Mother's Night
English
Etymology
A calque, or perhaps a continuation, of Old English Mōdraniht.
Proper noun
Mother's Night
- A Anglo-Saxon midwinter feast recorded by Bede, or a modern version of this festival celebrated by some Heathens.
- 2005, Galina Krasskova, Exploring the Northern Tradition (Career Press Inc., →ISBN, page 181:
- The most sacred and important of all Heathen holy celebrations falls within this span of time and is called Modraniht or Mother's Night.
- 2005, Galina Krasskova, Exploring the Northern Tradition (Career Press Inc., →ISBN, page 181:
See also
- Ancestor Night