Lugh the Sun
The light of the world stems from Lugh. Embodied as the sun itself, Lugh and Danu are the sustainers of all life. Some organizations of the old pantheon place Lugh as the head of the gods. He is depicted as either simply the sun itself, or sometimes an otherworldly being of light with six feathered wings and one hundred eyes.
Worship
Lugh’s faithful often keep shrines atop open hilltops where the sun can easily shine down upon it. Many keep stringed together eagle feathers in their homes and keep symbols of a blazing red sun upon their mantles. Worship of Lugh is considered especially blasphemous amongst the Faith of the Sacred Flame, who view the Old God as a perverse personification of light and fire.
Ritual
Every year on the longest day, worshipers will dance around their shrines and drink honeyed mead and eat fresh fruits in a joyous celebration of the sun and all it offers. Often, they infuse their drinks with herbs and wild mushrooms and strip themselves of all clothes and belongings and bask in the sun to be one with Lugh.
Comments