Italian Witchcraft

[Feather Strike]

In the Italian Witchcraft Times of Gatherings are:
Shadowfest Oct 31
Winter Solstice
Lupercus February 2nd
Spring Equinox
Tana's Day May Eve/May ist
Summer Solstice
Cornucopia: August Eve
Autumn Solstice
Holy Days
Festival of Dians: Augus 13th
Festival of Fana: December 19th
Festival od Tana: May 1st
Festival of Jana: January 1st

[Feather Strike]

Understanding Of the above is very much the same as other Wiccan and Pagan beliefs.
Concerning Tana and Tanus
Tana is a scared name of the Great Goddess, She Who Is All Goddess. Upon the Earth She is known as Fana, in the heavens She is Diana(the Moon) and in the Universe She is Tana(containing them all).
Tana is all that is female. She is total Beauty She is the Divine Lover. Enchantress, Temptress and Mother. She is sexual, independent, and powerful. Lakes hills, streams and beaches are sacred to Tana. The animals that are sacred to her are dogs, owls, and cats. Her sacred plants are moonflowers and willows. lemons and apples are also sacred to Tana.

Tanus is the Great God, who is all Gods. On Earth he is Faunis, in heaven he is Janus (the Sun), and in the Unverse he is Tanus.All mountains are sacred to Tanus. His sacred animals are horses,wolves, woodpeckers, and ravens. His sacred plants are fig tree, oak, dogwood, laurel, and the bean plant.

[Dragonwolf]

Red Wolf,

You are certainly very knowlegable, I think regardless of nationality and age, we are non of us so very different, as there is a common thread that joins us all.

[Aveywitch]

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stregheria

[Feather Strike]

Greeting,
Now with this knowlege you know where I am comming from, ancestory on both sides I could not be anything else but a witch, it is inbreded in me.
Today i watch the History channel and found out the Tempras worship the Goddess Mary lol and were kicked out of the church for doing so and I wonder why I feel the same way about Mary, Jesus Mother, that was why I was ask to leave the convent. I have been valadted in my thoughts of her as the Goddess Mary, the female part of God. She will always be my Goddess.
Blessings

[Pandora]

nice post RW

wasn't there also a city of Tanis in Egypt, maybe i have watched too many Indiana Jones films

Avey i will have a look at wiki later, thanks for the link

[Dragonwolf]

Well, I have to admit, I have never thought of Mary in that light before but thinking on it, I can see where you coming from, Red Wolf

[Feather Strike]

Greetings,
I taught from very young that Mary was the only person born without the orginal sin , like we were to be born thanks to Eve eating from the tree of knowledge.
Well why not, she was choosen to be the the mother of Jesue then she must be Gods spouse , to me that makes Mary the Goddess.
My thoughts only.