October Lore

October Lore

October 1
The festival of Fides, the Roman goddess of good faith, honesty and oaths.

October 2
Selene's Moon

October 3
The festival of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry, also known as Bacchus to the Romans.

October 5
Day of the Holy Spirit (Greek)
Sophia, the spirit of female wisdom, disguised herself as a white dove, her sacred bird. Christianity retained only the symbol of the dove which is the giver of powers to Jesus at his baptism and also appeared to the apostles after Jesus was killed.
In the Gnostic tradition, Hagia Sophia, the Great Mother, was born from silence. She was the great revered Virgin in whom the Father was concealed before he created anything.

October 6
Artemis' Moon

October 9
The festival of Felicitas, the Roman goddess of good luck and joy.

October 11
The Meditrinalia, the festival of Meditrina, the Roman goddess of healing.

October 12
The festival of Fortuna Redux, the Roman goddess of successful journeys and safe returns from those journeys.
Crowleymass, as noted by Lauranz ov the Zee:
A holy day for magicians of a certain sort. Also the day the Indians discovered Columbus wandering around lost. I have a button that says, "Discover Columbus' Legacy: 500 years of oppression and stolen land."

October 13
The festival of Fontus, the Roman god of springs.

October 19
The Armilustrium, the second festival of Mars, the Roman god of war.
On this day, military arms were ritually purified and put in storage for winter.

October 22
Day of the Willows (Mesopotamia)

October 29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

October 31 - November 1
Samhain, the Celtic festival marking the beginning of the winter and the Celtic New Year. Also the rebirth of Caileach Beara, the Celtic goddess who turned to stone on May 1 (Beltane).
The tradition of Samhain still exists as Halloween or All Souls' Eve and All Souls' Day.
Geisternacht
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