Halloween stories, legends

1, The Druids, the ancient priests of Gaul, Britain, and Ireland, had a great festival in praise of autumn, which began at midnight on the 31st of October, and lasted for the whole of the following day, the 1st of November. They believed that on that night their great god of death, Saman, summoned all the ghosts of those who had died that year, and that these evil spirits were to be punished by being consigned to the life of beasts. Surely the mere thought of such a ghostly gathering was enough to make the simple-minded fools of the time tremble with fear. So they lit a bonfire in the sky and kept a close watch on these evil spirits.

2The Celts believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. However, every year the Sun God is attacked and imprisoned for six months by an evil force named Samhain, who also goes by the titles "Lord of Dead" and "Prince of Darkness". Samhain, who also held two titles, "Lord of the Dead" and "Prince of Darkness", came to Celtic lands with a cold and dark winter. The Celts feared the night of October 31 because they felt that there were evil spirits lurking everywhere. They built fires in their homes to keep those evil spirits out of their homes. (The last untranslated passage had a line about flames scaring the spirits away.) They believed it was Samhain that called the dead out, and they also believed that Samhain would change the dead into something else, like a cat. The Celts would put on scary disguises to drive the group of evil spirits away. (This is the archetype of Halloween.) After Rome took over the Celtic lands, they combined the Roman holiday with the Celtic festival of Samhain on October 31st, and it became what is now known as Halloween.

3, the original Halloween originated from the ancient Celt (Celt, that is, the ancestors of the Irish) of the genus Yin festival (Samhaim, pronounced Sow-in). After the introduction of Christianity, in order to assimilate paganism, the original Halloween (AllSaints' Day or AllHallows) changed in the same day, that is, November 1, and October 31 will become Halloween Eve (Halloween).

The Cretans were originally a nomadic people. The festival of Samhain, on the one hand, was a festival for them to prepare for the coming of winter and to welcome the New Year; on the other hand, it was also a religious festival. Samhaim was one of the gods they believed in, and its priest was called Druid. Although there are no official historical records, it is generally accepted by researchers that they believe that on Samhaim, people can see things in the spirit world, including the souls of the dead who return and the evil spirits of the spirit world. These spirit beings are evil and want to harm people on the Day of the Dead, so the Klatians have to treat these spirits so that they don't do evil and take revenge (Trick). For example, some people placed food in front of their homes for the spirits to enjoy, which is the origin of TrickorTreat. At the same time, the priests of TrickorTreat performed religious ceremonies that night. Almost all studies point out that slaughtered animals were also sacrificed during the ceremony. As for whether or not there was any killing for sacrifice, there are different opinions but no one denies it. In addition, there must be divination and evil magic and so on.