the history?

Question

can u gimme the hist. of halloween?

Answer 1

Halloween's Origin: Celtic observation of Samhain
According to what can be reconstructed of the beliefs of the ancient Celts, the bright half of the year ended around November 1 or on a Moon-phase near that date, a day referred to in modern Gaelic as Samhain ("Sow-in" or alternatively "Sa-ven", meaning: End of the Summer). Just as sundown meant the start of a new day, shorter days signified the start of the new year; therefore the harvest festival began every year on the night of preceding the autumn new year date. After the adoption of the Roman calendar with its fixed months, the date began to be celebrated independently of the Moon's phases.

As October 31st is the last day of the bright half of the year, the next day also meant the beginning of Winter, which the Celts often associated with human death. The Celts also believed that on October 31 (the night before the new year), the boundary separating the dead from the living became blurred. (There is a rich and unusual myth system at work here; the spirit world, the residence of the "Sidhe," as well as of the dead, was accessible through burial mounds. These mounds opened at two times during the year, making the beginning and end of Summer highly spiritually resonant.)

The Celts' survival during the cold harsh winters, depended on the prophecies of their priests or Druids. They believed that the presence of spirits would aid in the priests' abilities to make future predictions.

The exact customs observed in each Celtic region differ, but they generally involved the lighting of bonfires and the reinforcement of boundaries, across which malicious spirits might cross and threaten the community.

Like most observances around this season, warmth and comfort were emphasized, indulgence was not. Stores of preserved food were needed to last through the winter, not for parties.

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Norse Elven Blót
In the old Norse religion an event believed to occur around the same time of the year as Halloween was the álfablót (elven blót), which involved sacrifices to the elves and the blessing of food. The elves were powers connected to the ancestors, and it can be assumed that the blót related to a cult of the ancestors. The álfablót is also celebrated in the modern revival of Norse religion, Ásatrú.

Answer 2

The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows Day".[1] In Ireland, the name was All Hallows Eve and this name is still used by some older people. Halloween was also sometimes called All Saints' Eve. The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European pagan traditions, until it was appropriated by Christian missionaries and given a Christian interpretation. In Mexico November 1st and 2nd are celebrated as the Day of the Dead.

Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.

On Great Britain and Ireland in particular, the pagan Celts celebrated the Day of the Dead on All Hallows Day (1st November). The spirits supposedly rose from the dead and, in order to attract them, food was left on the doors. To scare off the evil spirits, the Celts wore masks. When the Romans invaded Great Britain, they embellished the tradition with their own, which is both a celebration of the harvest and of honoring the dead. Very much later, these traditions were transported to the United States, Canada and Australia.

Halloween is sometimes associated with the occult. Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when the spiritual world can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent (e.g. Catalan mythology about witches

Answer 3

It all began in what is now France and the British Isles. It was started by the Celtic people long ago....
The Celtic people feared the night of October 31. It was the night of their festival of Samhain, Lord of the Dead. The Celtics feared Samhain and in order to please him, the Druids (Celtic priests) held cruel fire rites in his honor. They made huge bonfires every year at this time. The bonfires were usually made of oak and considered sacred.
At this festival, the Druids made sacrifices to the gods. They burned criminals, prisoners, and animals alive. By observing the victims die, the Druids saw omens of the future, both good and bad. The powers to make predictions of the future were thought to be strongest on this night. Why? It was because the Druids believed that the spirits were allowed to roam free on this night of the year. The Druids believed the spirits were powerful and wild on this night, and if they were treated right, they would help with predictions of the future. However, if the spirits were ignored, they would punish the Celtic community.
The Druids believed that, above powerful and wild, some spirits were evil. This is why the Celtic people wore costumes during the Samhain festival. The purpose of the costumes was to frighten the spirits. Plus, this way, the spirits wouldn't be able to recognize them.(This is the origin of costumes.)
To please the spirits, the Celtic people left food outside their houses on Halloween. If any hungry spirits came by, they could take the food and leave the Celtics in peace. (This is the origin of 'trick or treat'ing.)
Christians should have no part in such celebrations.

Answer 4

I completed institution later in existence than so much. I stored literature for final and used to be so amazed that I cherished it such a lot. What I ignored out on used to be a category in which they mixed historical past and literature in order that you bought the politics of the day from the historical past and the temper of the folks from the poetry. So my notion is learn a few poetry from the winners and the losers and notice what the folks feel approximately what's going on. It will so fill within the historical past. I additionally just like the "films" they have got on Netflix approximately exclusive battles. They exhibit you or supply you an outline of the folks worried, exhibit you the ancient battlefields in England and what used to be occurring and why they gained or misplaced. . .even how they fought and what they fought with and why it labored or did not paintings. I determined it strong how historical past might have long past a miles exclusive approach simply due to the fact that any one selected the proper top flooring or simply bought fortunate. And nonetheless a factor that horrifies me used to be the tale approximately Henry VIII and while he desired to divorce one spouse or the opposite and the pope would not allow him he began the Church of England. Then we learn the Songs of Innocence and the Songs of Experiece. . with a few poems approximately youngsters offered to the chimney sweeps in order that their mum and dad might tithe to the church and the youngsters so younger they might most effective say weep weep within the snow alternatively of sweep sweep. The older extra skilled youngsters figuring out they might ultimately fall and die. Adds plenty to what used to be occurring in the ones days.

Answer 5

it's celtic; try also searching for "samhain"

on this day the boundary between this world and the "other world" is said to be very thin. Celts would set an extra place at the table on samhain for recently deceased family members in the hope that they would briefly return.

Answer 6

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