It’s the Solmōnaþ full moon tonight and as usual my family hearth will hold a rite to honour this. We use the translation cake-month for Sol-mōnaþ, as Bede referred to cakes being baked in this month which were given to the gods as offerings. Sôl is another name for Sunne (the sun) and lends to the translation Sun-month, however I would not agree entirely with this, England has very little sun in February and as the OE word Sunne is feminine it seems a more fitting name for the sun goddess – in my opinion of course. Saying that, she is often including in the names we invoke as our mead horn is passed around. Another translation for Solmōnaþ is mud-month and February is a very muddy month which, as a dog owner I can attest to!
It’s the Solmōnaþ full moon tonight and as usual my family hearth will hold a rite to honour this. We use the translation cake-month for Sol-mōnaþ, as Bede referred to cakes being baked in this month which were given to the gods as offerings. Sôl is another name for Sunne (the sun) and lends to the translation Sun-month, however I would not agree entirely with this, England has very little sun in February and as the OE word Sunne is feminine it seems a more fitting name for the sun goddess – in my opinion of course. Saying that, she is often including in the names we invoke as our mead horn is passed around. Another translation for Solmōnaþ is mud-month and February is a very muddy month which, as a dog owner I can attest to!
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