Beltane Basics

Colors
Red, Green, White, Dark Yellow

Other Names
Beltaine, May Day, Walpurgisnacht, Walpurgiseve, May Eve, Rudemas,
Celtic Summer.
    

Symbols
Eggs, Flowers, Chalice, May Pole, Butterchurn, Flower Chaplet, May
Baskets.

Deities
Marriage/Sexual Union of Deities, All Mother Goddesses.

Activities
Wrapping the May Pole, The Great Rite, Gathering Flowers.

Taboos
Giving away fire, and giving away food.

Animals
Goats, Rabbits, Honey Bees.

Stones
Sapphire, Bloodstone.

Plants
Primrose, Cowslip, Hawthorn, Rose, Birch, Rosemary, Lilac.

Meaning
Union of God and Goddess, Sacred Marriage, All New Life, Fertility
for ALL Living Things, End of Winter (Celtic).

Attunement Teas
(Individually or Blended)
Burdock, Damiana, Hibiscus, Rose Hips, Saffron.

Ritual Oils
Passion Flower, Rose, Tuber Rose, Vanilla.

Goddesses
All Virgin Mother Goddesses, All Goddesses of Song and Dance, All
Flower Goddesses, All Goddesses of the Hunt, All Fertility
Goddesses, Aima (Hebraic), Aphrodite (Greek), Ariel (English),
Artmis (Greek), Baubo (Greek), Blodewedd (Welsh), Chuang-Mu
(Chinese), Cupra (Etruscan), Cybele (Greek), Damara (English),
Devana (Slavic), Diana (Greek), Erzulie (Voodun), Fand (Manx-Irish),
Flidais (Irish), Flora (Roman), Freya (Norse), Hilaria (Greek),
Ilamatecuhtli (Aztec), Kaikibani (Polynesian), Lofn (Norse),
Meilikki (Finnish), Perchta (Slavic), Prithbi (Hindu), Rainbow Snake
(Aboriginal), Rhea (Cretean), Rhiannon (Welsh), Sarbanda (Shiela-na-
gig Irish), Skadi (Teutonic), Tuulikki (Finnish), Var (Norse), Venus
(Roman), Xochiquetzal (Aztec) .

Gods
All Gods of the Hunt, All Fertility Gods, All Gods of Love, All
Young Father Gods, Arthur, King (Welsh-Cornish), Baal (Phoenician),
Bel/Belanos (Celtic), Beltene (Irish-Scottish), Cernunnons (Greco-
Celtic), Chores (Slavic), Cupid/Eros (Greco-Roman), Faunus (Roman),
Frey (Norse), Herne (Greek), The Great Horned God (European), Lono
(Polynesian), Manawyddan (Welsh), Odin (Norse), Orion (Grec-Arabic),
Pan (Greek), Puck (English), Robin Goodfellow (English), Telipinu
(Hittite).

Lore
Weaving and plaiting are traditional arts at this time of year, for
the joining together of two substances to form a third is in the
spirit of Beltane.

Food
Foods traditionally come from the dairy, and dishes such as marigold
custard and vanilla ice cream are fine. Oatmeal cakes are also
appropriate.