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Celtic calendar information


The Celtic calendar is a compilation of pre-Christian Celtic systems of timekeeping, including the Gaulish Coligny calendar, used by Celtic countries to define the beginning and length of the day, the week, the month, the seasons, quarter days, and festivals.[1]

  1. ^ Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 330.

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Celtic calendar

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The Celtic calendar is a compilation of pre-Christian Celtic systems of timekeeping, including the Gaulish Coligny calendar, used by Celtic countries...

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Irish calendar

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seasons, presumably inherited from earlier Celtic calendar traditions. For example, the pre-Christian Celtic year began on 1 November, although in common...

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Month

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was inserted in mid-summer. The Coligny calendar (Gaulish/Celtic) is an Iron Age Metonic lunisolar calendar, with 12 lunar months of either 29 or 30 days...

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Wheel of the Year

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Asia Celtic calendar Gaelic calendar Welsh seasonal festivals Germanic calendar Runic calendar Hellenic calendars Attic calendar Macedonian calendar Roman...

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Ancient Celtic religion

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Ancient Celtic religion, commonly known as Celtic paganism, was the religion of the ancient Celtic peoples of Europe. Because there are no extant native...

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Coligny calendar

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is the most important evidence for the reconstruction of an ancient Celtic calendar. It was found in 1897 in France, in Coligny, Ain (46°23′N 5°21′E /...

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Lunisolar calendar

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A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures, incorporating lunar calendars and solar calendars. The date of lunisolar calendars therefore indicates...

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Samhain

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festival of the dead. The calendar of the Celtic League, for example, begins and ends at Samhain. In the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages, Samhain is...

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Celtic art

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Celtic art is associated with the peoples known as Celts; those who spoke the Celtic languages in Europe from pre-history through to the modern period...

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Celts

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usages) or Celtic peoples (/ˈkɛltɪk/ KEL-tick) were a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages...

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Celtic astrology

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of the prehistoric Celts, see Celtic calendar This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Celtic astrology. If an internal link...

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Celtic seasons

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Celtic seasons may refer to: Celtic calendar List of Boston Celtics seasons List of Celtic F.C. seasons This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

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Quarter days

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13 January 2021. Rothovius, Andrew E. (29 November 2023). "Ancient Celtic Calendar: Quarter Days and Cross-Quarter Days". The Old Farmer's Almanac. "Government...

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Gregorian calendar

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The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull Inter gravissimas...

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Week

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the pre-Christian Celtic calendar. Traces of a nine-day week are found in Baltic languages and in Welsh. The ancient Chinese calendar had a ten-day week...

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Calendar

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A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation...

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List of calendars

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This is a list of calendars. Included are historical calendars as well as proposed ones. Historical calendars are often grouped into larger categories...

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List of multinational festivals and holidays

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Christmas/Epiphany Season. Paganism Imbolc: 1 February – first day of spring in the Celtic calendar. Satanism Lupercalia: 15 February – A TST Satanic celebration of bodily...

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Julian calendar

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Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still...

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Faerie faith

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re-interpretation of the Celtic ogham alphabet; however, scholars believe Graves's invention is not based on any actual Celtic calendar. In the Faerie Faith...

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Early Irish astrology

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based on continental Celtic artifacts like the Coligny calendar and reconstructions from historical documents. While the pre-Celtic megaliths in Ireland...

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Season

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Midsummer Night's Dream, which is set on the summer solstice. On the Celtic calendar, the start of the seasons corresponds to four Pagan agricultural festivals...

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Lughnasadh

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bread, and then symbolically sacrificing and eating it. Aonach Celtic calendar Gaelic calendar Wheel of the Year Dineen, Patrick S. (1927). Foclóir Gaeďilge...

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Assamese calendar

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The Assamese Calendar (Assamese: ভাস্কৰাব্দ, lit. 'Bhāskarābda') is a Lunisolar calendar, followed in the Indian state of Assam. The New Year in the Assamese...

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Apotropaic magic

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with the period following the harvest in the fall (for instance the Celtic calendar).[citation needed] In Ancient Greece, phalloi were believed to have...

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Islamic calendar

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Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic...

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List of unbeaten football club seasons

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division only, minimum 18 matches in league calendar) (National top division only, minimum 18 matches in league calendar) AC Milan Under manager Fabio Capello...

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