June Solstice A Long Day 3: Spirit of the Season








Good day! And welcome to Day 3 of the Three Cranes Grove Solstice-a-Long

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Here’s one of the days where the Northern and Southern hemispheres will diverge a bit. On Day 3 we welcome a personification or deity of the season.


Southern Hemisphere:  Welcoming the Winter Wanderer.  The most obvious example of this is Odhinn, but there may be others that fit this from the other pantheons. After re-lighting the candles from Day 1 and 2, place a figure of this spirit on the altar. If you’re greeting Odhinn, those woodland-style Santas work really well.  Whomever it is, an offering of mead or ale to welcome them in from their journey, and maybe some apple or grain for their steed (Sleipnir) if they have one.

Image result for german santaNorthern Hemisphere:  Welcoming the Spirit of the Greenwood.  The spirit of the growing season can be personified by the Green Man (not strictly pagan, I know), but there could be others in other pantheons.  Lighting his candle and then putting an appropriate symbol and offering for him.

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