La Befana Perfume Oil: Sugar Cookies

La Befana is a beloved Italian folkloric figure whose origins trace back to ancient pagan solstice rituals, later woven into Christian Epiphany traditions. She embodies ancestral magic, seasonal transition, and the enduring warmth of winter gift giving. La Befana’s origins lie in pre-Roman and Roman solstice festivals, particularly those honoring Mother Nature and agricultural renewal. These rites celebrated the death of the old year and the rebirth of the sun, often involving offerings to feminine deities and spirits of the hearth. Her name is thought to be derived from Bastrina or strenae, the gifts of figs, honey and sweets, offered to the goddess Strenia, a Goddess of transitions and new beginnings, at Saturnalia and Kalends. In folk magic and modern pagan traditions, La Befana is seen as an archetype of the Crone. She is a guardian of the hearth, a bringer of wisdom, and a conduit between the living and the dead. She is the soot covered Christmas witch, coming down the chimney to