Midsummer - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Midsummer: Encyclopedia - Midsummer
Midsummer, or Litha as it was known by the ancient Germanic peoples and to this day by many Neopagans, refers the period of time centered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midsummer: Encyclopedia Ii - Midsummer - National Traditions
Midsummer - Denmark. In Denmark the solstitial celebration is called Sankt Hans aften ("St. John's Eve"). It was an official holiday un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midsummer: Encyclopedia Ii - Midsummer - History
In the 7th century, Saint Eligius (died 659/60) warned the recently-Christianized inhabitants of Flanders against these pagan solstitial ...   » Read the article

Article - Wiccan Holidays: September 21 - Autumnal Equinox - Harvest Home
September 21 - Autumnal Equinox - Harvest Home In many mythologies, this is the day the Sun God, the God of Light, is killed by his riv...   » Read the article

Article - Wiccan Holidays: June 21 - Summer Solstice - Litha
June 21 - Summer Solstice - Litha Although the name 'Litha' is not well attested, it may come from Saxon tradition - the opposite of 'Y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beltane: Encyclopedia - Beltane
Beltane or Beltaine (from Irish Beáltaine or Scottish Gaelic Bealtuinn; both from Old Irish Beltene, "bright fire" from *belo-te(p)niâ)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy: Encyclopedia - A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a 1982 film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot revolves around a weekend party bringing toge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chester Midsummer Watch Parade: Encyclopedia - Chester Midsummer Watch Parade
Chester Midsummer Watch Parade - History. The Chester Midsummer Watch Parade began in 1498. At every Summer Solstice, Cestrians would m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Litha: Encyclopedia - Litha
Litha, also called Midsummer, marked the turning point between the months of Erelitha and Afterlitha in the ancient Germanic calendar, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anann: Encyclopedia - Anann
In Irish mythology, Anann (Anu, Ana) was a mother goddess. She may be identical with Danu and/or Aine. She has particular associations wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bottom: Encyclopedia - Bottom
Bottom can refer to: the Buttocks Bottom (sex) Bottom (BDSM) Bottom (band) Nick Bottom, a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1595: Encyclopedia - 1595
1595 - Events. January 30 - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. William Shakespeare writes A Midsu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonfire: Encyclopedia - Bonfire
A bonfire or balefire is a large controlled outdoor fire made from bales of straw or wood. The word is believed to be a corruption of "bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Áine: Encyclopedia - Áine
In Irish mythology, Áine (also Aillen) was a goddess of love, growth, cattle and the sun. She was the daughter of Egobail, and sister of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quarter Days: Encyclopedia - Quarter Days
In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, and rents and rates were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thule: Encyclopedia - Thule
Thule or Tile is in classic sources a place, usually an island, in the far north, often Scandinavia. Ultima Thule in medieval geographers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariel Shakespeare: Encyclopedia - Ariel Shakespeare
Ariel is a fictional sprite who appears in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. He is bound to serve the magician Prospero, who rescue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wedding March Mendelssohn: Encyclopedia - Wedding March Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn's Wedding March is one of the best known of the pieces that he wrote for A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1842. At weddings in ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archaeoastronomy And Stonehenge: Encyclopedia - Archaeoastronomy And Stonehenge
The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge has long been studied for its possible connections with ancient astronomy. Archaeoastronomers have...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academy Award For Film Editing: Encyclopedia - Academy Award For Film Editing
The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. Academy Award for Film Editing - 1930s. 1934 Eskimo - Conr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wedding Music: Encyclopedia - Wedding Music
From the sixteenth to the twentieth century a church wedding would involve the bride walking alone slowly down the church aisle to a proc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chester Midsummer Watch Parade: Encyclopedia Ii - Chester Midsummer Watch Parade - History
The Chester Midsummer Watch Parade began in 1498. At every Summer Solstice, Cestrians would march through the streets carrying torches an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scandza: Encyclopedia Ii - Scandza - Myths About Scandza
Some claim that Scandza only referred to Scania, which must be due to not having read Jordanes, since the description covers all of the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scandza: Encyclopedia Ii - Scandza - Geographical Description
Jordanes referred to Ptolemy's fairly correct description of Scandia which was described as a great island shaped like a juniper leaf (i....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scandza: Encyclopedia Ii - Scandza - The Inhabitants
Jordanes names a multitude of tribes living in Scandza, which he named the Womb of nations, and they were taller and more ferocious than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare-told: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare-told - The Episodes
ShakespeaRe-Told - Much Ado About Nothing. Adapted by David Nicholls Broadcast 7th November 2005 Set in a local news studio, with Beat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Bond Uncollected Short Stories: Encyclopedia Ii - James Bond Uncollected Short Stories - Plot Summaries And Publication Details
