Midsummer

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cultural period folklore motif seasonal festival traditional celebration

Midsummer is the period around the summer solstice, traditionally associated with long days, seasonal festivities, and themes of magic and transformation in literature and folklore.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Midsummer canonical 2
Midsummer Day 1
Midsummer Eve 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural period ⓘ
folklore motif ⓘ
seasonal festival ⓘ
traditional celebration ⓘ
appearsIn drama ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
literature ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
hasTheme fertility ⓘ
love ⓘ
magic ⓘ
nature ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Baltic culture ⓘ
Celtic traditions ⓘ
Christian feast days ⓘ
European folklore ⓘ
Northern European traditions ⓘ
Scandinavian culture ⓘ
Slavic culture ⓘ
St John’s Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
St John’s Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ
agrarian calendar ⓘ
bonfires ⓘ
coming-of-age rites ⓘ
courtship rituals ⓘ
dancing ⓘ
divination practices ⓘ
feasting ⓘ
fire rituals ⓘ
flower wreaths ⓘ
folk beliefs about spirits ⓘ
folk medicine ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
harvest omens ⓘ
healing herbs ⓘ
liminality ⓘ
long days ⓘ
maypoles ⓘ
pagan customs ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
seasonal festivities ⓘ
short nights ⓘ
summer solstice ⓘ
sun worship ⓘ
thresholds between worlds ⓘ
water rituals ⓘ
isDepictedAs time of heightened magic ⓘ
time of transformation in stories ⓘ
time when supernatural beings are active ⓘ
occursAround summer solstice ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dear Brutus → timePeriodInFiction → Midsummer ⓘ
Midsummer in Leksand → celebratedOnOrAround → Midsummer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midsummer Eve
Feast of Saint John the Baptist → associatedWith → Midsummer ⓘ
Feast of Saint John the Baptist → hasAlternativeName → Midsummer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midsummer Day