Bibliography on Paganism and the Church Year

This bibliography is expanding and changing as research continues.

Radical Protestants, Witchcraft, and Christmas

Barnett, James. “The American Christmas: A Study in National Culture - James Harwood Barnett - Google Books.” Google Books, 1976. http://books.google.com/books?id=-sRH9skUh6oC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA3&dq=Christmas+Puritan+New+England&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html.

Thomas Becon
     1563 The Reliques of Rome
        [available with an account]
“Christmas in Puritan New England.” Wikipedia. Accessed December 2, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Puritan_New_England.

Daniels, Bruce. “Puritans At Play: Leisure and Recreation in Early New England.” Google Books, 1995. http://books.google.com/books?id=oxExmgyonSAC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA90&dq=Christmas+Puritan+New+England&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html.

Alexander Hislop

1858  The Two Babylons or The Papal Worship Proved to be The Worship of Nimrod and His Wife, The Mark of the Beast Revealed, Fourth Edition edited by R.H. A&B Publishers Group, Brooklyn, New York.
        [at the internet archive]
       [ at philologos webpage version described as a Messianic Christian group emphasizing what they think is significant about what they believe is Jesus' Jewish background]

Innes, Stephen. “Creating the Commonwealth: The Economic Culture of Puritan New England” Google Books, 1995. http://books.google.com/books?id=9XUKUkulSkIC&pg=PA145&dq=Christmas+Puritan+New+England&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html.

Lewis, Abram Herbert Paganism Surviving in Christianity January 1, 1892 G. P. Putnam's sons.
[at Google books https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Abram_Herbert_Lewis_Paganism_Surviving_in_Christia?id=AfEKAQAAIAAJ
[Lewis was a prolific advocate of the Seventh Day Baptists. He repeats and rephrases the arguments of Alexander Hislop's The Two Babylons.}


Marling, Karal. “Merry Christmas! Celebrating America’s Greatest Holiday.” Google Books, 2009. http://books.google.com/books?id=EUc13_ourtYC&pg=PA44&dq=Christmas+Puritan+New+England&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html.

Mather, Cotton. “A Vindication of the Ministers of Boston : From the Abuses & Scandals, Lately Cast upon Them, in Diverse Printed Papers : Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.” Internet Archive, 1722. https://archive.org/details/2576009R.nlm.nih.gov.

———. “Diary of Cotton Mather .. : Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.” Internet Archive, 1911. https://archive.org/details/diarycotton01math.

———. “Essays to Do Good : Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Public or Private Capacities : Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.” Internet Archive, 1815. https://archive.org/details/essaystodogooda00math.

———. “Hannah Swanton, the Casco Captive, Or, The Catholic Religion in Canada and Its Influence on the Indians in Maine [microform] : Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.” Internet Archive, 1837. https://archive.org/details/cihm_45552.

———. “Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620, unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698 : Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Cn.” Internet Archive, 1820. https://archive.org/details/magnaliachristia01math_0.

———. “Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620, unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698 : Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Cn.” Internet Archive, 1820. https://archive.org/details/magnaliachristia02math_0.

———. “Strange Phenomena of New England: In the Seventeenth Century: Including the ‘Salem Witchcraft,’ ‘1692.’ From the Writings of ‘the Rev. Cotton Mather, D.D.’ .. : Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.” Internet Archive, 1846. https://archive.org/details/strangephenomen00math.

———. “The Wonders of the Invisible World : Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New England : To Which Is Added : A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches : Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.” Internet Archive, 1862. https://archive.org/details/wondersofinvisib00mathuoft.

Mather, Cotton, and Robert Calef. “The Witchcraft Delusion in New England; Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, as Exhibited by Dr. Cotton Mather, in The Wonders of the Invisible World; and by Mr. Robert Calef, in His More Wonders of the Invisible World. With a Preface, Introduction, and Notes, by Samuel G. Drake .. : Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875.” Internet Archive, 1866. https://archive.org/details/witchcraftdelusi03drak.

