Bealtaine
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Untamed Maeve (2019) Hand embellished giclée print on bamboo paper.
Bealtaine is the second most powerful time of the year after Samhain. At Beltaine and at Samhain, it was thought that the veil between this world and the other world is at its thinnest: the Good People of the Hills were roaming freely, and humans had to take care not to disturb or offend them. Bealtaine was a time of feasting and fires, and cattle were driven between fires to protect them against illness and unseen powers. Bealtaine is a magical time of fertility and of sexual union and presided over by the ancient earth goddess Maeve (Meadb) whose name means ‘intoxication’.