Lughnasadh symbolism joins harvest with skill, work and communal gathering.
Lughnasadh symbols and meanings
- Grain: the first harvest and the work behind nourishment.
- Bread: transformation of grain through skill and labor.
- Harvest tools: work, craft and practical relationship with land.
- Games: assembly, competition and communal celebration.
- Market or fair: exchange and seasonal gathering.
- Berries: late-summer abundance.
- Sun: the ripening force behind harvest.
- Corn dolly: later harvest folk craft and modern symbolism.
- Hill or high place: traditional gathering and pilgrimage associations.
- Craft tools: skill and mastery in modern devotion to Lugh.
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Reference
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