Samhain arrives :)

[MoonOwl]

For those who are curious:


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

 

[Brujahpriest]

Happy Samhain Moonie!

 

[USF Sam]

LOL.... I always pronounced that Sam-Hane instead of Sow-In.

I felt like such an idiot when it was pointed out to me.


Blessed be, Moonie.

 

[Brujahpriest]

LOL.... I always pronounced that Sam-Hane instead of Sow-In.

I felt like such an idiot when it was pointed out to me.


Blessed be, Moonie.

Your not the only one! cool

 

[MoonOwl]

Your not the only one! cool

Indeed. :nod:

 

[Minor Axis]

Halloween vs All Saints Day.

Halloween is a combination of holidays, some “pagan,” some Christian. The Romans celebrated the occasion as the festival of Pomona, goddess of gardens. The ancient Celts called the holiday “Samhain,” or “end of summer,” and observed the day as the end of the food-growing season. The Celts believed that ghosts of people visited the earth on Samhain (October 31st), and they lit bonfires atop hills to scare the ghosts away.
When the Celts became Christians, they, and other Christian groups, appropriated the holiday as a festive prelude to the day on which to remember those Christians who have left this world and live with Jesus. According to the New Testament these people are referred to as saints. All Saints Day was known then as All Hallows Day (All Holy Day), so inevitably the evening before was called All Hallows E’en, or All Holy Evening. Eventually the term was shortened to Halloween.