Episode 349 — SFGT | The History of Halloween — What is Halloween/​Samhain and more!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN — Research Episode

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Top­ic: #Hal­loween #Samhain #His­to­ry

Wel­come lis­ten­ers, and it’s Hal­loween! The time for cel­e­bra­tions across maaaany cul­tures. And today I share the sto­ry of Hal­loween itself. Today, I’m going to jump head first into what makes Hal­loween what it is today. It’s time for a research episode. I’m going to cov­er­ing off some pret­ty key top­ics about what Hal­loween is, what it is to me, Hal­loweens cul­tur­al roots, and the merg­ing of two key cul­tures Chris­tian­i­ty and Celtic tra­di­tion that cre­at­ed what mod­ern Hal­loween is right now. Along­side all of this, I’ll explor­ing Samhain, the Pagan Gods, and aspects of Hal­loween that we enjoy but may not real­ly know where they orig­i­nate from, such as trick or treat­ing, pump­kins, and dress­ing up.

Thank you so much for lis­ten­ing to the #pod­cast mates!

Ref­er­ences mega list:

Death Rates: www​.best​places​.net/​d​o​c​s​/​s​t​u​d​i​e​s​/​h​a​l​l​o​w​e​e​n​_​d​e​a​d​l​i​e​s​t​_​d​a​y​.​a​spx

Expen­di­ture: nrf​.com/​m​e​d​i​a​/​p​r​e​s​s​-​r​e​l​e​a​s​e​s​/​h​a​l​l​o​w​e​e​n​-​s​p​e​n​d​i​n​g​-​r​e​a​c​h​-​9​-​b​i​l​l​ion

Safe­ty and Fears: jour​nal​star​.com/​l​i​f​e​s​t​y​l​e​s​/​f​a​m​i​l​y​/​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​s​c​a​r​i​e​s​t​-​h​e​a​l​t​h​-​h​a​z​a​r​d​s​-​o​f​-​h​a​l​l​o​w​e​e​n​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​_​8​2​8​4​f​e​f​b​-​2​5​a​9​-​5​f​3​7​-​a​5​d​1​-​a​c​8​c​3​3​f​f​b​4​4​8​.​h​tml

Poi­son Can­dy: www​.sandiegounion​tri​bune​.com/​n​e​w​s​/​m​a​r​i​j​u​a​n​a​/​s​d​-​m​e​-​m​a​r​i​j​u​a​n​a​-​p​o​i​s​o​n​i​n​g​-​2​0​1​8​1​0​2​6​-​s​t​o​r​y​.​h​tml

Ori­gins: www​.his​to​ry​.com/​t​o​p​i​c​s​/​h​a​l​l​o​w​e​e​n​/​h​i​s​t​o​r​y​-​o​f​-​h​a​l​l​o​w​een

All Souls Day: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day

All Saints Day: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day

Paganus: en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​P​a​g​a​n​ism

Reli­gion Sta­tis­tics: news​.gallup​.com/​p​o​l​l​/​1​8​7​9​5​5​/​p​e​r​c​e​n​t​a​g​e​-​c​h​r​i​s​t​i​a​n​s​-​d​r​i​f​t​i​n​g​-​d​o​w​n​-​h​i​g​h​.​a​spx

Deities by the Celts: www​.thought​co​.com/​g​o​d​s​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​c​e​l​t​s​-​2​5​6​1​711

Celtic Poly­the­ism: en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​C​e​l​t​i​c​_​p​o​l​y​t​h​e​i​s​m​#​C​o​m​m​o​n​_​C​e​l​t​i​c​_​t​h​e​o​n​yms

Gael­ic and Chris­t­ian Hal­loween Influ­ences: en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​H​a​l​l​o​w​e​e​n​#​G​a​e​l​i​c​_​a​n​d​_​W​e​l​s​h​_​i​n​f​l​u​e​nce

Celtic God Muck Olla: www​.flickr​.com/​p​h​o​t​o​s​/​2​2​3​6​1​8​6​1​@​N​0​7​/​6​2​2​1​4​7​3​618

Immi­gra­tion: en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​S​c​o​t​c​h​-​I​r​i​s​h​_​A​m​e​r​i​c​ans

Soul Cakes: en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​S​o​u​l​_​c​ake

Hal­loween Lore: www​.irish​-geneal​o​gy​-toolk​it​.com/​o​r​i​g​i​n​-​o​f​-​H​a​l​l​o​w​e​e​n​.​h​tml

Samhain Lore: en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​S​a​m​h​ain

Celtic Wic­ca: en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​C​e​l​t​i​c​_​W​i​cca

Aus­tralia Hal­loween: this​.deakin​.edu​.au/​s​o​c​i​e​t​y​/​s​h​o​u​l​d​-​w​e​-​r​e​a​l​l​y​-​b​e​-​c​e​l​e​b​r​a​t​i​n​g​-​h​a​l​l​o​w​e​e​n​-​i​n​-​a​u​s​t​r​a​lia

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