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Longest Day at Stonehenge, WiltshirePeople gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912. This photograph shows a daybreak pilgrimage by members of The Universal Bond of the Sons of Men
Scene from Shakespeares Midsummer Nights DreamA scene from Shakespeares comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II, Scene ii), in which Puck drops a love potion into the sleeping Titanias eyes
Comparative OrbitsA diagram of the relative orbit distances of planets in the Solar System and the variable light hitting the Earth during different seasons
Ancient Druidic ceremony at Stonehenge, with the stones hung with curtains depicting serpents. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient
Horn Dance, Abbots Bromley 1899Four of the performers, English folk dance dating back to the Middle Ages in Abbots Bromley. Most wear spotted breeches of uniform pattern
ZODIAC SPRING SOLSTICEThe sky as it appeared at the Spring Solstice 2500 BC, at the time of the Golden Fleece voyage; some of the Argonauts are depicted along with their ship and the Zodiac signs Date: circa 1700
Stonehenge, Wiltshire - Sunrise through the stones. Date: circa 1910s
Stonehenge, England - sunrise on Midsummer DayStonehenge is a prehistoric stone circle monument, located in the English county of Wiltshire. It is estimated that the stones were erected between 3000 BC and 2000 BC
Stonehenge at sunrise on 21 JuneView of Stonehenge at sunrise on 21 June -- the sun strikes the Altar Stone, providing archaeologists with a means of dating the construction. Date: 1901
Midsummer customs in SwedenSwedish countryfolk dance on Midsummers Eve by the light of the Midnight Sun. Date: 1901
Saint Johns FireIn Bretagne (Brittany) fires are lit in the public square at the summer solstice, on St Johns eve (21 June), couples leap through them, acquiring certain benefits
Sacred MistletoeThe MISTLETOE was revered by the Druids, and has been a traditional decoration at the winter solstice ever since
Summer SolsticeFires were lit at solstices and equinoxes by the ancient Germans : the fires cured their ailments, and the ashes scattered in the fields ensured fertility
German SolsticeAncient Germans celebrate the Winter Solstice with feasting and song
Customs / Germany / SolsticeSONNENWENDFEUER - summer solstice celebrated with a fire