Halloween History

Halloween History Table of Contents

Use the dropdowns from the menu (👈see GIF to the right), use this Table of Contents to navigate, or use the navigations at the bottom of each page to learn about Halloween.   

Irish Origins 👈 All about the people who started Halloween

• Native Irish👈  All about the original people who began our traditions who weren't Celts

• The Invaders👈 All about how Irish Celts and others adopted and handed down our traditions

• The Romans👈 All about how the Romans influenced our Halloween traditions

Celtic Cosmology 👈All about the spiritual worldview of the Celts

• Samhain Origins👈  All about the places our traditions formed & how we know what we know

• Samhain Gods & Queens👈 All about the beliefs and mythology behind Halloween 

• Crom's Persecution & Survival👈How Celtic cosmology was forgotten but survives

• The Sacred Wheel 👈 All about the four fire festivals of the Ancient Celts

Halloween Traditions 👈All about our traditions that survive at Halloween and where they came from

• Costumes and Masks👈 All about where mask and costume wearing at Halloween came from

• Jack-O-Lanterns 👈 All about where our pumpkin carving at Halloween traditions came from 

• Trick-or-Treating 👈 All about where trick-or-treating came from

• Halloween Parties👈 All about where Halloween parties came from