2006-10-24 10:47:28 · 13 answers · asked by wanttoknow 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The "een" is for evening - eve - night. The word Halloween comes from a variety of terms, all relating back to All Hallow's Eve, the night before All Saint's Day. Like many pagan traditions in Europe, All Saint's Day was was blended into Christianity, but not the night before! Some Christian beliefs forbid observing Halloween - it is still often associated with the occult.
Lots of good sites:
http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm
http://www.neopagan.net/Halloween-Origins.html
http://www.new-life.net/halowen1.htm
2006-10-24 10:49:38 · answer #1 · answered by Curious1usa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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In the word Halloween, if hallow means holy what does ween mean Wicca? warlock? between two worlds? what?
2015-08-13 02:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by Godwin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween is actually an Old English contraction for Hallowed Evening, or Hallow'een. It is named that because it falls on All Hallows' Eve, or the night before All Saints Day. Halloween actually has some mighty religious connotations, which is sort of funny because so many religions don't celebrate it anymore because of the Satanic ties. But it really started out as a Catholic feast day.
2006-10-24 10:57:05 · answer #3 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Halloween is basically a modern word for All Hallows Eve. Eve of the Hallowed Day. But, another perspective would be, ween could be said to derive from tween, as in between, as it is said that Halloween is a time when the veil between the physical and the spirit world is at its thinnest. This is simply conjecture, and could be wrong, but it is another way of looking at it.
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2006-10-27 09:05:01 · answer #4 · answered by Seph7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All Hallow's Eve = Halloween.
2006-10-24 11:51:35 · answer #5 · answered by Calli S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 'een, for evening. All Hallow's Eve = Halloween.
November 1 is All Saints Day, once known as All Hallows Day, given to the rememberance and glory of the Godly. The night before, Hallow's Een was the province of witches, goblins, devils and demons.
2006-10-24 10:49:43 · answer #6 · answered by LoneStar 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Halloween is the evolution of the phrase "all hallows evening", meaning the night before 'all saints day'. over time it became "hallows eve", and now its Halloween.
the ties to Wicca, are due to the Pagan celebration of samhain: pronounced saw-wain(I have no idea) To make Christianity more acceptable to the Pagans "all saints day' was scheduled to coincide with the already existing Pagan celebration
Just like X-mas was positioned close to the Winter solstice, and Easter by the Vernal equinox.
2006-10-27 12:11:36 · answer #7 · answered by janssen411 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween- Hallow - Holy. Een - e'en -- Evening or night.
Did you know Halloween is also know as Samhain (pronounced as sow en), a pre-Christian holiday celebrated by the Celts. Most of the customs that we do nowadays come from this. Go here for info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
2006-10-25 07:00:22 · answer #8 · answered by Silver Wolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original name was Hallowed Evening. Or all hallows Eve.
Nov 1st is a holy day in the Catholic faith, to honor family and friends who've died, and to visit their graves, and see that they've been tended for the winter. In the days of paid caretakers, some of this has fallen to the wayside, but not all.
2006-10-25 05:24:43 · answer #9 · answered by AmyB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's All Hallows (All Saints) Eve (evening, e'en), the day before All Saints Day. Traditionally the last day of the old year, when fairies, goblins etc were out and about - All Saints Day was holy and kept them away from Christian households. This is the origin of trick or treat - you left a treat out for the little folk, so they wouldn't play tricks on you.
2006-10-24 14:19:39 · answer #10 · answered by ~jve~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