Samhain is the festival of the dead, a festival of remembrance and honouring of our dear departed friends and relations.

Oct 30, 2018 · Samhain, the fire festival that marked the beginning of the dark half of the year, is situated between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice.

Samhain is a fire festival so build a fire to celebrate around, light candles, or even toast some treats over flames outside.

From Old Irish Samain (“Halloween”), from Proto-Celtic *Samonyos (compare Gaulish samoni-) or a genitive *samonis, [1] either from Proto-Indo-European *smH-on- ...

Samhain, meaning "summer's end," is a celebration of the end of the harvest and the start of the coldest half of the year.

Oct 30, 2024 · The feast of Samhain (pronounced SAH-win), which translates from Gaelic to “summer's end,” was celebrated by pagans and Druids across Ireland ...

Oct 26, 2021 · Celtic festival of Samhain (a Gaelic word pronounced “SAH-win”), a pagan religious celebration to welcome the harvest at the end of summer, when ...

Oct 31, 2024 · 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 ...

Oct 26, 2020 · The thread which has run continually through both Samhain and Halloween is a connection to the dead and the supernatural.

Oct 20, 2020 · Samhain is a pagan festival celebrated around the same time as Halloween which marks the end of the summer, and is particularly associated ...