July Lore

July Lore

July 3
Dog Days (Greek For the Dog Star, Siruis; Hecuba period goes from 7/3-8/15)

July 7
Nonae Caprotinae ("the nones of the wild fig"), the second festival of Juno, the chief Roman goddess.

July 8
Celebrated by Lauranz as Pussycat Birthday. The Great Grey Hilda Cat was born in the bedroom closet on July 8th, 1963. Since then, any cat whose birthday I did not know (which is actually all my subsequent cats) gets this day as the arbitrary birthday.

July 10
DAY OF HOLDE (Germany, Norse, Anglo Saxon; also Hel)

July 14
O-Bon Festival, the Festival of Lanterns (Japan; All Soul's Day)

July 15
Chung Yuan, Festival of the Dead (China)

July 18
Birthday of Nepthys, Goddess of Death (Egypt)

July 23
Neptunalia, the festival of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea.

July 27
PROCESSION OF THE WITCHES; Diana/Hecate (Belgium)

July 29
Moon of Hecate (Roman)

July 31
Lauranz writes: Lughnassad. Of course.
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