Ancient Irish Celebration Connected to Fertility thiab Pib ntawm Lub Caij Ntuj Sov
Tej zaum koj tau hnov los sis nyeem txog lub tshav Bealtaine, los yog lub hli ntawm lub Tsib Hlis Ntuj hu ua Bealtaine hauv Irish, tab sis dab tsi yog zaj dab neeg tom qab no? Lub tsiab peb caug xyoo ntawm Bealtaine (qhov no yog Irish version ntawm qhov kev sau ntawv, nws kuj yuav raug pom los ntawm Anglicized Beltane , Scottish Gaelic Bealltaine lossis Manx Boaltinn thiab Boaldyn ) yog hnub Pagan uas muaj feem nrog rau Ireland, Scotland, Gaels, thiab tej zaum Celts feem ntau.
Nws tau, txawm li ntawd los, nyob rau ntau thaj chaw thiab lwm haiv neeg.
Bealtaine hauv Nutshell
Feem ntau hais lus, lub tsiab peb caug Bealtaine pib thaum pib lub caij ntuj sov, thiab yog qhov kev sib txuas ntawm hluav taws thiab fertility rituals. Teeb pom cov khoom noj khoom haus, tso pem Bush, lub tsev dai kom muaj paj, mus saib qhov chaw ntawm lub hwj chim zoo li qhov dej huv, thiab ntau dua kev ua neej thiab kev ua neej yog kev coj zoo.
Npav caij nruab nrab ntawm lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav thiab lub caij ntuj sov , Bealtaine nyob rau sab qaum teb (thiab chaw pib) yog pom nyob rau lub 1 hlis ntuj 1. Txawm li cas los xij, raws li kev cai qub thaum lub hnub poob ntawm hnub poob, li no lub Bealtaine kev ua koob tsheej ncaws tawm rau yav tsaus ntuj ntawm lub Plaub Hlis 30, feem ntau ntev dhau los txhua hmo.
Nrog Samhain , Imbolc thiab Lughnasadh, Bealtaine yog ib lub sijhawm zoo rau lub caij nyoog. Txawm nyob rau hauv tebchaws Ireland, lub caij ntuj sov yuav tsum pib rau lub Tsib Hlis 1. Kev lig kev cai.
Kub yuav zoo qhia tau tias, txawm tias huab cua sov sov.
Irish Bealtaine Kev Lom Zem
Lub tsiab peb caug ntawm Bealtaine tuaj yeem pom ntau zaus nyob rau hauv Irish cov ntaub ntawv thaum ntxov, qhia tias ob qhov tseem ceeb (los ntawm kev lees paub lub suab txhua), thiab kev paub dav txog dab tsi mus thaum lub caij festivities (thiab yog li tsis lees paub piav qhia ntxiv).
Muaj ntau lub ntsiab lus ntawm Irish mythology zoo li tau coj qhov chaw ntawm los yog ib ncig Bealtaine, tab sis yog cov keeb kwm yav dhau los tau ua rau me ntsis.
Tus kws sau ntawv keeb kwm Geoffrey Keating, nws yog sau nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 17th, hais txog qhov loj, hauv nruab nrab ntawm Hill of Uisneach rau Bealtaine li lig thaum nruab nrab hnub nyoog (lub sij hawm frustratingly undefined). Qhov no zoo li muaj kev txi rau ib tug pagan vajtswv, uas yog hu ua "Beil" hauv Keating cov ntawv. Alas, Keating tsis muaj qhov chaw thiab cov annals qub tsis ua pav ntawm no xyaum - nws yuav tsuas tau noj "kev tshoov siab" los ntawm Irish lus tseeb ntawm no.
Nyuj thiab Bonfires
Dab tsi yuav zoo li yog tias Bealtaine tau raug suav ua rau txhua lub tswv yim thaum pib lub caij ntuj sov hauv zej zog kev ua liaj ua teb. Qhov no yog hnub uas cov tsiaj nyeg tawm hauv cov plhaub thiab raug ntiab tawm rau lub caij ntuj sov, tshuav rau fend rau lawv tus kheej ntau zaus. Nws kuj qhia tias qhov kev coj noj coj ua los ntawm ib haiv neeg uas tsis tau sib txig kiag li - raws li Frazer hais txog "Golden Bough", hnub ntawm Bealtaine tau li seem me ntsis tseem ceeb rau cov neeg cog qoob loo, tseem ceeb heev rau cov neeg mob.
