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Mabon [may-bahn], occurring around September 21st, is celebrated as the final harvest of the season. This sabbat was important in ancient times, as the comeout final harvest was crucial in whether or not people survived the long winter ahead. Night and day are equal in time once again.

Grapes were gathered and pressed, then put away to become wine, at this time of year. They were considered sacred by early pagans. Those who followed Dionysus, a god of resurrection, honoured wine and grapes as symbols of rebirth and transformation.

Herbs that have been dried after their harvest, for longer keeping, are gathered and stored now. At this time, after the last harvest, scattering offerings in the harvested fields can be done, as well as offering drink to trees around your yard and home. You can also decorate burial sites and graves of passed loved ones, to honour them.

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::aka::
Mabon
Autumnal Equinox
Wine Harvest
Feast of Avalon
Equinozio di Autunno (Strega)
Alben Elfed (Caledonii)
Winter Finding (Teutonic)

::goddesses::
Morgan
Epona
Persephone
Pamona
the Muses

::energies::
appreciation
equality
balance

::colours::
brown
orange
yellow
red
purple
blue

::stones::
sapphire
yellow agate
lapis lazuli
amethyst
yellow topaz

::plants and herbs::
honeysuckle
marigold
milkweed
myrrh
passionflower
rose
sage
solomon's seal
thistle
grains

::objects::
gourds
pine cones
acorns
grains
apples
pomegranates
horns of plenty

::incense::
mugwort
sage
myrrh
red poppy

::activities/rituals::
wine making
offerings to the land (foods, herbs, plants)
gathering dried herbs
adorning burial sites to honour those passed-over
bringing in harvests
preparing for the coming cold weather
walking in nature (woods, fields, gardens)