Mean Sámhraidh
This is the Summer Solstice.
Other names for the Summer Solstice are:
- Alban Heflin
- Alben Heruin
- All-couples day
- Feast of Epona
- Feast of St. John the Baptist
- This is obviously a Christian celibration, predominately celibrated by the Roman Cathlic Christians.
- Feill-Sheathain
- Gathering Day
- Johannistag
- Litha
- is selibrated by Wiccans. It is aGermanic name for summer
- Midsummer
- Almost every pagan faith I know of, refers to this day as Midsummer, as well as their respective holy names for the day.
- Sonnwend
- Thing-Tide
- Vestalia
- Northern Solstice
- June Solstice
- first point of Cancer
- Taurus Solstice
- Aestival Solstice
- Midsommar
- is a Swedish name for the solstice.
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