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Festivals for Flora Roman Goddess of Flowers and Tellus Goddess of Earth

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flora faunaFlora, Roman Goddess of flowers, begins her appearance in the spring soon after the first frosts melt, with the appearance of the crocus.

The festival of Floralia is still celebrated from April 28th through May 1st and has a correlation with the May Day festivals of pagans everywhere. It is a fertility rite associated with both sisters: Flora for the birth of the flowers and Fauna for the birth of the spring lambs and other animals.

Roman Mythology

In Roman mythology, Tellus, Goddess of the Earth had the two daughters who had small temples for bringing flowers and small animals for honoring their contribution to the plants and animals that made up the food stores for the people of Rome.

Tellus is closely associated with the Greek Goddess Ceres and has her own festival held from January 24-26 to set out offerings so that the frozen ground would once again yield food for the coming year.

Flora is also identified with the Greek Goddess Chloris (See where we get the name “Chlorophyll”? The naturally occurring chemical that causes plants to grow green.

Fauna is associated with the Greek mother earth Gaia Goddess and had temples built in her honor as early as 268 BCE, or Before Common Era, which is a term largely used by pagans and neopagans everywhere who choose to use it rather than B.C., or “Before Christ”.

The Goddess Fauna has her own festival which is called Fordicidia and is traditionally held on April 15th, when cows are just getting ready to bear their calves.

Today’s Mother Earth Festivals

A very simple way for today’s practitioners of the mother earth faith is to celebrate Imbolc on February 2nd. The Roman Catholic Church changed the name to “Groundhog Day” when they were trying to convert pagans to Christianity. It was thought that if they were allowed to keep some of their holidays and simply twist them slightly it would make the conversion easier: To observe that winter was ending, and to celebrate both Flora and Fauna along with other fertility Goddesses on May Day.

May 1st every year is a symbol and hope that the coming months might bring fertility and prosperity. Flora, Roman Goddess of flowers, is honored during the celebrations by participants wearing a crown of flowers in their hair; while Fauna is honored by letting loose rabbits! (Hmmm Easter bunnies?)

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