Few probably associate the lighthearted traditions of Halloween with their origins in Samhain, an ancient Celtic pagan festival. Here's what you need to know. Here's what you need to know.

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 ...

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 ...

THE origins of Halloween can be traced back to a Celtic festival called Samhain. But what was it, when did it take place, and what happened? What is Samhain? In the Celtic days, Britain was a Pagan… ...

This year, in the shadow of the pandemic, Samhain carries extra poignance, with more socially distant observances and references to COVID-19. Witches around the nation will honor those who died ...

The society will throw Salem's first Samhain Celtic New Year Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 at Grant Community School as a form of fun, interactive education.

Samhain was one of four major Celtic seasonal festivals, along with Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh, which occurred around 2000 years ago in regions including modern-day Ireland, Scotland, Wales, ...

After a yearlong hiatus because of COVID-19, Dzielak is reuniting with her coven — or congregation of witches — in Old Bridge to celebrate Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival marking the end ...

(RNS) — A solemn occasion with Celtic roots, Samhain takes place at a time when many religions and cultures believe the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest.