🪷 August 23rd is the Roman #Vulcanalia feast of the volcano god #Vulcan / #Hephaestus and all the Nymphs celebrating the gift of fire. And by sacred synchronicity today is also the #Juturnalia festival of #Juturna goddess of fountains, wells, firefighters & firefighting. #JustSaying!🪷

Today, Aug 23rd in the #RomanEmpire, it would have been a bad day to be a #fish… because it was the #Vulcanalia! In honor of #Vulcan.
They would set bonfires and throw fish into the fire to be consumed in place of humans for sacrifice.

( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_... )

Yer dang-skippy we're doing #Vulcanalia #VolQueso again this year. The fun starts on a.d. XVI Kal. Sept (That's the 17 of August for you non-Romans) and we party straight on through Vesuvius Day (Observed)

It's almost time! Stock up on popcorn and pizza rolls. Cancel that dinner-and-dancing date, and be ready for the 2025 #Vulcanalia #VolQueso Film Festival, where I bring you seven nights of the worst of the worst volcano-related entertainment that's findable for free online. The fun begins 17 Aug.

Today, May 23, our Fun Friends in #AncientRome would have been getting down with the feast of #Vulcanalia (God of #fire and #volcanoes and the #forge, and renowned for his #metalworking skills)

www.learnreligions.com/the-roman-vu...

Painting
‘Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan’
1630, by Diego Velázquez