Date: Fall Equinox
Other names: Feast of Avalon, Festival of Vine
Colors associated: Maroon, russet, orange
Symbols: Wine, apples, vines, garland, gourd, grapes
Alignment: Solar/Female
Threshold: Dusk
Sacred Foods: Wine, Breads, Wild Game, melons, stews
Deities associated: Harvest and Aging Deities, Wine Gods,
Mabon, Bran and Branwen
Incense: Mugwort, myrrh, sage
This is the second of the three harvest festivals, the last being Samhain. This is a celebration of the wine, the apples, all symbols of renewed life.
One of the names for this day, Feast of Avalon, is done because the name Avalon means 'land of apples', and some see Avalon as the land of the dead as well.
