Kindergarten students in 1952 race out of school in Los Angeles, eager to celebrate Halloween. Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images “It’s alive!” Dr. Frankenstein cried as his ...
Netflix’s new mystery series Bodkin co-stars Will Forte, Robyn Cara and Siobhan Cullen as investigative podcasters who travel to Bodkin, a small Irish town known for its Samhain festival. Samhain ...
The Halloween traditions that we celebrate today, in America, originate from the Celtic pagan festival called “Samhain.“ The phrase is from ancient Gaelic. It means “end of summer.” According to ...
On Halloween night, Charlene Dzielak will light candles and incense in front of an altar and invite her departed loved ones to join her in a "dumb supper," a feast eaten in silence out of reverence ...
Lisa Bitel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Not often - well, only once every seven years - do we get to talk about Halloween's Celtic origins on a Celtic Sojourn on the day itself. So, this segment of A Celtic Sojourn explores Halloween's ...
While many Valley residents will be using Halloween as an excuse to dress up in costume and eat candy, members of the Pagan community will gather today to celebrate Samhain (sa-win), the Celtic ...