Mather, Increase.
Increase Mather was a rabidly anti-Catholic Puritan responsible for burning witches in Massachusetts.
American Puritan Increase Mather's 1687 A Testimony.. ch 3 section 4 claims "Incarnation of Christ, was in the seventh month." The argument he makes is against a Dec 25th Christmas. By "incarnation" Increase Mather seems to mean "birth" rather than "conception."
    1687  “A Testimony Against Several Prophane and Superstitious Customs, Now Practised by Some in New-England.” Reformed Presbyterian Church (Covenanted), 1687. http://www.covenanter.org/IMather/increasemathertestimony.htm.

———. “The Project Gutenberg E-Book of The Wonders of the Invisible World, by Cotton Mather and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches, by Increase Mather.” Project Gutenberg, 2009. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28513/28513-h/28513-h.htm.

Peterson, Mark. “The Price of Redemption: The Spiritual Economy of Puritan New England.” Google Books, 1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZBz49zIsBAIC&pg=PA182&dq=Christmas+Puritan+New+England&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html.

Price, Greg. “DO DEMONS LOVE CHRISTMAS? - Mather, Calvin’s Geneva, the Westminster Assembly, American Puritans ...” Sermon Audio.com. Accessed December 2, 2014. http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details3.asp?ID=12188.

Restad, Penne. “Christmas in America.” Google Books, 1995. http://books.google.com/books?id=0pnJDKfYi3QC&pg=PA107&dq=Christmas+Puritan+New+England&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html.

Joshua Stopford's
     1675 Pagano-Papismus
        [in this online edition of Stopford

 

Christmas-Juvenalia


“A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), JUVENA´LIA.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0063:entry=juvenalia-cn&highlight=juvenalia.

“Cassius Dio €” Epitome of Book 62.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html.

“Cassius Dio €” Epitome of Book 67.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/67*.html#14.3.

“Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Historiae Romanae, Book 62, Chapter 19, Section 1.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001.perseus-grc1:62.19.1.

“Historia Augusta €¢ The Three Gordians.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Gordiani_tres*.html#4.

“History of Christmas - Christmas - HISTORY.com.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas.

“Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina, Praefatio Panegyrici Dicti Anthemio Augusto Bis Consuli.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a2008.01.0551.

“Suetonius €¢ Life of Nero.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Nero*.html#12.4.

“Suetonius €¢ Vita Neronis.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Nero*.html#ref9.

“Tacitus: Annals: Book 14 [10].” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/tac/a14010.htm.

“Tacitus: Annals: Book 15 [30].” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/tac/a15030.htm.

“Tacitus: Annals: Book 16 [20].” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/tac/a16020.htm.

Woodrow, Ralph. Babylon Mystery Religion. Ralph Woodrow Evangelistic Association, Inc., 1966.
 

Christmas-Gifts/Strenae


“A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), STRENAE.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0063:entry=strenae-cn.

“ANF03. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian - Christian Classics Ethereal Library.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf03.iv.iv.x.html.

“A Testimony Against Several Prophane and Superstitious Customs, Now Practised by Some in New-England.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.covenanter.org/IMather/increasemathertestimony.htm.

“CHURCH FATHERS: On Idolatry (Tertullian).” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0302.htm.

“C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Caligula, Chapter 42.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Suet.%20Cal.%2042&lang=original.

“C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Divus Augustus, Chapter 57.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Suet.%20Aug.%2057&lang=original.

“C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Tiberius, Chapter 34.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Suet.%20Tib.%2034&lang=original.

“Gifts at Christmas, ‘Strenae’ on 1st January.” Roger Pearse. Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2009/03/21/gifts-at-christmas-strenae-on-1st-january/.

