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minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHalloween is not a fertility festival, it is a fall harvest festival. Like Oktoberfest. The fertility festival is in Spring, and it’s called May Day.
minus-squareDaBPunkt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe Oktoberfest is not a fertility festival. It was created to celebrate a royal wedding. The German fertility festival is called „Erntedank“ (~“thanks for the harvest”).
minus-squarerambaroo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYeah I know. It just doesn’t sound like anything in the Bible so I assume it’s some weird bastardization of paganism. Or just completely made up. I’m only saying this because all the cool parts of “Christian” holidays like the Easter bunny and much of Christmas come straight from paganism.
Halloween is not a fertility festival, it is a fall harvest festival. Like Oktoberfest.
The fertility festival is in Spring, and it’s called May Day.
The Oktoberfest is not a fertility festival. It was created to celebrate a royal wedding. The German fertility festival is called „Erntedank“ (~“thanks for the harvest”).
*Beltane
Yeah I know. It just doesn’t sound like anything in the Bible so I assume it’s some weird bastardization of paganism. Or just completely made up.
I’m only saying this because all the cool parts of “Christian” holidays like the Easter bunny and much of Christmas come straight from paganism.