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* '''Bealtaine:''' (''Irish'') May; the word literally means “bright fire” | * '''Bealtaine:''' (''Irish'') May; the word literally means “bright fire” | ||
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* '''Baal:''' fertility god of the ancient Semites | * '''Baal:''' fertility god of the ancient Semites | ||
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160109 Third Census of Finnegans wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160109 Third Census of Finnegans wake] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:51, 21 December 2006
- bonfire night: the eve of 24th June, also known as Midsummer’s Eve or St John’s Eve
- Beltane: the pagan Celtic spring festival, which took place on 1 May
- Bealtaine: (Irish) May; the word literally means “bright fire”
- baal: (Danish) bonfire
- Baal: fertility god of the ancient Semites
