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Samhain is pronounced as Sahwin. This ancient Gaelic festival marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter ...

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 ...

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This scholar, along with others, argued that according to Celtic beliefs, during the Samhain festival, the dead could return to the places they frequented while alive.

At Samhain, Celtic Pagans in Ireland would put out their home fires and light one giant bonfire in the village, which they would dance around and act out stories of death, regeneration and survival.

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!

Samhain and Celtic themes were woven through the night, with Celtic blessings and sage cleansing when we arrived – plus a mezcal bar – and guests dressed up in “Witches’ New Year” costumes.

Folklorists created a through line from the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain to Halloween. But the Halloween we know today has more to do with the English, a 9th century pope and American consumerism.

Find about Samhain, the true origin of the Halloween celebration This traditional festival dates back over 2,000 years, coinciding with the end of the harvest season and the start of the ‘Celtic ...