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  2. Halloween: Why do we celebrate it and why is it on Oct. 31 ...

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    The Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred, and during the Samhain celebration, they believes ghosts of the ...

  3. Samhain - Wikipedia

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    Samhain (/ ˈ s ɑː w ɪ n / SAH-win, / ˈ s aʊ ɪ n / SOW-in, Irish: [ˈsˠəunʲ], Scottish Gaelic: [ˈs̪ãũ.ɪɲ]) or Sauin (Manx: [ˈsoːɪnʲ]) is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. [1]

  4. Everything To Know About the History of Halloween ... - AOL

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    Ancient Celts across what is now the UK, Ireland and northern France marked the day with bonfires and donned costumes to ward off ghosts of the dead, which they believed returned to Earth on that ...

  5. Where did Halloween originate? - AOL

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    The Celts would light ceremonial fires to welcome the new year and to guide the spirits. ... Nestled away in a field full of sheep in County Roscommon is what some people believe is the origin of ...

  6. Halloween - Wikipedia

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    Halloween shop in Derry, Northern Ireland, selling masks. Halloween costumes were traditionally modeled after figures such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, scary looking witches, and devils. [66] Over time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and princesses.

  7. Wicker man - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of human sacrifices in Gaul from Myths and legends; the Celtic race (1910) by T. W. Rolleston. While other Roman writers of the time described human and animal sacrifice among the Celts, only the Roman general Julius Caesar and the Greek geographer Strabo mention the wicker man as one of many ways the druids of Gaul performed sacrifices.

  8. Where did Halloween originate? It has Irish roots. Here's how ...

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    October 31 means it's Halloween! Wondering how the holiday got started and why we trick or treat for candy? Here's what to know about its past.

  9. Ancient Celtic religion - Wikipedia

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    Celtic paganism, as practised by the ancient Celts, is a descendant of Proto-Celtic paganism, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European paganism.Many deities in Celtic mythologies have cognates in other Indo-European mythologies, such as Celtic Brigantia with Roman Aurora, Vedic Ushas, and Norse Aurvandill; Welsh Arianrhod with Greek Selene, Baltic Mėnuo, and Slavic Myesyats; and Irish Danu ...