

It marked the start of a new business year, a time for electing officials, making contracts, paying rent, hiring servants, holding court and starting school. In England, it was considered the start of a new quarter. From fairly early on, Michaelmas was an important holiday, the religious or Christian equivalent of the autumn equinox. It is the most ancient of all the angel festivals.It is re-deployed to overwrite other pagan celebrations around the autumn equinox. Michaelmas/Gwynn Ap Nudd ~ This is the feast day of St. Ancient Norse Gods and Goddesses are invoked to protect the spirit of the harvest throughout the dark half of the year

Norway: A Pagan festival celebrating the harvest is held on this date each year.

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