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unusual facts about lunar phase


Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór

Early suggestions for interpretations of the stags included connecting them with the four elements, the four seasons, or the phases of the moon.


Ritual of oak and mistletoe

Pliny makes allusions to the moon on its sixth day, a waxing crescent moon, as an instrument of healing: here again there is corroborative evidence in that Celtic goddesses associated with healing and regeneration are sometimes depicted wearing lunar amulets; and the great temple of the healer-goddess Sulis Minerva at Bath, Somerset bears a carving of the Roman moon-goddess Luna.


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