Samhain is pronounced as Sahwin. This ancient Gaelic festival marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, traditionally celebrated from sunset on October 31st until sunset on ...

Samhain or Samhuinn, pronounced sow-wen, is the pagan precursor to Halloween, a festival honoring the end of the harvest, the onset of winter and the beginning of the “dark half” of the Celtic ...

Samhain was the pivotal point of the Celtic Pagan new year, a time of rebirth – and death. "Pagans had three harvests: Lammas, harvest of the corn, on 1 August; the one of fruit and vegetables ...

In ninth century Irish literature, Samhain is mentioned many times as an integral part of the Celtic culture. It was one of four seasonal turning points in the Celtic calendar, and perhaps the ...

On Samhain, a festival celebrated by ancient people, the lines between the Otherworld of the dead and the realm of the living were weakened. Op-Ed: Halloween's Celtic roots are spookier than ...

Samhain means "summer's end" in Gaelic and is believed to have been a precursor to Halloween. Witches usher in the holiday, which traditionally begins on the evening the 31st, ...

Costumed trick-or-treating takes its inspiration from the Celtic holiday Samhain—“summer’s end” in Irish—more than 2,000 years ago. Samhain marked New Year’s Day and fell around ...

The following are Celtic blessings ahead of Samhain for you, your loved ones, and your ancestors, whom it is especially important to remember this time of year. Have a happy Samhain!

The Halloween traditions that we celebrate today, in America, originate from the Celtic pagan festival called “Samhain.“ The phrase is from ancient Gaelic. It means “end of summer ...

While many think of Halloween as American, Irish immigrants introduced their traditions to America. Its roots come from the Gaelic festival of Samhain. Many Australians are marking Halloween by ...