
Lugh, depicted by Dustin Clare (here playing Gannicus in "Spartacus"), with a background found at morguefile, and a pentacle from banshee arts
Lammas occurs on the first or second of August. It is also celebrated as Lughnasadh. It is believed that Lammas comes from the Saxon phrase hlaf maesse, or "loaf mass."
Lammas is primarily a wheat harvest. It is a cross quarter day, falling between the midsummer solstice of Litha and the autumnal equinox of Mabon.
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