Thaum lub sij hawm cov nyuj drives, tiv thaiv rituals raug ua, ntau yam uas muaj nyiaj txaus.
Muaj, piv txwv li, ib qho kev lig kev cai uas cov tsiaj nyeg yuav tau tsav los ntawm kev sib txawv nruab nrab ntawm ob qho loj, blazing bonfires. Uas yuav tsum tau muaj ntau heev feat. Thiab tsis tsuas yog ib lub caij kev ntseeg, tab sis kuj yog ib lub sij hawm zoo rau tus herders qhia ntawm kev txawj, prowess thiab daring. Lub Gaelic versions ntawm Chris LeDoux, thiaj li hais, raws li tsis muaj nrog ib tug zoo hu nkauj-raws yuav ua raws li.
Tabsis qhov no yog qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws - yog ib lub tsev kawm ntawv uas xav tias yog tsav tsheb los ntawm kev sib txawv, tus herders yuav induce cab mus dhia nkoj (los yog qhov nyuj) nyob rau hauv kev ntshai ntawm tau txais hlawv. Ib rooj plaub ntawm "cleansing by hluav taws" yog puas tau muaj ib qho.
Cov tshauv ntawm lub bonfires twb tseem siv raws li ib tug fertilizer. Thiab lub bonfires tau ua ntawm cut-offs ntawm pliaj growths uas yuav tsum tau cleared rau nkawv noj rau lub caij ntuj tshiab.
Li ntawd, nws tau ua ntau dhau qhov kev txiav txim zoo. Thiab yog ib lub spectacle heev.
Ua Si Nrog Hluav Taws
Tau kawg ... lub teeb txhiab qhov cub thiab cov tub hluas yuav twv ib leeg ua si nrog nws. Thaum twb pom leej twg yog tus tswv ntawm tus cowherd, tam sim no yog lub sijhawm rau qee cov posing loj. Taws tsoo juggle, dhia dhau lub nplaim taws, sim ua rau tus pojniam nyiam. Yog, nws yog ib tug mating ritual, dhau lawm - saib kuv, poj niam, ua li cas nimble thiab daring kuv!
Qhov ntau dua sedate, laus dua tiam yuav, tiam sis, siv cov nplaim taws rau lawv tus kheej, feem ntau yog cov kab lig kev cai. Nws tau hais tias lub tsev hluav taws tau tua tawm ua ntej Bealtaine, lub qhov cub raug ntxuav tom qab ces rov qab siv lub cub tawg tawm ntawm lub Bealtaine hluav taws. Qhia txog kev sib tw nyob rau hauv pawg neeg lossis tsev neeg txheeb ze - tag nrho sib koom ua ke, kub siab rau lawv cov tsev neeg nrog dab tsi yuav suav tias yog tib yam hluav taws.
Kho cov vaj tse ntuj
Tshaj tawm ntawm lub tsev, tshwj xeeb yog qhov rooj thiab qhov rai, yog dai kom zoo nkauj nrog paj, "May Tsiaj" zoo li yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua koob tsheej rau ntau lub zej zog. Attested hauv seem ntawm Ireland mus txog rau thaum xaus ntawm lub xyoo pua puv ntoob raws li ib tug nyob kev lig kev cai, qhov no yog qhov me me thorn me me, decorated nrog paj, tab sis kuj ribbons thiab shells. Muaj ntau cov zej zog muaj kev sib koom ua ke May Bush teeb tsa nyob hauv ib qho chaw hauv nruab nrab. Ua kom pom tseeb rau cov festivities.
Thiab raws li lub hom phiaj rau kev ua tub sab - nws yog ib qho ua rau cov zej zog neeg nyob sib ze los sim mus nyiag txhua lub sijhawm Tsib Bushes. Ua thawj coj los ntawm cov phooj ywg sib tw ua rau cov taub hau tawg.
