Articles of category "Samhain (Celtic)"

What is Samahin or Celtic Samhain ? It is in reality the word for the month of November in the Gaelic languages and the Festival of Samahin is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in the Gaelic Culture, in general regarded as 'The Celtic New Year'. It is also to be noted that Celctic Samhain was used for a month in the ancient Celtic calendar, in particular the first three nights of this very month denoting the end of the summer season and also of the harvest. However, a modernized version of this festival contiues even today in some of the traditions of the Cathoilc All Souls' Day, the Secular Halloween and many others.

Everyone has different holidays that they celebrate, however, it is cool to see how so many of our holidays are just like other people's holidays. Like in most places and cultures they do celebrate New Years, and this is true for Celtic religion as well. The Celtic New Year Samhain (because Samhain would be what the Celtic New Year would be called) is something fun to learn about and to think about them celebrating. However, over the course of time lots of historians are beginning to question whether the Celtic Nation did celebrate the Celtic New Year Samhain.