James Bond uncollected short stories - Blast from the Past. First publication: Playboy, January 1997 issue. In publication order, this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Bridges In Cambridge: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Bridges In Cambridge - Current Bridges In Cambridge South To North
List of bridges in Cambridge - Footbridge Coe Fen. Links Coe Fen behind the Leys School over a second small bridge to Lammas Land, near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holidays In Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - Holidays In Sweden - Tradition
In Swedish tradition many holidays have their main celebrations not on the Day but on the Eve of the holiday, meaning one day earlier. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birding With Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Birding With Bill Oddie - Series 1: 1997
Broadcast: Wednesdays 21 February - 28 March 2000 Birding with Bill Oddie - 1. Minsmere in Early May. A day in the life of Britain's be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birding With Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Birding With Bill Oddie - Series 2: 1998
Originally Broadcast Fridays 11 May - 8 June 1998. The Dorset, Farmland and Shetland episodes were repeated Fridays - January - 11 Februa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Comedies
Shakespeare on screen - All's Well That Ends Well. BBC Television Shakespeare All's Well That Ends Well (TV, UK, 1980) Released in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Tragedies
Shakespeare on screen - Antony and Cleopatra. BBC Television Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra (TV, UK, 1981) Released in the USA as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Histories
Shakespeare on screen - Henry IV Part 1. BBC Television Shakespeare Henry IV Part I (TV, UK, 1979) Released in the USA as part of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianization: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianization - The Christianized Calendar
Several Christian feasts occupy moments in the year that were formerly devoted to pagan celebrations. Familiar examples are the Roman Sat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianization: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianization - The Christianized Calendar
Several Christian feasts occupy moments in the year that were formerly devoted to pagan celebrations. Familiar examples are the Roman Sat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fairy: Encyclopedia Ii - Fairy - Fairies In Literature
William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream deals extensively with the subject of fairy-folk and their interaction with a group ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Love's Labour's Won: Encyclopedia Ii - Love's Labour's Won - Evidence
In Francis Meres's Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury (1598), Meres lists several of Shakespeare's plays. His list of comedies reads as follow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walpurgis Night: Encyclopedia Ii - Walpurgis Night - Sweden And Finland
Walpurgis is one of the main holidays during the year in both Sweden and Finland, alongside of Christmas and Midsummer. The forms of cele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chester Racecourse: Encyclopedia Ii - Chester Racecourse - History
The 65-acre racecourse lies on the banks of the River Dee. The site was a harbour from the Roman settlement of the city, through the Dark...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banausos: Encyclopedia Ii - Banausos - Revivals
It has been conjectured that the Elizabethan use of "mechanical" (as in e.g. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) is a translation of b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Girls Next Door: Encyclopedia Ii - The Girls Next Door - Episodes
Number Title Airdate Season 1 01: Meet the Girls 8/7/2005 02: The New Girls in Town 8/7/2005 03: Happy Birthday, Kendra! 8/14/2005 04: W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Wales - Holidays
The patron saint of Wales is Saint David, Dewi Sant in Welsh. St. David's Day is celebrated throughout the country on 1 March, which some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Alfee: Encyclopedia Ii - The Alfee - Single Discography
Titles are listed chronologically, oldest at the top. The titles are listed in English translation first, followed by the original Japane...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intermezzo: Encyclopedia Ii - Intermezzo - Instrumental Intermezzo
In the 19th century the intermezzo acquired another meaning: an instrumental piece which was either a movement between two others in a la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minack Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Minack Theatre - History
The theatre was the brainchild of Miss Rowena Cade, who lived at Minack Cottage. In 1929 a local village group of players had staged Shak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo - History Of The Symbol
The adoption of this animal's form for the zodiac sign has been attributed to the fact that when the Sun was among its stars in midsummer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corporation Of London: Encyclopedia Ii - Corporation Of London - The Lord Mayor And The Sheriffs
The Lord Mayor of London and the two Sheriffs are chosen by liverymen meeting in Common Hall. Sheriffs, who serve as assistants to the Lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archaeoastronomy And Stonehenge: Encyclopedia Ii - Archaeoastronomy And Stonehenge - Early Work
Stonehenge is aligned north east — south west, and it has been suggested that particular significance was placed by its builders on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oberon Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Oberon Moon - Name
The name "Oberon" and the names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by Herschel's son John Herschel in 1852 at the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oberon Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Oberon Mythology - French Heroic Song
The name Oberon got its literary start in the first half of the 13th century from the fairy dwarf Oberon (from Midsummer Night's dream) t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oberon Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Oberon Mythology - Other Historical References
