Tag: Samhain

The Scottish Origins of Halloween

Oct 27, 2021 | Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Samhain and Halloween

Halloween began in the dawn of history as a Celtic harvest festival called Samhain (pronounced...

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Turning the Wheel of the Year

Sep 22, 2020 | Beltane, Calanais, Chambered cairn, Druids, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Imbolc, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Samhain and Halloween, Stenness, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...

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