A Gaelic word, pronounced "immOL'g" which, when literally translated, means in the belly [of the mother]. This is one of the eight Sabbats which celebrates the transition of the Goddess from Crone to Maiden. It also signifies the recovery of the Goddess after giving birth to the God at Yule. Usually celebrated on or around 2nd February with the first signs of Spring. Also known as Oimelc (milk of the ewe), Candlemas (Christian equivalent), Lupercus and Disting.
The Sabat marking The Festival of Lights celebrated Feb. 1. It celebrates the first stirrings of spring and the recovery of the Goddess from giving birth.
A Wiccan festival celebrated on February 2nd. Imbolc marks the first stirrings of spring and is a traditional time to practice magic.
The first fertility festival, celebrating the approach of spring and the growth of light in the darkness. (Wicca/Paganism) (February 2)
A Wiccan festival celebrated on February 2nd, also known as Candlemas, Lupercalia, Feast of Pan, Brigit's Day and many other names. Imbolc celebrates the first stirrings of spring and the recovery of the Goddess from giving birth to the the God at Yule.
Sabbat Festival held February 1.
Minor Sabbot. Festival celebrated on Feb. 2nd celebrating the first stirrings of spring.
(Gaelic, "in the belly") a Celtic term for Candlemas, as the time when the first stirrings of Spring begin in the Womb of the Earth Mother
a Wiccan festival celebrated on February 2 also known as Candlemas, Feast of the Waxing Light. it celebrates the arrival of spring.
a Wiccan Sabbat celebrated around Feb 2nd.
Celtic name for Candlemas.
IM-bowlk, IM-olk] Imbolc is one of the eight solar holidays, festivals or sabbats of the Neopagan wheel of the year, with some origins in Irish mythology and the pre-Christian Celtic calendar. Originally it was a pagan Irish festival celebrated on 1 February, which began, according to Celtic custom the evening before. Today modern neopagans either celebrate it on the 1st or 2nd.
Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, celebrated either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. Originally dedicated to the goddess Brigid, in the Christian period it was adopted as St Brigid's Day. In Scotland the festival is also known as Latha Fhèill Brìghde, in Ireland as Lá Fhéile BrÃde, and in Wales as Gwyl Ffraed.