In 1616, Ben Jonson wrote a masque of Oberon, or the Fairy Prince. In 1826, Carl Maria von Weber's opera, Oberon, or the Elf-King's Oath ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elves In Fantasy Fiction And Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Elves In Fantasy Fiction And Games - The Elves Of Tolkien
Tolkien had little use for the diminutive elven prettiness and whimsy found in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and in var...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lord Mayor Of London: Encyclopedia Ii - Lord Mayor Of London - Election
The Lord Mayor is elected by Common Hall, a body of representatives of the City's Livery Companies. Common Hall is summoned by the sittin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Rylance: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Rylance - Life And Career
Rylance was born in Ashford, England, to Anne and David Rylance, both English teachers. When he was two, his parents moved to Connecticut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Titania Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Titania Moon - Name
The name "Titania" and the names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by Herschel's son John Herschel in 1852 at th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tynwald Day: Encyclopedia Ii - Tynwald Day - Participants
Midsummer Courts were sometimes presided over personally by the Lords of Mann, but, more often, by representatives, as the Lords of Mann ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Season Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Season Society - The Season In London
The original Season is the "London Season", coinciding with the sitting of Parliament, and beginning some time after Christmas, and runni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wesleyan College: Encyclopedia Ii - Wesleyan College - Campus
Wesleyan College has an arboreal 200 acre (800,000 m²) campus dotted with revivalist Georgian style brick buildings. It features a 6.3 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meta-reference: Encyclopedia Ii - Meta-reference - Early Uses Of Meta-reference
Meta-reference can be traced back to traditional asides to the audience in theatrical productions, a feature of dramatic presentation whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malvern Hills Aonb: Encyclopedia Ii - Malvern Hills Aonb - History
The Iron Age fortress at the top of the Herefordshire Beacon known as British Camp is composed of extensive ramparts that have been compa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Midsummer: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Midsummer
MIDSUMMER: the festival celebrated about June 21, on the Summer Solstice. An excellent time for magick and is the height of the God's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olivia De Havilland: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia De Havilland - Career
De Havilland's career began co-starring with Joe E. Brown in Alibi Ike in 1935. She appeared as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, her ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olivia De Havilland: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia De Havilland - Career
De Havilland's career began co-starring with Joe E. Brown in Alibi Ike in 1935. She appeared as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, her ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wedding Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Wedding Music - European And American Weddings
From the sixteenth to the twentieth century a church wedding would involve the bride walking alone slowly down the church aisle to a proc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pansy: Encyclopedia Ii - Pansy - Pansies In The Arts And Culture
In 1827, Pierre-Joseph Redouté painted "Bouquet of Pansies". In 1926, Georgia O'Keeffe created a famous painting of a black pansy called...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gypsy Moth: Encyclopedia Ii - Gypsy Moth - Effects Of Defoliation On Trees
The effects of defoliation depend primarily on the amount of foliage that is removed, the condition of the tree at the time it is defolia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fly Yoko Ono Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Fly Yoko Ono Album - Track Listing
Fly Yoko Ono album - Disc 1. "Midsummer New York" (3:51) "Mind Train" (16:52) "Mind Holes" (2:47) "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg - Plot
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Act I. Scene 1. The curtain opens on the interior of St. Katherine's Church in Nuremberg. Mass is jus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T. Rex Band: Encyclopedia Ii - T. Rex Band - Discography
T. Rex band - As Marc Bolan. "The Wizard" b/w "Beyond The Rising Sun" (11/1965) "The Third Degree" b/w "San Francisco Poet" (6/1966) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hugo Alfvén: Encyclopedia Ii - Hugo Alfvén - Composer
Alfvén became known as one of Sweden's principal composers, together with Wilhelm Stenhammar. Alfvén's music is in a late-Romantic idio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Fictional Character: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Fictional Character - Examples
Fictional fictional character - Individual characters. Itchy and Scratchy Suicide Squid Captain Proton Dixon Hill Atreyu Wart from Sup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xia Meng: Encyclopedia Ii - Xia Meng - A Star Is Born
How Xia Meng stepped into movie industry was in fact an unintentional one. In 1950,curiousity has driven Yang Meng and her friends to vis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stonehenge: Encyclopedia Ii - Stonehenge - Replicas And Derivative Names
Stonehenge's fame has led to numerous efforts to recreate it, using a variety of different materials, around the world. Some have been ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Characters Of The Sandman: Encyclopedia Ii - Characters Of The Sandman - Puck
Puck is a brown-furred trickster and hobgoblin appearing several times in The Sandman. The character is implied to be the inspiration for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Kigo: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Kigo - Summer: 6 May—7 August
