big deal. Halloween used to be when I was younger, too.  

[TeaDidikai]

AniMajor

Even if I celebrated Mabon, I doubt I would do much for it. Holidays and celebrations, to me, always involve family gatherings. If there's no family gathering, then the holiday loses all meaning.

Since no one else in my family is anywhere near pagan, it would just be empty rituals to me.

Thanksgiving, though, is a pretty big deal. Halloween used to be when I was younger, too.

I can understand that.
We have some walnut trees here, I think I'll end up making some dye and working with eggs. I have a project in the works, so it could be helpful to do a bit of art.  

[PinkFluffyButterflies]

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Now might be a wonderful time to point out that not everyone here celebrates Mabon.

Yes I know that. I still like to talk about things like this. Mabon isn't the only fal celebration so part of my hope was to learn about the others. I'm still new to all this.

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Which god and goddess?

Just the god and goddess. I don't name them because I feel their names would be sacred. Though given the time of year it would probably be Mother Goddess and Aging God.

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Any special foods or is it what you're having?

Last year my friend made pork chops with a berry sauce. I'm fixing a stew this year.  

[TeaDidikai]

PinkFluffyButterflies

Mabon isn't the only fal celebration so part of my hope was to learn about the others. I'm still new to all this.

Should have asked then.

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Just the god and goddess. I don't name them because I feel their names would be sacred. Though given the time of year it would probably be Mother Goddess and Aging God.

Wait... so you're not actually honoring gods but archetypes?  

[Collowrath]

TeaDidikai

Collowrath

I don't celebrate Mabon, regardless of where it comes from. smile I do, however, have some traditions that come about with the start of fall.

We get out old photos of our ancestors (some are very old, so we don't like to keep them out all the time), and put them out on display. We keep a candle with them, a plate, and this year I've added a glass of water.

Also, this year, I made a doll of the god Jarilo, who passes with the coming of fall. I buried him in a special place and sung for him.

Near the end of October, there are a couple of feast days, for our ancestors. The plate I mentioned before is filled during those dinners generously, and the food is later burned. On the last day of October, I'll make a wreath and get some things ready, and on November 1st I'll take them to my grandparents' grave, clean it up, and decorate it for the winter.

Some of this is cultural tradition, some of it is not.

Any special foods or is it what you're having?

There are some cultural foods, like halushky (potato and flour dumplings), and pirohy that I like to make. This year, I'm working on my medovniky recipe - honey cakes. They're a Christmas thing, but since I'm looking to perfect my repertoire of cakes, kolache, and breads, those are definitely going to be on the menu. Other than culturally relevant foods, I'm of the opinion that my ancestors would appreciate foods they liked in life, unless they show otherwise.

I as well have a walnut tree nearby. I really need to start learning how to make pisanky (we usually call them kraslice?) in detail. My immediate family never made them

PinkFluffyButterflies

Though given the time of year it would probably be Mother Goddess and Aging God.

I find the surface parallels between my mythology and eclectic neopaganism... well, I'm not sure how I feel about it actually. It's a little interesting though. sweatdrop  

[Maze]

I don't celebrate Mabon, but I have a friend who does/did (was it this week?)

She has an interest in Wicca, but no longer follows that path and from what little I gathered - she's a new friend/acquaintance, and we mostly talk at work, so there isn't always time - her path is a little unclear so far.

She has a friend or acquaintance who uses runes on a medicine wheel, so I'm not sure what to make of that yet.. Seems to work for him, though. *shrugs*  

[TeaDidikai]

Collowrath

There are some cultural foods, like halushky (potato and flour dumplings), and pirohy that I like to make. This year, I'm working on my medovniky recipe - honey cakes. They're a Christmas thing, but since I'm looking to perfect my repertoire of cakes, kolache, and breads, those are definitely going to be on the menu.

There's a buckwheat pan bread... are you familiar with it?

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Other than culturally relevant foods, I'm of the opinion that my ancestors would appreciate foods they liked in life, unless they show otherwise.

One more thing we have in common.

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I as well have a walnut tree nearby. I really need to start learning how to make pisanky (we usually call them kraslice?) in detail. My immediate family never made them

PM me. We'll talk.  

[Calixti]

Anybody going to say what the hell Mabon is? Besides, apparently, a Welsh name for the autumn equinox?