How did Halloween come to existence?

Answer 1

It is the night of Samhain, Celtic lord of the dead. The Encyclopedia Americana says: "Elements of the customs connected with Halloween can be traced to a Druid ceremony in pre-Christian times. The Celts had festivals for two major gods-a sun god and a god of the dead (called Samhain), whose festival was held on November 1, the beginning of the Celtic New Year. The festival of the dead was gradually incorporated into Christian ritual."-(1977), Vol. 13, p. 725.

The book The Worship of the Dead points to this origin: "The mythologies of all the ancient nations are interwoven with the events of the Deluge . . . The force of this argument is illustrated by the fact of the observance of a great festival of the dead in commemoration of the event, not only by nations more or less in communication with each other, but by others widely separated, both by the ocean and by centuries of time. This festival is, moreover, held by all on or about the very day on which, according to the Mosaic account, the Deluge took place, viz., the seventeenth day of the second month-the month nearly corresponding with our November." (London, 1904, Colonel J. Garnier, p. 4) Thus these celebrations actually began with an honoring of people whom God had destroyed because of their badness in Noah's day.-Gen. 6:5-7; 7:11.

Answer 2

Why Does Halloween Exist

Answer 3

Halloween originated as a Pagan festival among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain with Irish, Scots, Welsh and other immigrants transporting versions of the tradition to North America in the 19th century. Most other Western countries have embraced Halloween as a part of American pop culture in the late 20th century.

Answer 4

Halloween is based on ancient pagan rituals, among them the Celtic Samhain. It takes its name from All Hallows Eve, the night before All Saints Day in the catholic calendar ("hallows" means "holy ones"), like the night before Christmas is called Christmas Eve. ("E'en" is an old way of abbreviating "evening," just like "eve" is).

The ancient pagan rites had to do with the changing of the seasons. Around the autumn, people began to notice that the winter "dead time" was approaching. The days were shorter and colder, stuff wasn't growing, the trees were losing their leaves and apparently dying. Because of this, people began to associate this time of year with death and darkness. They held the festivals to placate the dead, and thereby protect themselves.

[Along the same lines, Winter Solstice is seen as the birth day of the sun/redeemer god, because days get longer after the winter solstice, and the frozen world gets the promise of new life). The idea carried over to Christmas. Easter (a pagan holiday) is a celebration of the coming of spring and the rebirth of Nature, which is why it's celebreated with eggs and rabbits. Christians celebrate it as the resurrection day.]

Answer 5

the true purpose of human existence, namely, to honor, serve, and enjoy our Creator! ... [TheDarkGift] Re: Where Did Halloween Come From? Sally Tewell ...

Answer 6

TNT has the right answer. The Druids, a blood drinking priesthood would sacrifice young girls at Stone Henge on bone fires which were later called bonfires. Often human flesh would burn inside Jack-o-lanterns.

Halloween is not a nice innocent celebration as Christians wish to think. Everything about the holiday is death and darkness.

Answer 7

Cutoms say that the people who believe in voo doo and all of that crap believed that the dead come back from the grave and walk around to live and haunt for one more day,sort of like on Hocus Pocus you know the movie where that zombie comes back from the dead. Well i just dont understand where they got ninjas,princeses,and pumpkins and all of those other silly costumes from.

Answer 8

Well,you see,in the past people used to put on masks and try to look scary to scare away"Evil Spirits".

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

Answer 10

witches u know how some people say all hallows eve....witches