The history of Samhain reminds us that we once celebrated holidays because of a shared human connection that resonated with the Earth’s cycles — the weather, the moon, the harvest — rather ...

Most historians trace its roots back to Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival during which the veil between our world and the ‘otherworld’ was believed to thin to the point of vanishing.

In this History lesson, Múinteoir Ray takes us back in time nearly 3,000 years to the time of the Celts in Ireland celebrating a festival called "Samhain" - what we now know today as Halloween.

Find out the origin and meaning behind jack-o’-lanterns, trick-or-treating, costumes and other Halloween traditions.

MODERN day Halloween might have been reduced to little more than scary make-up tutorials on YouTube, but rewind a few thousand years and you’d be planning your human sacrifice, NOT your outfi… ...

HALLOWEEN has its origins in the Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrated in Pagan times. But today, Halloween is the festival of scary costumes, carved pumpkins, horror films, and trick-or-treating.… ...

Many of our Halloween traditions are thought to stem from ancient festivals Halloween is centered around a theme of death By OliviaRose Fox 11:32, 28 Oct 2021 ...

History of Halloween A Jack o’ Lantern Kate Ward, a local Pagan Wiccan High Priestess, tells us her thoughts on the history of Halloween and the pagan traditions surrounding it.

Indeed, the name “Halloween” derives from “All Hallows Eve,” or the day before All Saints’ Day (November 1). But many of the folkloristic aspects of Samhain were incorporated and passed ...