thats what i grew up knowing,i just wondered if i was right or not
2006-10-30 23:07:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
but the word hallow'een comes from all hallows eve,so your saying halloween itself is based on christian faith?
2006-10-30 23:19:37 · update #1
Basically yes, here's a link to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
2006-10-30 23:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by STEVErunswithdogs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All Hallows is a Christian Festival. It is celebrated at the same time as the pagan festival of Samhain which is the autumnal celebration of harvest before the approaching winter. Like many other pagan festival which were/ are associated with the cycle of seasons, samhain was effectively redesignated by Christians following the conversion of the local populace.
2006-10-30 23:21:17 · answer #2 · answered by des c 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. All Hallows Eve is a Christian holiday.
Samhain is the Pagan holiday. It's celebrated around the same time.
2006-10-31 06:35:42 · answer #3 · answered by kaplah 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name of the ancient festival was Samhain (pronounced sow-in), and the word means October in Irish. It's the Pagan New Year, the night that the barrier between this world and the next is a bit thinner than usual, which is why we sometimes meet people we didn't expect to be seeing ....
2006-10-30 23:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by Orla C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
All Hallows Eve is of CHRISTIAN Origin.
Samhain is the harvest festival as well as the night when the ancestors are remembered.
2006-10-30 23:15:56 · answer #5 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its linked to the Wiccan festival of Samhain - the coming of the dark months and giving praise and gifts to the sun gods so they will come back in the spring.
2006-10-30 23:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pagan new year is NOV 1, "All saints day" was the Christian day to honor all saints that had no special day, and to counter act the Pagan new year.
2006-10-30 23:19:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are right.
2006-10-30 23:13:36 · answer #8 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2006-10-30 23:11:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