"The Imbolc/Candlemas page: The traditional end of the Yule season in the Catholic Church is Candlemas on 2 February. This coincides with the pagan feast of Imbolc. I have created a separate page for this ancient feast which marks the embryonic quickening of the seed of light, first planted on the darkest night of the year during Winter Solstice."
Quelle:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170405080944/http:/www.mythinglinks.org/wintersolstice~2000.html
MYTH*ING LINKS
An Annotated & Illustrated Collection of Worldwide Links to Mythologies,
Fairy Tales & Folklore, Sacred Arts & Sacred Traditions
by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.