Also Called: Dark Moon, Fog Moon, Beaver Moon, Mourning Moon, Blotmonath (Sacrifice Month), Herbistmanoth (Harvest Month), Mad Moon, Moon of Storms, Moon When Deer Shed Antlers. November was the ninth month in the oldest Roman calendar. In the Celtic tradition this was the beginning of a nw year. The Celtic year ended on the eve before Samhain and began again on the day after. They considered it a Moon-month of beginnings and endings. The Isia, or rebirth of Osiris, in Egypt was time of the receding waters of the Nile floods. This rebirth does not mean reincarntaion, but a rising from the dead. After an anactment of the story of Osiris' death at the hands of his brother Set, the people followed the mourning Isis to her temple. There the drama continued with the combat between Horus and Set. Images of Osiris were made of paste and grain; they were watered until the barley sprouted and then floated down the Nile with candles as part of the planting ceremonies. James Frazer, in The Golden Brough, translates a "Lamentation of Isis" which has the goddess say that she is the Osiris's sister, child of the same mother, and that the god shall never be far from her. The Japanese festival honoring the goddess of the kitchen range honored the women who prepared the daily meals in back-handed way. Commonly called Kami (deity), this goddess was important because, through use of the harvested food, she protected and provided for the family. The goddess Hecate had many celebrations throughout the year. November 16 was known as the Night of Hecate, the Three-formed. Hecate is part of the most ancient form of the triple Moon goddess as Crone or Dark Moon; Artemis was the Crescent Moon and Selene the Full Moon. Most of Hecate's worship, and especially on this night, was performed at a three-way crossroad at night. Food was left there as an offering to her. She was known to rule the passages of life and transformation, birth and death. her animals were the toad, the owl, the dog and the bat. Nicnevan was a Scottish goddess, whose name means "Divine" or "Brilliant," a form of Diana the Huntress. In Scotland she was said to ride through the night with her followers at Halloween (The Celtic Samhain). During the Middle Ages she was called Darne Habonde, Abundia, Satia, Bensozie, Zobiana, and Herodiana. In Tibet, they celebrated the Feast of Lanterns, a Winter festical of the shortest days of the Sun. Among the Incas it was a time of the Ayamarca, or Festival of the Dead. NOV 3 The last day of Isia in Egypt; the rebirth of Osiris. NOV 6 The Birthday of Tiamat in Babylon. NOV 8 The Fuigo Matsuri, a Shinto festival honoring Inari or Hettsui No Kami, Goddess of the Kitchen Range, in Japan. NOV 10 Kali Puja in India, for Kali, the destroyer of evil. NOV 9-10 Night of Nicnevin in Scotland. NOV 11 Feast of the Einheriar (Fallen Warriors), Norse. NOV 15 The Shichigosan (Seven-Five-Three Day) for safety of children of these ages in Japan. In India, Children's Day. In Rome, the Feronia for teh goddess of forests and fertility. NOV 16 Night of Hecate in Greece: begins at sunset. Festival of Bast in Egypt. NOV 24 Feast of Burning Lamps in Egypt for Isis and Osiris. NOV 27 Day of Parvati-Devi, the Triple Goddess who divided herself into Sarasvati, Lakshmi, and Kali, or the Three Mothers. NOV 30 Day of Hecate of the Crossroads in Greece, the Dark Moon. Skadi among the Norse. Day of Mawu, African creatress of the Universe from chaos.