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Samhain
Celtic calendar
Coligny calendar
Gaulish
62 lunar months
Halloween
Nos
Calan Gaeaf Druid
October 31
Superstition
Feralia
Pope Boniface IV
All-hallows Eve
Trick or treat
Pumpkin
Ducking apples
Candy Ghosts
Witches
Black cats
 Black
cats have played a major role for centuries in folklore, superstition, and
mythology. Black cats in the middle ages were believed to be witches, and some
people even believed them to be witches incarnate.
Many of these old superstitions about black cats exist to this day.
Negative
views of cats originated in the middle ages. In this period, people were more
likely to believe in myths, fables, and legends about any subject. But much of
the folklore surrounding black cats associated them with witches. Black cats
were thought to be the "familiars" of witches, which means that they were the
spirits of witches in animal form. Some people even thought these cats were
reincarnations of witches from past lives.
Witches
and witchcraft are dominant themes of the holiday. Witches generally believe
themselves to be followers of an ancient religion, which goes back far beyond
Christianity, and which is properly called 'wicca'. Witches are really just one
side of a modern revival of paganism - the following of pre-Christian nature
religions, the attempt to return to worshipping ancient Norse, Greek or Celtic
gods and goddesses.
Well that's Halloween if you read all the pages, but remember Halloween is
what you want it to be !
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