This day of the year is sacred to Yngona, an ancient crone goddess who was worshipped by the Danish people in pre-Christian time. In the myths of the Saxons, she is a crone-like goddess of death. Her festival occurs when the sun moves into Aquarius. The original goddess, Yngona, must have been potent for some say that the legend of Saint Agnes sprang from Her cult when She was later Christianized.
On the eve of Saint Agnes' Day, according to ancient legend, an unmarried woman will see her future husband in a dream.
And on sweet St. Agnes' night,
Please you with the promis'd sight,
Some of husbands, some of lovers,
Which an empty dream discovers.
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