Are there rituals like marriage and Christening in Wicca?
The Wiccan version of marriage is handfasting, and Wiccaning (generally called that) is the Wiccan version of Christening. A handfasting ceremony is similar to a wedding – performed by a High Priest/Priestess, within a sacred space and involving the exchange of rings (generally) and vows. There are some differences in the process, like wrapping the hand of the man and woman together with a cord and them jumping over a broomstick, but the idea is the same – joining a man and a woman (or woman and woman, man and man, even) in the sight of the God and Goddess. A Wiccaning is the the process of presenting a child to the God and Goddess, naming the child, establishing the God- and Goddess-parents, anointing the child with representations of the four elements and blessing the child – a very similar process to Christening.
