Samhain is pronounced as Sahwin. This ancient Gaelic festival marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, traditionally celebrated from sunset on October 31st until sunset on ...

The ancient precursor to Halloween, Samhain commemorates the end of the harvest and the onset of the "dark half" of the year. Donna Grace/NYPOST As autumn proves and Robert Frost reminds us ...

Samhain was the pivotal point of the Celtic Pagan new year, a time of rebirth – and death. "Pagans had three harvests: Lammas, harvest of the corn, on 1 August; the one of fruit and vegetables ...

Samhain is a real Gaelic festival that’s held on November 1 to mark the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. It is believed to have originated from Celtic pagan traditions and to ...

The ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced “sow-win”) was celebrated on October 31, which planted the seed that would lead to what’s known as Halloween in modern times, according to ...

(Mass Appeal) – Samhain is a season or month beginning around Halloween. The name and history originate with the Celts of Ireland and the first recorded evidence of celebrating Samhain is 3,000 ...

An amalgam of All Saints' Day and Samhain that nearly coincides with election day, Halloween continues to encompass competing ideas of the otherworldly and in-between.

Samhain was the pivotal point of the Celtic Pagan new year, a time of rebirth – and death. "Pagans had three harvests: Lammas, harvest of the corn, on 1 August; the one of fruit and vegetables ...