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Sources:

• Stonehenge Riverside Project publications (led by Mike Parker Pearson, 2003–2022)

• Recent papers on lunar alignments (e.g., Darvill & Brophy, 2024; Gaffney et al., 2022–2024)

• Current solstice attendance figures from English Heritage and Wiltshire Police reports (2023–2025)

• Ethnographic studies of Persian and Tajik traditions (e.g., works by Annemarie Schimmel, Encyclopædia Iranica)

• Iranian cultural websites and government tourism pages (e.g., Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage)

• Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish cultural heritage boards (e.g., Nordiska museet, Visit Sweden, Visit Norway)

• Contemporary media coverage (SVT, NRK, DR) on Lucia Day and Jul traditions

• Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet)

• Historical studies on Lussinatten and Saint Lucy (e.g., works by Carl-Martin Edsman, Swedish folklore scholars)

• Core texts: The Spiral Dance (Starhawk), Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Scott Cunningham)

• Contemporary Pagan publications (e.g., The Wild Hunt, Patheos Pagan, Pagan Federation International)

• Inti Raymi – Official Cusco regional government and Peruvian Ministry of Culture documentation

• We Tripantu – Mapuche cultural organizations and Chilean anthropological studies (e.g., works by José Bengoa)

https://www.discovermongolia.mn/blogs/the-ancient-religion-of-tengriism

https://hopewellearthworks.org/culture/

https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/native-america-celebrates-the-winter-solstice#:~:text=The%20solstice%20signals%20a%20time,metaphor%20for%20survival%20and%20hope.

https://www.native-languages.org/legends-sun.htm

https://cahokiamounds.org/about/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippian_copper_plates

https://toh-atin.com/blog/shalako-at-zuni/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dongzhi https://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/dongzhi-festival.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ülgen