#mabon deity

[catdraiochta]

both can't afford and don't have space for a proper Mabon altar right now, but i found this picrew and made a digital altar in His name! He was there with me, helping me choose the things He likes the most.

[dionysianivy]

𝐌𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐧

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙣 𝙀𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙭 🌾🍎🕯

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What is Mabon?

Mabon, celebrated around September 21 to September 29, marks the autumnal equinox and the second harvest of the year. It’s a time of balance, as the hours of light and dark stand equal, symbolizing the transition between summer and winter. It's a time when witches and practitioners honor the changing seasons, express gratitude for the Earth's abundance, and connect with the energies of balance and transition. The term "Mabon" for this celebration is named after Mabon ap Modron, a character from Welsh mythology. It is often associated with the mythological theme of the abducted and imprisoned child who later becomes a hero, which parallels the changing seasons.

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Who is Mabon Ap Modron?

Mabon ap Modron, also known as Maponus, is a character from Welsh mythology. In some versions of the myth, Mabon is portrayed as a divine hero or a child who was abducted from his mother, Modron, and imprisoned. He is rescued after 3 years and plays a significant role in Welsh mythological tales. The name "Mabon" itself means "son" or "young man" in Welsh, and it is connected to the theme of rebirth and the return of the light.

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Hades × Persephone and the Autumn Equinox

Legend has it that on the last day of summer, Hades, the god of the Underworld, saw Persephone picking flowers in a field. He immediately fell in love with her and abducted her, wanting to keep her by his side as the queen of the dead. Upon discovering the disappearance of her daughter, Demeter, the goddess of harvest, set out to find her. Unable to locate Persephone, Demeter’s sorrow and despair were so overwhelming that the flowers, trees, and all vegetation withered, bringing all growth on Earth to a halt. The gods of Olympus, who were powerless to ignore the prayers of humans, reached a compromise with Hades regarding Persephone’s return. She would spend only six months each year with Hades in the Underworld. To avenge herself, Demeter decreed that during those six months, nature would mourn, and nothing would grow on Earth until Persephone ascended again from the Underworld.

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Magical Correspondences

Planets: Sun, Mercury

Season: Autumn 

Element: Water 

Time of Day: Dusk

Tarot: The Hermit 

Colors: Brown, Maroon, Red, Orange, Purple, Yellow, Gold

Herbs: Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Chamomile, Cedarwood, Juniper, Mugwort, Dried Apple

Fruits: Grapes, Apples, Pears, Plums, Blackberry, Pomegranates

Vegetables: Carrots, Corn, Onions, Pumpkin, Squash

Runes: Dagaz, Inguz, Eihwaz, Jera

Crystals: Amethyst, Agate, Citrine, Tiger's Eye, Amber, Yellow Topaz

Trees: Apple, Oak, Aspen, Cedar

Goddesses: Pomona, Demeter, Epona, Inanna, Ishtar, Kore, Modron, the Morrigan, Persephone, Banbha, Autumnus, Hestia

Gods: Dionysus, Mabon ap Modron, Hades, Dumuzi, the Green Man, Hermes, Thoth, Cernunnos, Osiris, Freyr

Flowers: Marigold, Chrysanthemum, Aster

Animals: Deer, Dog, Wolf, Blackbird, Squirrel, Salmon, Swan

Magical uses: Abundance, Accomplishment, Agriculture, Balance, Goals, Gratitude, Grounding, Harvest, New Beginnings, Reflection

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Activities to do:

🍎 create your own Cornucopia

🍎 make a special Mabon jar

🍎 bake an autumn recipe

🍎 eat apple pie

🍎 harvest your garden

🍎 light a bonfire and dance or tell stories with your loved ones around it

🍎 do a guided meditation to welcome the new season

🍎 clean your garden

🍎 listen to Mabon music on Youtube or Spotify(there are plenty of playlist you can find!)

🍎 spend time with your deity/deities

🍎 grab some autumn flowers and bring them into your home

🍎 rest and relax♡

🍎 read about Mabon

🍎 clean your house to prepare for the season

🍎 take a walk outside to connect with nature and be grateful for the summer that has passed and warmly welcome the beauty of autumn

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Food and Drinks:

apple pie, apple cider, wine, grapes, root vegetables, apples, cornbread, baked good made from wheat or grains, cakes with cinnamon or nutmeg, roasted meat, pork chops, mashed potatoes, peach jams, fruit tarts, apples in all forms, pumpkin pie

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useful sources: Magie Blanche by Eric Pier Sperandio

gifs credit: Pinterest

Tip jar🍎🌾

[virgo-vestalis]

Autumn Equinox Rituals Honoring Hestia

Create a seasonal protection spray and ward your home, or just use the ingredients as a spell jar:

🍁 Ingredients: rose petals, dried apple slices, pink salt, cinnamon, sage, bay leaf, cloves. (optional for spell jar: crystals: black tourmaline, amethyst. seal with black wax or cord.)

🍁 if doing a spell jar: write a protection charm/prayer on a piece of paper and put it inside. If making a spray, say it out loud while warding. For example: "Blessed Keeper of the Hearth, protect all who dwell here whether they be near or far away, safe they will be with the ingredients of this spray."

🍁 add the sigils of Hestia-Vesta.

