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1、ADruidMissal-AnyLughnasadhY.R.XLVol.18Number5August1st,2002c.e.LughnasadhEssay:CycleofLughReprintedfromADruidMissal-Any,Lughnasadh1990ByEmmonBodfishughnasadh,festivalofthegodLugh.InonetraditionthesefestivitiesmarkedthefuneralgamesoriginallyheldbyLughinhonorofhismurderedfatherCian.Inanothert
2、radition,inIreland,theycommemoratethedeathofLugh’sdivinefostermotherTailtiu,whoclearedtheforestfromtheplainsofIrelandtomakethemfitforagricultureanddiedoftheeffort.SheisagoddessofagricultureandoneoftheIrishfemaleorigin-figures.Irishclansoftentracedtheirancestrytoafemaledivinity,agoddessofthe
3、land.LughisthesonofEthniuandCian,andthegrandsonofBalor,theelderSunGod,whomhelatervanquishesinbattle,reminiscentofZeusoverthrowingChronos.LughistheyouthfulCelticDeityofLight,eulogizedas“TheShiningOne.”SomeseeinhimanevolvedformoftheNeolithic“YoungYearGod,”representingtheSun,bornonWinterSolsti
4、ce,marriedatSummerSolstice,andtriumphantatLughnasadhwhenhebringstheharvest.HeisfatedtodieonSamhainattheendoftheharvestseasonandtosleepuntilthereturningoftheSunonWinterSolstice.Lughisthemulti-competentgod,patronofallcraftsandofcommerce,protectoroftravelers,poet,harper,physician,smithy,magici
5、an,anddefenderofthepeopleagainsttheiroppressiveFomorianking.SomescholarsthinkheiscognatewithGrecianApollo.Heismasterofthethrowingspearandhasthetitle“Lamhfada,”longarm,farreaching;heownsthespearthatcannotmissitsmarkbutseeksoutitsenemy.TheSunisnowhalfwaybetweenSolsticeandFallEquinox,andalread
6、ythedaysareperceptivelyshorter,thoughthestrongheatisstilltocome.Thisfestivalmarksthebeginningoftheharvest.Thefirstfruitsareofeachfarmsteadwerebroughtandofferedinthesacrifice.Sheephadbeensheared,andthesurpluswoolandlambscouldbebartered.InReformedDruidtradition,anymemberswhohaveagarden,afruit
7、tree,oratreethatgivesmastornuts,orwildlandthatgivesanyvegetablefood,bringthefirstfruitspickedthisseasontoofferintheLughnasadhbonefire.(NoAnimals!ThatwasforbiddenbytheReformin1963thatgaveusourorigin,constitution,andlaws.)Lugh’streeistheapple.Icannotfindas