Nrog kev seev cev nyob hauv May Bush, hlawv ntawm lub hav tom qab lub festivities thiab cov kev sim kom nyas nws tseg ... tag nrho cov ntawm no yog reminiscent ntawm Continental kev lis kev cai uas lub May Pole. Uas ua rau qee cov neeg tshawb nrhiav ntseeg tias Tsoomfwv Lub Tebchaws Asmeskas yog qhov tseem ceeb rau tebchaws Iris, tsis yog ib haiv neeg kev lig kev cai.
Ua Si Nrog Hluav Taws Nyob Hauv Hav Zoov
Cov neeg nyeem ntawv zoo siab heev (xws li "Cov Mists of Avalon") yuav paub tias Bealtaine tseem yog lub sijhawm rau ... kev sib deev. Tom qab tau txais lawv cov adrenaline ntws, thiab testosterone siv, thiab ib txhia cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo zoo nkauj, cov txiv neej hluas yuav txeeb cov tub hluas ntxhais hluas thiab muaj kev lom zem. Huag, zoo li txhua yam kev tshwm sim loj (xav txog Bealtaine festivities ua lub pob zeb festivals ntawm lawv lub sijhawm), koj yuav muaj qhov no. Seb nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb yog tus neeg ntawd twv. Dab tsi yog tsoos yog kev ntseeg tias dew sau rau Bealtaine xav ua kom zoo dua rejuvenating tawv-huv.
Niaj hnub nimno Bealtaine kev ua koob tsheej thiab neo-Pagans feem ntau hais txog qhov no, ua tiag tiag los yog tsuas yog lam tau lam ua, nrog rau ntau ntawm cov nudity thiab lwm yam.
Qhov no, dua li, chimes nrog cov kev cai ntseeg hauv Continental Europe - Bealtain nyob hauv lub teb chaws Yelemees yuav hu ua Walpurgisnacht thiab ua hmo ntuj rau cov dab sib txawv kom sib sau ua ke nyob ib ncig ntawm lub ris tsho thiab muaj ... cov tsiaj qus. Ua ntej, ntawm chav kawm, nrog tus dab ntxwg nyoog thiab nws minions. Goethe immortalised qhov kev lig kev cai nyob rau hauv nws "Faust" thiab lub Brocken nyob rau hauv lub roob Harz tseem coj cov neeg coob hmo ...
Bealtaine hauv Ireland Hnub no
Raws li Irish raug dragged roj hmab thiab quaj qw rau hauv lub hnub nyoog muaj hnub nyoog, ua liaj ua teb ua noj ua haus tered tseg. Thiab cov neeg uas nrog Pagan keeb kwm tsis txais yuav los ntawm Catholic pawg ntseeg mus txawm sai dua. Nyob rau hauv kev tshwm sim, kev ua koob tsheej ntawm Bealtaine tau lom zem heev tuaj rau ntawm qhov nruab nrab ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th, nrog bonfires yog lub xeem pom tseeb ntawm cov laus kev lig kev cai. Thiab Irish lub npe ntawm lub hli ntawm lub Tsib Hlis - Mí Bhealtaine .
Tsuas yog hauv County Limerick thiab ib ncig Arklow ( Lub Nroog Wicklow ) ua kev cai Bealtaine tau siv sijhawm ntev. Nyob rau lwm qhov chaw, tau muaj kev txhawb siab. Tam sim no muaj kev tua hluav taws rau ntawm los sis ze Bealtaine ntawm tus ntug dej ntawm Uisneach.
Neo-Pagans, Wiccans thiab cov neeg tsim kev rov tsim dua (los yog kev tsim khoom) "Celtic" kev cai dab qhuas yuav pom Bealtaine ntau txoj hau kev, raws li cov kev cai lij choj uas lawv tau hais. Nws yog feem ntau yog kev noj haus ntawm lub neej-hais tseeb nrog rau qhov tseem ceeb ntawm pib lub caij sov. Nudity yeem.