Create a simmer pot to cleanse your house:

🍎 Ingredients: apple slices, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, orange/blood orange slices, star anise, vanilla extract (optional), pumpkin pie spice (optional)

🍎 Add all ingredients to a pot on a stove with enough water (around 6 cups depending on the size of your pot)

🍎 Cast a cleansing spell/prayer as it boils and you start to smell the aroma. Let the rising vapor be an offering to Hestia and ask Her to help you cleanse your home with it. Reduce heat to a simmer and add more water to replace the water that has evaporated for as long as you want. Remember to practice kitchen safety!!

Some foods you can make and charm with intentions:

Cinnamon oat bread - for success, abundance, prosperity, and wealth (this is my favorite recipe - just add cinnamon when combining all ingredients)

Pomegranate glazed salmon - for abundance, fertility, rebirth, honors Persephone's return to the Underworld, and invokes Hestia Polyolbos

Mashed sweet potatoes or butternut squash - for protection, harmony, friendship

Pumpkin ricotta pasta - for wealth, prosperity, love, fertility

Apple cider - for health and healing

Eat anything that's in season and feel the energy of the Earth (warmed and heated by Hestia at its molten core) warm your soul. Thank Her for these gifts.

Please feel free to add and share any more ideas you have!

[keysatthecrossroad]

Hekáte, Keeper of Keys, Mover of Stars, Mistress of Mysteries,

Bring balance to the Light and Dark,

Reveal the strands of time and space so that we may find its equal.

Mother of All, bring forth the warm autumnal hues, glowing beneath Your Torches,

The crisp air, the cool breezes, the Earth that shivers beneath Your Cloak.

Goddess of the Harvest, let us reap Your ways,

Let us keep Your name,

Let us celebrate this Equinox, this new season, in honor of and in devotion of You.

[blossomingsouthernwitch]

How wild is it that, when I went grocery shopping for a big feast I’m making to celebrate the autumn equinox, there was only ONE pomegranate in the whole store. It was definitely meant for me!

[dionysian-salvia]

today was so nice. the love and care from my deities on my birthday/mabon was just so nice. :3 im so happy

[ordinarily-unordinary]

Me stealing lil thingies for Dio

My mom wondering where her wine bottle corks are going: ??? Me running to my room hunched over like a lil gremlin to put them on Dio's altar: hehehehehe >:3

[goldenlyre]

🍁Blessed Mabon🍁

pumpkin loaf i baked this morning. also yeah this account is still active im still alive, life happens and i forgot about this account.

[nixieofthenorth]

Mabon/ Ostara Masterpost

As Mabon/Ostara is around the corner I wanted to share my Mabon posts for my fellow Northern Hemisphere practitioners, and Ostara posts for my practitioners in the Southern Hemisphere.

The History of Mabon Mabon Facts Mabon Correspondences Mabon Crystals Mabon Colors Mabon Plants Mabon Oils & Incense Mabon Animals Mabon Foods Mabon Ritual & Magick Mabon Deities Mabon Altar Mabon Activities Last Minute Mabon Ideas

Ostara History Ostara Facts Ostara Correspondences Ostara Colors Ostara Crystals Ostara Incense & Oils Ostara Plants Ostara Animals Ostara Food Ostara Altar Ideas Ostara Ritual & Magick Ostara Deities Ostara Activities Last Minute Ostara Ideas

[poorbrokemess]

Usually I throw away my leaving after a spell or anything like that. (Unless I can compost or reuse)

Well tonight after my failed making of a felt stick. I saw the Mabon bowl.

*goes to do the usual*

"I think I'll try to burn it instead for Zeus since I didn't invite him like a jerk"

I don't usually do this because more often than not it won't burn without me constantly adding flame.

Not this time.

Not this time at all 😅

All I did was add a candle and take out things not for burning then use an insence stick to light it. Starting with bay and cinnamon and then this 😅

*fire safety is important, I have an extinguisher, etc, also done next to a fan vent.*

I forgot the bowl had been annointed with oil 🪦

I had to salt it and take it outside to smoke because it was so much 😅

My bowl is burnt.

This is why I don't share. I'd never light fire to my own bowl( it's plastic, I use plastic 😂)

Well

There ya go Zuse lol

[catdraiochta]

i felt mabon's presence with me while watching game grumps and having some whiskey, strangely. i could feel him laughing, so I poured him a bit of my whiskey, and we spent an hour or two together. how lovely is that!

[dionysianivy]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐩 🍂

When you have a troubling thought that won’t leave you in peace, take a dried leaf. As you crush the leaf, imagine that it represents your problem, and then release it into the wind, letting it go.🕯🍂

[magicaeblood-coven]

I lit a candle for Aphrodite because I feel she might be reaching out or i feel really connected with her and I would like her guidance for self love

I do also feel connected with other deities whether it’s just me liking them or they are actually reaching out I would like to set up altars for all the ones I like or want to work with

I also did a Mabon gratitude bowl

I think it went well

[caylachildofhades]

Nothing says modern day paganism like having to work on Mabon

[the-little-spiritual]

[thelabyrinthstar]

hey its the equinox. it does not matter if its spring or autumn where you live... are you again in the tags searching for correspondence deities for this time of the year?

have you think about dionysos?