| MABON Colors Brown, Orange, Violet, Maroon, Russet, Deep Gold
Other Names Autumn Equinox, Fall Equinox, Second Harvest, Festival of Dionysus, Wine Harvest, Alban Elfed, Cornucopia.
Symbols
Grapes, Wine, Vines, Garland, Gourds, Burial Cairns, Rattles, Horn of Plenty, Indian Corn, Sun Wheels.
Deities
Wine Deities, Aging Deities.
Activities
Wine making, Adorning Graves.
Taboos
Passing burial sites and not honoring the dead.
Animals
Dogs, Wolves, Birds of Prey.
Stones
Amethyst and Yellow Topaz.
Plants
Vines, Ivy, Hazel, Cedar, Hops, Tabacco.
Meaning
Celebrating the second harvest, balance, honoring the aging deities, honoring the spirit world, darkness overtaking light, celebration of wine.
Attunement Teas
(Individually or Blended)
All berries, grape drinks, heather, hops, sassafras.
Ritual Oils
Apple blossom, hay/straw, black pepper, patchouly.
Goddesses
All Grape-Berry Goddesses, All fruit-Vegetable Deities, Akibimi (Japanese), Anapurna (Indian), Cessair (Welsh), Epona (Celtic-Gaulish), Harmonica (Greek), Lilitu (Semitic), Mama Allpa (Peruvian), Modron (Welsh), Morgan (Welsh-Cornish), The Muses (Greek), Nikkal (Canaanite), Ningal (Sumerian), Ninkasi (Sumerian), Pamona (Roman), Rennutet (Egyptian), Sin (Irish), Snake Women (Aboriginal), Sophia (Greco-Hebriac), Sura (Indian).
Gods
All Wine Gods, All Non-Grain Harvest Gods, All Gods of Fruits, All Gods of Abandonment, Dionysus (Roman), Bacchus (Greek), Haurun (Canaanite), Hermes (Greek), The Great Horned God (European), Hotei (Japanese), Iacchus (Greco-Tuscan), Mabon (Welsh), Orcus (Roman), Thoth (Egyptian).
Lore
A traditional practice is to walk in wild places and forests, gathering seed pods and dried plants. Some of these can be used to decorate the home; others saved for future herbal magick.
Food
The foods of Mabon include grains, fruits and vegetables, especially corn. Cornbread is traditional fair, as are beans and baked squash.
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