It might have been popularised in America, but Halloween’s roots lie in ancient Celtic civilisations ... meaning spirits and fairies could cross over. Samhain, therefore, was a time of ...

Historians have linked Halloween to Samhain, the Celtic festival of the summer's ... of Darkness in a tree by hacking a sign of the cross into the bark. In exchange for letting Satan climb down ...

Modern Halloween, with its costumes, lanterns, and playful traditions, has deep roots in the ancient Celtic Samhain. Originally aimed at honoring the dead and warding off malevolent spirits ...