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Ancestor Night

Ancestor Night proper noun: a festival celebrated by followers of Heathenry in late October or early November and based on the Germanic tradition of ancestor worship.

Proper noun

Ancestor Night

  1. (Germanic) A festival celebrated by followers of Heathenry in late October or early November and based on the Germanic tradition of ancestor worship.
    • This is Ancestor Night, the Feast of the Dead, the night strongest for communication with those gone into the shadow lands, those who now dwell over Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard.1991, D J Conway, Norse Magic, Llewellyn Publications, page 51
    • Other names are the Festival of Remembrance, the Feast of Apples, Ancestor Night or the Feast of the Dead.1999, Gail Duff, The Wheel of the Wiccan Year, page 23

Questions about Ancestor Night

What does Ancestor Night mean?
Ancestor Night means a festival celebrated by followers of Heathenry in late October or early November and based on the Germanic tradition of ancestor worship.
What part of speech is Ancestor Night?
Ancestor Night is a proper noun.

Words near Ancestor Night in the dictionary

  1. Ancells
  2. Ancenis
  3. anceps
  4. ancestim
  5. ancestor
  6. Ancestor Night
  7. ancestor spirit
  8. ancestor spirits
  9. ancestor worship
  10. Ancestor X
  11. ancestoral

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