Graevius, Johannes Georgius. “Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum : in quo continentur lectissimi quique scriptores, qui superiori aut nostro seculo Romanae reipublicae rationem, disciplinam, leges, instituta, sacra, artesque togatas ac sagatas explicarunt & illustrarunt, / congestus a Joanne Georgio Graeuio. ; Accesserunt variae & accuratae tabulae aeneae.” Academic Library. Bayerische StaatsBibliothek digital, 1699 1694. http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb11054927_00005.html.

“Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Strenae.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=strenae-harpers.

“Latin Word Study Tool.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=strena&la=la&can=strena0&prior=cum&d=Perseus:text:1999.02.0047:act=3:scene=2&i=1#lexicon.

Marquardt, Joachim. Römische Staatsverwaltung. New York: Arno Press, 1975.

“Martial, Epigrammata, Book 8, XXXIII.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Mart.%208.33&lang=original.

“Martial, Epigrammata, Book 13, XXVII Petalium Caryotarum.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Mart.%2013.27&lang=original.

“Martin of Braga.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, December 3, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin_of_Braga&oldid=560945400.

“Martin of Braga.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://freespace.virgin.net/angus.graham/Braga.htm.

“NPNF2-14. The Seven Ecumenical Councils - Council of Trullo.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.xiv.iii.lxiii.html.

“Ovid Fasti Book I.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/OvidFastiBkOne.htm#anchor_Toc69367256.

“Ovid: Fasti I.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ovid/ovid.fasti1.shtml.

“P. Ovidius Naso, Fasti, Book 1.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.%20Fast.%201.185&lang=original.

“Seneca Epistles Book 2.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.stoics.com/seneca_epistles_book_2.html#%E2%80%98LXXXVII1.

“Still Asking for Those Strenae at New Year?” Roger Pearse. Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2010/01/01/still-asking-for-those-strenae-at-new-year/.

“The Fathers Of The Church A New Translation Vol...” Accessed December 4, 2014. https://archive.org/stream/fathersofthechur009512mbp#page/n77/mode/2up.

“T. Maccius Plautus, Stichus, Act 3, Scene 2.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Pl.+St.+3.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0047.

“T. Maccius Plautus, Stichus, or The Parasite Rebuffed, Act 3, Scene 2.” Accessed December 4, 2014. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Pl.+St.+3.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0109.

Presentation/Candlemas/Brigit


“ANF03. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian - Christian Classics Ethereal Library.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf03.v.iv.vi.x.html.

“Beda Venerabilis.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.nabkal.de/beda/beda_12.html.

“Bede, The Reckoning of Time - Saint Bede (the Venerable) - Google Books.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://books.google.com/books?id=yFsw-Vaup6sC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=bede+candlemas&source=bl&ots=ghCbi8APXU&sig=oFAOOGtr0lYvSAWBwYFl8nRQuZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uF_pUsOlI8ngrQGf8IFQ&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=bede%20candlemas&f=false.

“Bethu Brigte.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T201002/index.html.

“Brigantia (goddess) - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigantia_%28goddess%29.

“Brigit: Goddess, Saint, ‘Holy Woman,’ and Bone of Contention | Carole Cusack - Academia.edu.” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://www.academia.edu/738469/Brigit_Goddess_Saint_Holy_Woman_and_Bone_of_Contention.

O’Riain, Padraig, ed. Beatha Bharra: Saint Finbarr of Cork - The Complete Life. London: Irish Texts Society, 1994.

“Carmina Gadelica : Hymns and Incantations with ...” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://archive.org/stream/carminagadelicah02carm#page/164/mode/2up.


“Carmina Gadelica - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Gadelica.

“Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/St. Methodius of Olympus - Wikisource, the Free Online Library.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_%281913%29/St._Methodius_of_Olympus.

“CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Candlemas.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03245b.htm.

“Celtic Neopaganism.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, January 17, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Celtic_neopaganism&oldid=590882886.

Chambers, Edmund Kerchever. The Mediaeval Stage. Courier Dover Publications, 1996.

