August 7th
Holidays for this date include...
Bank Holiday Australia
Battle of Boyaca Colombia
British Columbia Day Canada
Civic Holiday Canada
Independence Day Ivory Coast
Labor Day Western Samoa
Natal Day Canada
New Brunswick Day Canada
Picnic Day Australia
Worker's Day Iceland
Youth Day Kiribati
Simcoe Day (Ontario) Canada
Gold Cup and Saucer Day (P.E.I.) Canada
West of Summerside (P.E.I.) Canada
Republic Day - Ivory Coast
Colour: Lavender
Moon Sign: Capricorn
Incense: Maple
In ancient Egypt, the cow-headed goddess Hathor was honoured on this day by an annual festival known as Breaking the Nile. The festival, which was also dedicated to all water and river goddesses celebrated the rising of the fertile waters of the mystical River Nile.
In ancient Greece, the annual mourning ceremony called Adonia was held on this date in honour of the dying hero-god Adonis.
1560 Elizabeth Bathory serial killer (d. 1614). The ghastly crimes of Erzbet Báthory (Elizabeth Bathory; the Bloody Lady of achtice; d. August 21, 1614) were uncovered on December 26, 1610.
Báthory was a Hungarian countess, a niece of King Stephen Báthory of Poland. Although it is difficult, if not impossible, to separate fact from fiction and legend, it has been alleged that she was a serial killer responsible for the torture and murder of over 600 peasants. It is commonly believed that her primary motive for murder was that she sought to improve her complexion by bathing in the blood of girls, but it is not known if this is a mere legend ...
1566 Large black globes were seen in the sky over Basel, Switzerland (in the Book of Days today we have a stunning woodcut of this event). The UFOs sped and turned against each other as if fighting, according to a contemporary broadsheet.
A similar phenomenon occurred at Nuremberg, Germany, on April 14, 1561 (qv) ...1876
Mata Hari (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle; d. 1917) Dutch-born exotic dancer who, by sleeping with top military and governmental personnel, spied for both sides in World War I. Mata Hari was variously described as a spy, an actress, a prostitute or an exotic dancer. She was executed on October 15, 1917 at the Chateau Vincennes near Paris after admitting to having given information to a German officer. She told her judge that she had received money for sex, not for secrets. Harlot, yes, but traitress, never! she said ...
_http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/_ (http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/)
Llewellyn's 2006 Magickal Almanac &
The Wicca Book of Days by Gerina Dunwich
1998-2006 Earth Calendar_http://www.earthcalender.net_/ (http://www.earthcalender.net/)
Bank Holiday Australia
Battle of Boyaca Colombia
British Columbia Day Canada
Civic Holiday Canada
Independence Day Ivory Coast
Labor Day Western Samoa
Natal Day Canada
New Brunswick Day Canada
Picnic Day Australia
Worker's Day Iceland
Youth Day Kiribati
Simcoe Day (Ontario) Canada
Gold Cup and Saucer Day (P.E.I.) Canada
West of Summerside (P.E.I.) Canada
Republic Day - Ivory Coast
Colour: Lavender
Moon Sign: Capricorn
Incense: Maple
In ancient Egypt, the cow-headed goddess Hathor was honoured on this day by an annual festival known as Breaking the Nile. The festival, which was also dedicated to all water and river goddesses celebrated the rising of the fertile waters of the mystical River Nile.
In ancient Greece, the annual mourning ceremony called Adonia was held on this date in honour of the dying hero-god Adonis.
1560 Elizabeth Bathory serial killer (d. 1614). The ghastly crimes of Erzbet Báthory (Elizabeth Bathory; the Bloody Lady of achtice; d. August 21, 1614) were uncovered on December 26, 1610.
Báthory was a Hungarian countess, a niece of King Stephen Báthory of Poland. Although it is difficult, if not impossible, to separate fact from fiction and legend, it has been alleged that she was a serial killer responsible for the torture and murder of over 600 peasants. It is commonly believed that her primary motive for murder was that she sought to improve her complexion by bathing in the blood of girls, but it is not known if this is a mere legend ...
1566 Large black globes were seen in the sky over Basel, Switzerland (in the Book of Days today we have a stunning woodcut of this event). The UFOs sped and turned against each other as if fighting, according to a contemporary broadsheet.
A similar phenomenon occurred at Nuremberg, Germany, on April 14, 1561 (qv) ...1876
Mata Hari (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle; d. 1917) Dutch-born exotic dancer who, by sleeping with top military and governmental personnel, spied for both sides in World War I. Mata Hari was variously described as a spy, an actress, a prostitute or an exotic dancer. She was executed on October 15, 1917 at the Chateau Vincennes near Paris after admitting to having given information to a German officer. She told her judge that she had received money for sex, not for secrets. Harlot, yes, but traitress, never! she said ...
_http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/_ (http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/)
Llewellyn's 2006 Magickal Almanac &
The Wicca Book of Days by Gerina Dunwich
1998-2006 Earth Calendar_http://www.earthcalender.net_/ (http://www.earthcalender.net/)
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