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Autumn equinox and Mabon
Day and night again equal in September, kept in the modern Pagan calendar as Mabon, a thanksgiving for the harvest.
About Autumn equinox and Mabon
The September equinox is the second of the two times in the year when day and night are close to equal. Modern Pagans call it Mabon, a name chosen in the 1970s from the Welsh figure Mabon ap Modron, though no old festival bore that name. The sabbat is a second harvest and a time of balance, with apples, grain and wine used in rites. Traditional farming societies in Europe held harvest suppers and fairs around the same time, and Michaelmas on 29 September has its own customs. The date falls on 22 or 23 September in most years.
Entries tied to it
Also part of it, and being written: Mabon (The modern Pagan name and its origin.), Equinox (The astronomical event.).
Written by the EveryJaadu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Mabon" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family, and are described as belief and practice. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
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