Talk:Lughnasadh
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[edit] Merge
Parts of this article were merged from Lughnasa. [[User:Lachatdelarue|Lachatdelarue (talk)]] 04:06, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation of Lughnasadh
Is the pronuciation of Lughnasadh \'lüg-nə-səd\? Equivalently, (1) is the primary stress on the first syllable and (2) is the d at the end pronounced or silent?
I understand that it's pronounced "Loo-nas-ah" with the accent on the first syllable.
[edit] Sun God?
As the page on Lugh says, Lugh probably wasn't a sun god. I don't know to what extent his festival involved the sun, though. Someone ought to clarify this.
[edit] Sun
Let's try to work it out with good reason. Since Imbolc on the northern hemisphere coincides with Lughnasadh on the southern, and since Imbolc marks the middle between winter solstice and the first day of Spring Lughnasadh on the southern hemisphere is "the opposite" of Imbolc, which means Lughnasadh marks the middle between summer solstice and the first day of fall. These are the days when the sun gradually loses power and the days become shorter. Is this right and does it help? Still we need someone who knows. Limbonic 20:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge with Lammas?
Shouldn't this article be merged with the Lammas article? They are closely related and everywhere else I have ever read about them they are mentioned together. Pschroeter 18:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- Lammas is Anglo-Saxon in origin and Lughnasadh is Celtic in origin. Just because modern pagans have merged the two into one celebration does not mean they are equivalent for all time. Jacqui★ 14:03, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- I agree. Keep them separate. -- nae'blis 17:51, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Thought it might be interesting that a letter from my Irish great-etc. grandfather, written in 1849, mentions having left Belfast to sail to Philadelphia "just after Lammas." He was Church of England. Depjohnson 16:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Holiday in Switzerland
I find the sentence about the holiday in Switzerland to be confusing and in need of clarification:
"1 August as the national holiday of Switzerland, ancient homeland of the Iron Age Helvetii, with its traditional bonfires might trace to this ancient Celtic tradition."
- Should it say "1 August is the national holiday of Switzerland..."?
- Maybe add some additional information, such as:
"On 1 August, the national holiday of Switzerland, it is traditional to celebrate with bonfires. This practice may trace back to the Lughnasadh celebrations of the Helvetii, Celtic people of the Iron Age who lived in what is now Switzerland."
This is how I read the sentence, but I am not familiar with Swiss culture and not sure if my interpretation of the above sentence is correct.
-Massjit 21:01, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
OK, this needs a lot of work. I'm going to start the process that some of us have been doing with the other Gaelic festivals, using the changes on Samhain as a model. --Kathryn NicDhàna 05:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Sabbats" Template
I have removed the "Sabbats" box that was recently placed at the top of this article. I feel it is misleading in that it re-instates the POV that Lunasa is primarily a Wiccan or Neopagan thing. We have worked hard to make this and the other Gaelic fire festivals more historically accurate, and more reflective of the spectrum of people who observe the festival. We have a Gaelic festivals nav box at the bottom, and links in the body to the Wiccan "wheel of the year"; we do not need an additional nav box for the Wiccan sabbats. --Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 20:47, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pronounciation
l̪ˠuːnˠəsˠə would not be too bad -however velarising the s might be hard for many people
the -adh is /@/ in Connacht
