December 21 - Yule The longest night of the year. From this night on,
light returns with the lengthening of the daylight hours.
Many cultures hold a Festival of Light to honor the Goddess as Mother
giving birth to the Sun God. "Yule" comes from the Norse word for
"wheel", and many of our customs derive from Norse and Celtic Pagan
practices (the Yule log, the tree, the custom of Wassailing, et al).
Great yule logs were burned to help the sun to shine more brightly, and
people drank mead around the bonfires listening to minstrel-poets
singing ancient legends until dawn. This image shows the wise Father
Solstice bringing his precious gifts, and Lucina, a Scandinavian Goddess
who wears a crown of candles and brings a tray of sweets to herald the
coming light. The evergreen tree covered with decorations and fruits
reminds us of the ever renewing cycle of life. A Pentacle, symbol of
perfected humans, crowns the tree. This is a great time for self-growth,
abundance, fertility, and above all, hope for the future.
20" wide x 24" tall
rayon Batik
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