Mabon (September 21) is the fall equinox festival, Harvest Home, Mabon, the Harvest Festival, is a modern pagan ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and an acknowledgment of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and of the Gods during the coming winter months. Among the Sabbaths, it is the second of three pagan harvest festivals, preceded by Lammas and followed by Samhain. The Mabon season is a time when the greenery is in full swing and in few places is it more evident than in the vineyards. Grapes are plentiful this time of year, as the fall equinox approaches. This is a popular time to celebrate winemaking and the deities associated with the growth of the vine . Whether you see him as Bacchus, Dionysus, the Green Man, or some other vegetative god, the god of the vine is a key archetype in harvest celebrations.Eve.
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