APPENDIX A

LIST OF PAGAN HOLIDAYS

This list does not include every pagan event or festival, but encompasses some of the more common ones celebrated by pagans around the world. It also includes holidays from Celtic, Germanic, Roman, Afro-Caribbean, Shinto, and folk cultures. There are a large number of folk witches and pagans who observe specific Catholic saint feast days, so I've included some of those as well.

OCTOBER

October 4

Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi

Feast Day of Orula

October 31

Samhain Eve

NOVEMBER

November 1

Samhain

All Saint's Day

November 5

Guy Fawkes Night

November 11

Martinmas (Old Halloween)

DECEMBER

December 4

Feast Day of St. Barbara

Feast Day of Chango

December 17-23

Saturnalia

Winter Solstice

Yule (begins)

December 31

Hogmany

Omisoka

JANUARY

January 1

New Year's Day

January 5

Yule ends

FEBRUARY

February 1

Imbolc

February 2

Feast Day of Oya

February 3

Setsubun

February 14

Lupercalia

Feast of St. Valentine

MARCH

March 3

Hina Matsuri

Spring Equinox

Ostara

Shubun-sai

March 22

Feast Day of Orisha Oko

APRIL

April 22

Earth Day

April 30

Walpurgis Night

MAY

May 1

Beltane

May Day

May 5

Koi-no-bori

JUNE

June 6

Feast Day of Ochosi

Summer Solstice

Litha

June 24

St. John the Baptist Day

June 29

Feast Day of Ogun

June 30

Nagoshi-no-Oharai

JULY

July 13-15

Oban Festival

July 31

Lammas Eve

AUGUST

August 1

Lammas

Lughnasadh

SEPTEMBER

September 7

Feast Day of Yemaya

September 8

Feast Day of Oshun

Fall Equinox

Mabon

Harvest Home

September 24

Feast Day of Our Lady of Mercy

Feast Day of Obatala

September 27

Feast Day of Ibeji

September 29

Feast Day of Erinle