The pagan festival of Mabon is marked on the autumn solstice, which this year falls on Friday 23 September
), when pagans reflect on the past season and express their gratitude for the blessings in their lives.
The festival is held to thank Mother Earth for providing a good harvest to last through winter, with animals traditionally slaughtered and preserved at the equinox in order to provide enough food forAccording to modern pagan tradition, Mabon was named after a character from Welsh mythology, who was considered to be the god of light and the son of the Earth Mother named Modron.
However, some historians are now disputing this narrative and instead arguing that the name “Mabon” was adopted by pagans as recently as the 1970s.Today, many pagan groups choose to have a huge feast to mark the autumn equinox with their family and friends using seasonal foods such as apples, grapes, root vegetables and other seasonal products.
Another common ritual is to set up an altar with symbols of the season, as an offering to express gratitude.
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