Pagan and Christian elements have been fused in Halloween for centuries. In the 1800s, Irish immigrants brought their Halloween traditions to the Americas and mass media have spread elements of ...

Considered the birthplace of Halloween, celebrations in Ireland have origins dating back to ancient Pagan rituals thousands of years ago. A traditional food of Halloween in Ireland is barmbrack ...

Or maybe not. The idea that Halloween comes from pagan rituals usurped by Christians originated with Welsh scholar Sir John ...

If we participate in the ritual activity of imitating the dead and wandering ... feast of All Saints (in western Christiandom) came to be known as Halloween. The people who remained pagan and ...

There are numerous Halloween traditions and superstitions ... However, the origins of Halloween can be traced back to the pagan festival of Samhain (pronounced Sow-in), first celebrated by ...

Dziady, Halloween’s Polish counterpart ... That’s the core of Dziady – originally a pagan folk ritual that got mixed with Biblical faith after the Christianisation of the Slavs and Balts (as shown, ...

Most people are aware that Halloween's origins lie in the northern European Celtic and pagan festival of Samhain. Fewer people are aware of the unique and macabre Welsh traditions of our very own ...