Mōdraniht or Modranicht (pronounced [ˈmoːdrɑniçt]; Old English for "Night of the Mothers" or "Mothers' Night") was an event held at what is now Christmas...
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celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, and the heathen Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht ("Mothers' Night"). The term Yule and cognates are still used in English...
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Brávellir Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern Ēostre Fimbulwinter Hjaðningavíg Mōdraniht Ragnarök Rheda (mythology) Yule Balmung Brisingamen Draupnir Dromi Eitr...
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of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail (Russia) Independence Day (Libya) Mōdraniht (Anglo-Saxon paganism) National Eggnog Day (United States) December 25...
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deities in the Anglo-Saxon calendar—the other two being Ēostermōnaþ and Mōdraniht. In chapter 15 of his work De temporum ratione, Bede provides information...
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temple buildings and cult centers. Matrika Dea Matrona Dís Idis Modron Mōdraniht Nehalennia Suleviae Lindow 2002, p. 224. Simek 1996, pp. 204–205. CIL...
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Vaikuntha Ekadashi: Mid December - Mid January: see "moveable". Historical Mōdraniht: or Mothers' Night, the Saxon winter solstice festival. Saturnalia: 17–23...
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wear pink clothing accessories on Mother's Day weekend. Father's Day Mōdraniht National Grandparents Day J. Ellsworth Kalas (October 19, 2009). Preaching...
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of U.S. TV series CSI:New York Search for "night-mother" on Wikipedia. Mōdraniht (English: Night of the Mothers), an Anglo-Saxon pagan festival All pages...
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Dísablót, Veturnáttablót and Blōtmōnaþ at the beginning of winter, Yule and Mōdraniht around Midwinter, and Hrēþmōnaþ and Sigrblót in the summer half of the...
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and deities within their respective mythologies/religions: Old English Mōdraniht ('Night of the Mothers'); Celtic and Germanic Matres and Matronae (Latin...
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could be corrected. Bede claimed that the greatest pagan festival was Modraniht (meaning Mothers' Night), which was situated at the Winter solstice, which...
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cognate of Vegdeg, a son of Woden. Modra, the 'Mothers', whose festival 'Modraniht' is mentioned by Bede. Possibly connected to the Matres and Matronae,...
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English deities, possibly extending from Proto-Indo-European religion Mōdraniht, the Old English "Mothers' night," also attested by Bede Old High German...
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Tamfana took place in the autumn, while Bede mentions a festival called Mōdraniht that occurred in early February, and Jonas of Bobbio's Life of Saint Columbanus...
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(character), a Marvel Comics character Search for "mother-night" on Wikipedia. Mōdraniht (English: Mothers' Night), an Anglo-Saxon pagan festival All pages with...
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and deities within their respective mythologies/religions: Old English Mōdraniht ('Night of the Mothers'); Celtic and Germanic Matres and Matronae (Latin...
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Hagiography of Baba Yaga - 2012 (Land of Decay) Asgardsreia - 2012 (Pitchfork) Modraniht - 2011 Woden's Galder - 2010 Beyond the Walls of Layla (35min video EP)...
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