This post is the first in the series about Celtic festivals. By the way, the story of our hidden object game begins exactly on the eve of one of those festivals. Have you already figured out which festival we’re talking about? If not, check out for our new posts to unravel this mystery!
But this time we’ll tell you about the Celtic calendar, so you’ll see why some festivals took their place on certain days.
To begin with, the alternation of day and night was very important for the Celts. And just as the daylight gives way the evening twilight the summer is followed by the winter. According to the Celtic calendar the summer began on the 1st of May, and the 1st of November was the beginning of the winter. The ancient Celts believed that some mysterious power awakes on the border of those two seasons. The powers of chaos were the most active the nights before May and November. They said, one could see fairies on those nights and even predict the future.
Thus, the Celtic calendar was formed rather by the cycle of agricultural works than the race of the sun (though equinoxes and solstices were also considered) and was rather focused on reflecting sacral festivals of the Celts than just the course of time.
The next time we’ll tell you about the most significant Celtic festivals, such as Beltaine, Samhain and others, so check out for our further posts! And meanwhile get some fun playing our adventure hidden-object game!
5 July 2010
