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 ...

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 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 ...

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!

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 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 ...

Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival that pre-existed Halloween, is having a resurgence in Ireland and beyond. Anna Hart speaks to historians, spiritual leaders and revellers to learn about an ...

Samhain Celtic festival. By . Janet Eastman | The Oregonian/OregonLive; The ancient Celts and Druids may have ignited autumn’s Samhain festival eons ago, but Oregonians keep the fire burning.