WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. − Happy Imbolc! Never heard of this Gaelic holiday? Whether you're celebrating it for the first time this year or keeping up an old family tradition, here's more information on ...

Imbolc is all about hoping for success in the farming season – and wishing for a fertile year ahead. It is one of the four key festivals in the Celtic calendar – the others being Beltane, Lughnasadh ...

Snow torches representing the return of the sun are used in a symbolic battle against winter in Huddersfield, England, in February of 2012. Getty Images/Bethany Clarke While some Americans looked to ...

Snow torches representing the return of the sun are used in a symbolic battle against winter in Huddersfield, England, in February of 2012. Getty Images/Bethany Clarke Pagans across the world are ...

(RNS) — Brigid means many things to many people. To Catholics, she’s St. Brigid of Kildare, one of the patron saints of Ireland. To voudoun practitioners, she’s Maman Brigitte. To Wiccans and many ...

Imbolc, one of the cornerstones of the ancient Celtic calendar, marks the start of the farming season. Celebrations centre around fire. Find this year's date in the multifaith calendar As the light ...

Analysis: Connections to Brigit, spring, cattle and animal husbandry show why so much of the material around Imbolc has become conflated over the centuries Imbolc or Imbolg (amongst many spellings of ...