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In Wicca and other Pagan traditions, Beltane is a Spring fertility festival held on the first of May, and modeled after the traditional Celtic holiday honoring the Sun God Bel, or Belenus, a god imported from Phoenicia.

Bel
Phoenician Sun God Bel

Pronunciation: bell-tane • (noun)

Alternate Spellings: Beltaine

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