In the poem, Tam barely escapes as he is chased by witches. The origins of Halloween date way back in time to an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain. Samhain marked the end of the harvest ...

Getty Images Halloween has travelled a long way from the Celtic festival of Samhain to this street party in Tokyo, Japan As far as dressing up was concerned, kids dressed in witches' hats and ...

In order to understand this theory, one needs to realise just how different the practice of what we call Halloween today, actually was. Samhain pronounced “sow-win”, is derived from the Gaelic.

Historians have linked Halloween to Samhain, the Celtic festival of the ... black cats were often portrayed as the familiars of witches, which is likely to be the origin of the distrust with ...

Over 2,000 years ago The origins of present day Halloween are believed to date back over 2,000 years ago to a Celtic festival known as Samhain. Fearing evil intent from the returned dead ...

As the Christianization of Ireland began in the early fifth century, the celebration of Samhain began to fade, but not before contributing strongly to the Halloween festivities we know today (see ...

Witches, Pagans and Satanists marks Halloween as one of their highest “holy days.” This video uncovers the mystic Druidic rites and ceremonies with which “Samhain” (Halloween) was ...