i have always wondered why halloween was called halloween? Who started Halloween and why?
2006-10-28 08:30:39 · 5 answers · asked by kitty_cat_1800 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
The pagans had a celebration around this time of year called SamHain(sow-en) which according to their calender was the new year and it was believed that all the souls of those who died in the past year were given one last chance to walk the earth.
When Christianity rose, the Christians set their Holiday of All Saints Day or All Hallows Day the next day. Making the Pagan SamHain, All Hallows Evening. which through the evolution of language became Halloween.
It was a common practice in the infancy of Christianity to set Christian Holidays around the same time as Pagan Holidays to make Christianity more palatable, and easier to accept.
2006-10-28 08:44:05 · answer #1 · answered by janssen411 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started out as "All Hallowe' en" meaning to go out on Oct. 31st and celebrate the "All Hallows' Even" which by the time it was said fast enough, resulted in the name Halloween.
2006-10-28 15:46:31 · answer #2 · answered by kath68142 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's derived from the old school "All Hallows Eve" The one day the veil between the living and the dead is the thinest and the living can celebrate with deceased loved ones. It's a good thing. That's whyn so many costumes are dead people.
2006-10-28 15:39:43 · answer #3 · answered by Hans 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it started out
all hallows eve and was started by
inca's who would dress up on one
harvest night to scare away spirts
they thought all hallows eve was the day
the dead could come to life
then mexicans copied in thier own for
then we got halloween =]
2006-10-28 16:10:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was orginally saints day but along the years they changed it. sad huh? or at least i think.
2006-10-28 15:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by Jeanine C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