Well, milkboys isn’t a year old but we had a great time already. And it will get even better in 2008 :o)
We wish you a wonderful new year!

…Merry Morrígan Day or just Happy Halloween :)

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Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter…
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Today is the day of Herne – also called Pan, Cernunnos or just the Horned Lord. He is the God of woodland beasts, the hunt, fertility and the forest… and he is a lusty one for sure ;) So don’t forget to take a walk into the forest today (maybe you’ll see a faun), jump around a little bit and just feel alive! :D

Er erscheint in der Mittagshitze, der antiken Geisterstunde – daher die panische Angst. Ein Einzelgänger, Freund und Schrecken der Hirten, irrlichternd, dessen Gestalt sich vom Ziegenbock zum melancholischen Jüngling mit kaum noch erkennbaren Hörnern wandelte, der aber in der antiken Götterwelt immer ein Fremder blieb und für die Menschen ein Symbol der Natur in ihrer Unberechenbarkeit und Schönheit: ein Wesen aus der Wildnis.