There really was a Welsh holiday named Mabon but it wasn't what you think.

There really was a Welsh holiday named Mabon but it wasn't what you think. Andrew Phillip Smith looks at Mabon, the modern pagan name for the Autumn Equinox. Who was Mabon, and does he really have anything to do with Autumn? What are the Welsh terms for the Autumn or Fall Equinox? And what was the real Mabon's Day, now barely remembered even in Wales?