Imbolc

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Celtic festival pagan festival religious observance seasonal festival

Imbolc is a traditional Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring, closely linked with the goddess Brigid and themes of purification, light, and renewal.

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Surface form Occurrences
Imbolc (traditional association) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic festival ⓘ
pagan festival ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
seasonal festival ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Brigid NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme fertility ⓘ
hearth ⓘ
home ⓘ
light ⓘ
purification ⓘ
renewal ⓘ
calendarType cross-quarter day ⓘ
culture Gaelic ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
Manx NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ
date 1 February ⓘ
2 February ⓘ
elementAssociated fire ⓘ
water ⓘ
follows Samhain NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Imbolg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oimelc NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo Candlemas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Brigid's Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedToConcept lambing season ⓘ
lengthening of days ⓘ
return of the sun ⓘ
marks beginning of spring ⓘ
observedIn Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isle of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Celtic seasonal festivals ⓘ
precedes Beltane NERFINISHED ⓘ
revivedBy Wiccans ⓘ
modern pagans ⓘ
ritual blessing of wells ⓘ
lighting of candles ⓘ
lighting of hearth fires ⓘ
making Brigid dolls ⓘ
making Brigid's crosses ⓘ
spring cleaning ⓘ
visiting holy wells ⓘ
symbol Brigid's cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brigid's doll ⓘ
candles ⓘ
fire ⓘ
white cloth ⓘ
timeOfYear early February ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Celtic mythology → associatedFestival → Imbolc ⓘ
Brigid of Kildare → feastDay → Imbolc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imbolc (traditional association)
Wicca → celebrates → Imbolc ⓘ
Celtic festival Samhain → relatedFestival → Imbolc ⓘ
subject surface form: Samhain