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Buried in History #009: The Origin of Halloween
Long before Halloween became a night of costumes, candy, haunted houses, and spooky decorations, people across Ireland and other parts of the Celtic world were observing a festival marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. That festival was Samhain (pronounced SOW-in). Rooted in ancient Celtic traditions, Samhain was associated with the changing seasons, the dead, supernatural beings, bonfires, and the belief that the boundary between our world and the Otherworld grew thinner at this time of year. Over centuries, these traditions mixed with Christian observances, Irish and…
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