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Arcane Rituals and Celestial Revelries
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Ancient Greek spring ritual celebrating Xanthus, guardian spirit (invented but plausible)
  • 4. Old Norse festival associated with night spirits and liminality
  • 5. Japanese Buddhist custom honoring ancestral spirits with lanterns
  • 8. Fabled summit in mythical lore hosting immortal ceremonies (compound)
  • 10. Partial shadow type symbolizing twilight rituals in mythic ceremonies
  • 11. Buddhist festival celebrating enlightenment celestial events
  • 13. Celtic festival marking the veil between worlds at harvest’s end
  • 14. Shinto household altar used during sacred seasonal festivals
  • 16. Latin root for solstice festivals, marking sun's zenith and seasonal pivot
Down
  • 2. Spanish festival whose name means 'festival of shadows,' honoring ancestors
  • 3. Fictional festival of forest spirits blending Mongolian and Cherin folklore
  • 6. Imaginary festival evoking Norse protective rites through night-long ceremonies
  • 7. Latin for 'festival of the moon,' honoring lunar deities
  • 9. Folkloric term for a mythical undead festival in Afro-Caribbean culture (compound)
  • 12. Invented name combining 'lama' and 'serene,' hinting at Tibetan monastic celebration
  • 15. Mythical name denoting a lunar procession celebrating spirits in East Asia

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