“Chronicon Scotorum.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100016/index.html.

“COLIGNY CALENDAR.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.roman-britain.org/celtic/coligny.htm.

“Debunking the Goddess Myth.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/the-goddess-myth.aspx.

“Imbolc.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.witchessabbats.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=25.

“In Parentheses.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/.

“Internet Book of Shadows: Candlemas: The Light Returns (Mike Nichols).” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos048.htm.

 “LacusCurtius • Strabo’s Geography — Book IV Chapter 6.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/4F*.html.

“Lebor Gabála Érenn : The Book of the Taking of ...” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/stream/leborgablare04macauoft#page/n0/mode/1up.

“Lebor Gabála Érenn : The Book of the Taking of Ireland : Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, 1870-1950 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive.” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/details/leborgablare01macauoft.

“Lebor Gabála Érenn : The Book of the Taking of Ireland : Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, 1870-1950 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive.” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/details/leborgablare03macauoft.

“Lebor Gabála Érenn : The Book of the Taking of Ireland : Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, 1870-1950 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive.” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/details/leborgablare04macauoft.

“Lebor Gabála Érenn : The Book of the Taking of Ireland : Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, 1870-1950 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive.” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/details/leborgablare00macauoft.

“Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland - Volume 2 (1939) : Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, 1870-1950 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive.” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/details/LeborGablarennTheBookOfTheTakingOfIreland-Volume21939.

“Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Ecclesiae - Google Books.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://books.google.com/books?id=S-20jhQQZBMC&lpg=RA3-PA1&dq=sacramentary&as_brr=1&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q=sacramentary&f=false.

“Maxima Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum et Antiquorum Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum - Marguerin de La Bigne - Google Books.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://books.google.com/books?id=Kk32xfHwA6kC&lpg=PA718&ots=Q5HcGFgome&dq=De%20Symeone%20et%20Anna%3B%20quo%20die%20Domino%20in%20templo%20occurrerunt&pg=PA718#v=onepage&q=De%20Symeone%20et%20Anna%3B%20quo%20die%20Domino%20in%20templo%20occurrerunt&f=false.

“NPNF-213. Gregory the Great (II), Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat - Christian Classics Ethereal Library.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf213.iii.v.iv.html.


“Pagano-Papismus; Or, An Exact Parallel Between ...” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/stream/paganopapismuso00stopgoog#page/n250/mode/2up.

“Pan-Celticism.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, January 5, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pan-Celticism&oldid=584447910.

“Part 56 of The Wooing of Emer by Cú Chulainn.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T301021/text056.html.

“Sanas Chormaic. Cormac’s Glossary;” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924071173474#page/n0/mode/1up.

“S. Methodii Opera et S. Methodius Platonizans, ...” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://archive.org/stream/smethodiioperae01methgoog#page/n0/mode/1up.

“Studies in Carmichael’s Carmina Gadelica.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://bill.celt.dias.ie/vol4/displayObject.php?TreeID=3705.

“The Annals of Tigernach.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100002A/index.html.

“The Carmichael Watson Project - Home Page.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.carmichaelwatson.lib.ed.ac.uk/cwatson/.

“The Golden Bough - James George Frazer - Google Books.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://books.google.com/books?id=UWSMA3iS1EkC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=frazer+golden+brigit&source=bl&ots=6NE6wS-aRG&sig=bqjcT3I_wFrmntIe-Xt_y9LC9Zs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ot_qUuKfKOPhyQHE4YBY&ved=0CGQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=frazer%20golden%20brigit&f=false.

“The Neolithic Great Goddess: A Study in Modern Tradition. - Free Online Library.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The%20Neolithic%20great%20goddess:%20a%20study%20in%20modern%20tradition.-a019353214.

“The Pilgrimage of S. Silvia of Aquitania to the Holy Places.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/egeria/pilgrimage/pilgrimage.html.

“The Wooing of Emer by Cú Chulainn.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T301021/.