List of kigo - The Season. dog days midsummer Summer (natsu); other combinations are Summer has come (natsu kinu), End of summer (nats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Fantasy Award For Best Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - World Fantasy Award For Best Novel - Award Winners And Finalists
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel - 1975. The 1975 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Kirby McCauley. Judges were R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Characters Of The Sandman: Encyclopedia Ii - Characters Of The Sandman - Oberon
Oberon is a character in the comic book series The Sandman and The Books of Magic. He is seen for the first time in Sandman #19 as Aubero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Characters Of The Sandman: Encyclopedia Ii - Characters Of The Sandman - Titania
Titania is a character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman. She is also known as Mab. Characters of The Sandman - In The Sand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Characters Of The Sandman: Encyclopedia Ii - Characters Of The Sandman - Puck
Puck is a brown-furred trickster and hobgoblin appearing several times in The Sandman. The Puck aids the Norse God Loki in kidnapping Dan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Characters From The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Characters From The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Grunthos The Flatulent
Grunthos the Flatulent was the poetmaster of the Azgoths of Kria, writers of the second worst poetry in the universe, coming between the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Midsummer: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Midsummer
MIDSUMMER - the Sabbat observed at the Summer solstice which honors the Sun God at the height of his power and the Goddess as the preg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Encyclopedia - A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the mid-1590s. A Midsummer Night's Dream - Date...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Midsummer: Pagan Holidays Wheel Of The Year Dictionary On Midsummer - The Summer Solstice - June 22
Midsummer - The Summer Solstice - June 22 Also known as Litha or Vestalia, Midsummer marks the longest day of the year. It is the time...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saint Johns Eve: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Saint Johns Eve
SAINT JOHNS EVE: Also see Midsummer Sabbat.   (See also: SAINT JOHNS EVE , Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary) &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Balefire: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Balefire
BALEFIRE: A fire lit for magickal purposes, usually outdoors. They are traditional on Yule, Beltane, and Midsummer.   (See als...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gwyl Canol Haf: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Gwyl Canol Haf
GWYL CANOL HAF: The Welsh Midsummer Sabbat; beginning Sundown, June 21 or 22; Depending on the date of the Solstice.   (See als...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mother: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Mother
MOTHER: The aspect of the Goddess representing motherhood, mid-life, and fertility. She is represented by the full moon, the egg, the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Balefire: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Balefire
Balefire (Bale- Anglo-Saxon: gift) 1)    A traditional fire lit outdoors and used during the Wiccan and Pagan holidays:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Balefire: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Balefire
BALEFIRE: a ritual fire built for a outdoor Sabbat Festival. The Balefire is used for magickal purposes and is traditionally lit on Yu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bawming The Thorn: Witch Witchcraft Dictionary On Bawming The Thorn
BAWMING THE THORN: The act of dressing or adorning a living tree with flowers and ribbons and making merry with great celebration afte...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Balefire: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Balefire
BALEFIRE - 1. Function is both magickal & practical. Used during Holidays: Beltane, Midsummer, Lughasadh & Mabon. (TRASB) 2. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fairy Magic: Spiritual Dictionary On Fairy Magic
Fairy magic: (1) Magical operations based upon the legendary fey folk, elemental in nature and relating to the seasons and their assoc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Balefire: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Balefire
Balefire (Bale- Anglo-Saxon: gift) 1)    A traditional fire lit outdoors and used during the Wiccan and Pagan holidays:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sabbat: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Sabbat
SABBAT: 1) A Wiccan festival which celebrates the changing of the seasons.. A time of rejoicing and celebration, when no work is done...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tammuz, Thammuz: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tammuz, Thammuz
Tammuz or Thammuz A Syrian and Phoenician deity corresponding to Adonis. In Babylonia, the Greek story of Venus and Adonis is repeated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Encyclopedia Ii - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Synopsis
The play features three interlocking plots, all of which are connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Encyclopedia Ii - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Date And Sources
It is not known exactly when A Midsummer Night's Dream was written or first performed, but it is assumed to be between 1594 and 1596. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midsummer: Encyclopedia Ii - Midsummer - Neopaganism
Midsummer, usually referred to by the traditional name, Litha, is one of the eight solar holidays or sabbats of Neopaganism. It is celebr...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Ix - M
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IX - M . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article