(Fittingly, storks return to Europe from Africa about 9 months after the summer solstice.) After the founding of the Polish state and the simultaneous introduction of Christianity to its territory in ...

For many, the summer solstice still means longstanding rituals – perhaps a bonfire, a pagan-inspired celebration, or even a pilgrimage to Stonehenge. In fact, around 10,000 visitors are ...

Neo-pagan celebrations at Stonehenge gained popularity from the early C20th onwards. The summer solstice is an opportunity to celebrate the long summer days. The winter solstice reminds us that ...

After this day, the days will lengthen until the summer solstice in June ... faithful to a celebration of pagan origin observed for thousands of years. The winter solstice, traditionally ...

The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the year for the 88 percent of Earth's people who live in the Northern Hemisphere.

One of the most well-known places to celebrate the solstice ... Jānis is a Latvian pagan deity, and he’s celebrated at the summer solstice in Riga in Latvia. Local custom dictates that you ...

The summer solstice is almost here ... The tradition us thought to date back to a pagan festival celebrating fertility and the triumph of light over dark. People who follow druidic traditions ...

Every year around the summer solstice, Swedes gather to celebrate ... Rooted in ancient pagan traditions, this celebration honors the arrival of summer and the fertility of the Earth.

is often seen as a forerunner to modern Christmas celebrations. This lively holiday was a time for honoring their Roman god Saturn and embracing pagan winter solstice traditions. Originally held ...

many cultures celebrate various combinations of the solstices, the equinoxes, and the midpoints between them, leading to various holidays arising around these events. The summer solstice fire ...

with the arrival of the summer solstice. So what is a solstice, exactly? It's the result of Earth's north-south axis being tilted 23.4 degrees toward the sun. This tilt causes different amounts of ...

Revellers are being urged not to head to Stonehenge for the summer solstice. English Heritage has cancelled this year's celebrations ... said it was "not very pagan" to watch a "false sunrise ...