“Vita Prima Sanctae Brigitae • Stichting A. G. van Hamel Voor Keltische Studies.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.vanhamel.nl/wiki/Vita_prima_sanctae_Brigitae.

“Vita Sanctae Brigitae (Cogitosus) • Stichting A. G. van Hamel Voor Keltische Studies.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.vanhamel.nl/wiki/Vita_sanctae_Brigitae_%28Cogitosus%29.

St. John's Eve/Day-Summer Solstice

 “Acta Sanctorum.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://archive.org/stream/actasanctorum03unse#page/3/mode/1up.


“ALALAKH/TELL ATCHANA.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.alalakh.org/intro_alalakh.html.

“Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.libraryireland.com/AncientLegendsSuperstitions/Contents.php/.

“Augustinus - Sermones [3] de Tempore (Serm. 184-272B) [0354-0430] Full Text at Documenta Catholica Omnia.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/04z/z_0354-0430__Augustinus__Sermones_%5B3%5D_de_Tempore_%28Serm._184-272B%29__LT.doc.html.

“Augustinus - Sermones [4] de Sanctis (Serm. 273-340A) [0354-0430] Full Text at Documenta Catholica Omnia.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/04z/z_0354-0430__Augustinus__Sermones_%5B4%5D_de_Sanctis_%28Serm._273-340A%29__LT.doc.html.

Bickerman, E. J. Chronology of the Ancient World. First Edition edition. London: Thames and Hudson, 1968.

“Calendars in Antiquity: Empires, States, and Societies - Sacha Stern - Google Books.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://books.google.com/books?id=IU2Fu11RCvwC&lpg=PA117&ots=iIC3HNcPD6&dq=Nisannu-calendar&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q=Nisannu-calendar&f=false.

“CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Vincent.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15434b.htm.

“CDLI-Archival View.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P130169.

“Classical E-Text: OVID, FASTI 1.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.theoi.com/Text/OvidFasti1.html.

Cohen, Mark E. The Cultic Calendars of the Ancient Near East. Bethesda, Md: Capital Decisions, 1993.

“Coligny Calendar.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, November 30, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coligny_calendar&oldid=620799427.

“Coligny Calendar.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/calendar/coligni.html.

“Council of Agde.” Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias. Accessed December 5, 2014. http://catholicism.academic.ru/13653/Council_of_Agde.

“Egyptian Royal Genealogy: Ptolemaic Chronology -- Roman Calendar Source Surrvey.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/ptolemies/chron/roman/chron_rom_src_fr.htm.

“Excavation Emar.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/emar/en/index.html.

Grimm, Jacob.  
———. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 4. Forgotten Books, 2012.

———. Teutonic Mythology, Volume 2. FQ Legacy Books, 2010.

Hutton, Ronald.  
———. Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Oxford Paperbacks, 2001.

———. The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy. Reprint edition. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 1993.

James, Simon. The Atlantic Celts: Ancient People Or Modern Invention?. 1 edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999.

Kirchmeyer, Thomas. Reprint of The Popish Kingdome, by T. Naogeorgus, Engl. by B. Googe, Ed. by R.C. Hope, 1880.

“Neue Jahrbücher Für Philologie Und Pädagogik - Google Books.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://books.google.com/books?id=VbBMAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA854&ots=y4Hc3MmVL-&dq=solestitia&pg=PA854#v=onepage&q=solestitia&f=false.

“Newgrange Winter Solstice - Sunrise Alignment.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.newgrange.com/winter_solstice.htm.

“NPNF2-03. Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, & Rufinus: Historical Writings - Christian Classics Ethereal Library.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf203.iv.viii.iii.iii.html.

“Ovid Fasti Book VI.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/OvidFastiBkSix.htm#anchor_Toc69368021.

“Q&A with Dr. Tristan Barako for Cogito.org - Providence Pictures.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.providencepictures.com/news/2009/02/qa-with-dr-tristan-barako-for-cogitoorg.html.

