SAMHAIN AND HALLOWEEN
Halloween history traces back to a period about 800 years before the birth of Christ. The Celts celebrated Halloween's progenitor, under the name Samhain. Samhain was actually a ritual to mark the end of the year. The Celtic celebration was more akin to partying on New Year's Eve, only their calendar year began on Nov. 1. How Samhain evolved into Halloween instead of being adopted as a year-end festival has to do with the more metaphysical aspects the Celts associated with the day.
When looking at history, we see many similarities between Samhain and Halloween. Samhain was not just a celebratory occasion; it also represented to the Celts that day in which the barrier separating earthly existence from the afterworld broke down, allowing the dead to return to life in the physical vessel of an animal, such as a black cat.
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