Halloween is a legendary traditional festival in Western countries. There are also many stories and customs about Halloween spread among the people. In China, many people may regard Halloween as a masquerade party. So, what are the stories and legends about Halloween? Next, let us take a look!
The legendary story about Halloween 1: Halloween is on October 31st. It is actually a festival that praises autumn, just like May Day is a festival that praises spring. The Druids, the priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which started at midnight on October 31 and lasted for a whole day on November 1 the next day. They believe that on that night, their great god of death, Saman, summoned all the ghosts of the people who died that year, and these evil ghosts were punished by being reborn as animals. Of course, just the thought of such a spooky gathering was enough to scare the simple-minded ignorant people at that time. So they lit a bonfire that reached into the sky and closely monitored these evil spirits.
This is how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween began. There are still people in some isolated areas of Europe who believe this to be true. The ancient Romans also had a festival on November 1st, which was used to pay respect to their goddess Pomona. They roasted nuts and apples in front of the bear's tendon fire. Our own Halloween seems to be a combination of ancient Roman festivals and Druid festivals. The activities on All Hallows' Eve turned out to be very simple, and most of them were held in churches. But throughout Europe, people regard All Hallows' Eve as a chance to have fun, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer use this festival to praise the autumn light, but make it a festival for gods, witches and ghosts.
Legendary story about Halloween 2: The Celts believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. However, every year the Sun God is attacked by an evil force named Samhain and imprisoned for six months. Samhain also has two titles, namely "Lord of Death" and "Prince of Darkness". He came to the Celtic land with the cold and dark winter. The Celts were very afraid of the night of October 31st because they felt that there were a bunch of evil spirits lurking everywhere on this night. They light fires at home to make those evil spirits leave their homes (there is a sentence in the previous untranslated paragraph that says the flames can scare the ghosts away.) They believe that Samhain calls the dead out, and they also believe that Samhain will bring the dead out. Become something else, like a cat. The Celts would put on terrible disguises to drive away the evil spirits. (This is the prototype of Halloween) Later, Rome occupied the Celtic land and combined the Roman festival with the Celtic Samhain festival on October 31 to form the current Halloween.
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