Where Did Halloween Originate?

Halloween's origins go back to  ancient Celtic traditions. "Samhain”, which is pronounced "sow-win" is something that was practiced thousands of years ago in the distant ancient past. Halloween is something that connects the living and the dead. Halloween represents transformation between the physical and the metaphysical.

This traditional Hallo holiday or festival was often combined as a New Year's festival as well. The name means summer's end. Meaning a close of summer, winter often represents the end of a season, or "nature's death", which for many in ancient times was a difficult time to survive. Most rituals of this type were often celebrate at their winter equinox, which often include family memorials, and appeasement of ancient gods in order to survive harsh winters.

Halloween is more popular in the US and in Canada. It's spooky time for us as the living because there are so many unknown factors that go into death and dying. Countries from all over the world, celebrate some form of Halloween or remembrance of some kind. Halloween in Mexico is called the day of the dead and in China, they perform a celebration of tomb sweeping. The Romans and other ancient cultures celebrated similar holidays. These traditions were often to commemorate passed on loved ones and important leaders in society. 

Christians also now label it Halloween and some of them do not celebrate it because they associated with the Devil. Of course in ancient times there was no such thing. there may have been scary spirits or ghosts that they were afraid of.

There wasn't necessarily a single deity labeled as something bad so now you can see how things grow and change in progress. For us modern day people we simply enjoy it as a day, a week, or a month of spooky season. I hope you enjoyed this little blog post and know that we as people are ever changing and evolving.