It started as a festival to honour the untimely death of a prince in the 1600s ... Pronounced ‘sow-en’, Samhain is a Gaelic holiday beckoning the ‘darker half’ of the year.

Samhain is all about honoring the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. A small skull (you can find beautiful carved ones made ...

Samhain pronounced “sow-win”, is derived ... critical preparation for the upcoming winter (a season associated with death and hardship). Unlike contemporary Halloween, whose haunted ...

Dr. Linda Adams, a historian specializing in ancient religions, explains that this adaptation was no accident: “Samhain already contained elements of death rituals and communication with the ...