Renfrew, Colin. Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

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“‘The “Chariots of the Sun” (2 Kings 23:11)’, Semitica 54, 2012, Pp. 211-219.” Accessed December 5, 2014. https://www.academia.edu/1506298/The_Chariots_of_the_Sun_2_Kings_23_11_Semitica_54_2012_pp._211-219.

“The Chronography of 354 AD. Part 12: Commemorations of the Martyrs.  MGH Chronica Minora I (1892), pp.71-2.” Accessed December 5, 2014. http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/chronography_of_354_12_depositions_martyrs.htm.

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Non Christian, Pagan, and Wiccan


Guiley, Rosemary Ellen
     1999   The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft, Second Edition, Checkmark Books, Copyright Rosemary Ellen Guiley.

McCabe, Joseph
     1903 St. Augustine And His Age, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, The Knickerbocker Press, HardPress Publishing reprint. [Internet Archive]

Frazer, James George
  1922 The Golden BoughOnline 
 1961. The New Golden Bough; a New Abridgement of the Classic Work. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Irish/Celtic Paganism Sources

Sanas Cormaic (or "Cormac's Glossary"). The basis for the modern text is the An Leabar Breac manuscript dating from the 15th century.  A translation can be found in Whitley Stokes 1868 version of John O'Donovan's translation on page 19:

Royal Irish Academy Ms 23 P 16 (Leabhar Breac), cat. no. 1230

Three Irish glossaries : Cormac's glossary, codex A, (from a manuscript in the library of the Royal Irish Academy), O'Davoren's glossary (from a manuscript in the library of the British Museum) and A glossary to the calendar of Oengus the Culdec (from a manuscript in the library of Triity College, Dublin)
Internet Archive

Stokes, Whitley
1866 Goidilica; or, Notes on the Gaelic manuscripts preserved at Turin, Milan, Berne, Leyden, the monastery of S. Paul, Carinthia, and Cambridge, with eight hymns from the Liber hymnorum, and the Old-Irish notes in the Book of Armagh Found at Internet Archive,

Ronald Hutton
1996 The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain, Oxford University Press.

"Calendar (Celtic)" in Hastings' Encyclopædia of Rel. and Ethics, iii. 78 f.
     --All 13 Volumes at Internet Archive
     --Volume 3 at Internet Archive

MacCulloch, J.A.
    1911 The Religion of the Ancient Celts
     html presentation Internet Archive Project Guttenberg

O'Donovan, John,
1847 The Book of rights (1847).  Dublin, Printed for the Celtic society. Archive
-- Leabhar Na G-ceart, Or, The Book of Rights 1847 Archive

August 15th St. Mary's Day

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“Beware the Ides of August!!” Accessed August 4, 2014. http://www.reformation.org/beware-the-ides-of-august.html.

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Nilles, Nicolaus. “Kalendarium Manuale Utriusque Ecclesiae Orientalis et Occidentalis - Volume 1.” Google books, 1897. http://books.google.com/books?id=qNMrAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.

———. “Kalendarium Manuale Utriusque Ecclesiae Orientalis et Occidentalis -Volume 2.” Google books. Accessed August 5, 2014. http://books.google.com/books?id=nU4rAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.

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Church Calendar's/Breviaries/Martyrologies

M. Johannis Coleri
1603 Calendarium Perpetuum, Et Libri Oeconomici: Das ist, Ein stetswerender Calender, darzu sehr nützliche und nötige Haußbücher

Other Histories

 Cambridge Ancient Histories online

Bickerman, E.J.
    1968  Chronology of the Ancient World Thames and Hudson Publishers, London.

Filotas, B. (2005). Pagan survivals, superstitions and popular cultures in early medieval pastoral literature. Toronto: Pontifical Inst. of Medieval Studies.

Patrologia Orientalia listing here