May
The May moon is known as... Hare moon, Merry Moon, Dyad Moon, Bright Moon, Flower Moon, Frogs Return Moon, Thrimilcmonath (Thrice-Milk Month), Sproutkale, Winnemanoth (Joy Month), Planting Moon.
May 1: Beltane. 'Rowan Witch Day' in honour of the Finnish goddess Rauni
May 4: Irish 'Sacred Thorn Tree Day'
May 5: Chinese 'Feast of the Dragon'
May 9: Greek 'Feast of Artemis'
May 9, 11 and 13: Roman 'Lemuria' Time to acknowledge the wandering spirits of family members
May 11: Massachussetts Bay Colony Puritans ban Christmas celebrations because they are too Pagan 1659
May 12: Indian 'Festival of Shashti' (forest god similar to pan)
May 15: Greek 'Day of Maia' (full moon goddess)
May 16: Indian 'Savitu-Vrata' honouring Sarasvari (Queen of Heaven)
May 19-28 : Greek and Roman 'Kallyntaria and Plynteria' purification festival
May 23: Roman 'Rosalia' Rose festival of Flora and Venus
May 24: Birth of Artemis/diana
May 26: Chinese 'Day of Chin-hua-fu-jen'
May 26-31: Roman 'Festival of Diana' as goddess of the wildwood
May 27: Final confession of witchcraft by Isobel Gowdie, Scotland 1662
May 30-31: Roman 'Feast of the Queen of the Underworld'
