Lucia, goddess of light, with baking tray, artificial stone (large version) statue

Lucia, goddess of light, with baking tray, artificial stone (large version) statue

The Lucia festival, honoring the goddess of light, Lucia, is an ancient custom and not of Christian origin. It is celebrated in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland, among other countries. The Lucia tradition is also becoming increasingly popular in Germany.
The festival is celebrated on December 13th, the day that, before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, was the shortest day of the year. The Lucia Festival is ultimately the oldest solstice celebration in tradition.
The solstice celebrations, the burning fires at Ostara, High May, the summer and winter solstices, and at harvest time (equinox), are primarily of "Nordic" origin. The Germanic peoples also celebrated Yule as the birth festival of the sun, in which the sun was represented by large wheels. These burning wheels were rolled down the mountainsides.

The winter solstice marks the beginning of the 12 holy nights, the time of the "Wild Hunt" when the god Odin and his army of the dead roar around the earth.
The Lucia festival is also closely linked to the sun. The rebirth of the sun goddess Lucia is still a tradition in some Scandinavian countries and is celebrated with a large festival of lights.

Lucia made of artificial stone (large version) with a baking tray in her hand,

• Height 26 cm
• Weight approx. 840 g.