From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – ...

Anthropologist and pagan Lyn Baylis tells the BBC ... British rituals, at the heart of Halloween traditions, are the subject of Ben Edge's book, Folklore Rising, illustrated with his mystical ...

It’s the last day of October, which means Halloween is here once more! At the end of the harvest season, as fall gives way to ...

Halloween, celebrated annually on October 31, has grown into one of the most widely observed and culturally rich holidays ...

The Halloween traditions that we celebrate today, in America, originate from the Celtic pagan festival called “Samhain.“ The phrase is from ancient Gaelic. It means “end of summer.” ...

The word “Halloween” derives from “All Hallows Eve,” which ... As Christianity spread, many pagan rituals were adapted to the ...

traditions are also alive, which means they can change over time or get reinvented. Built from a hodgepodge of diverse parts, Halloween is one such tradition that has been continually reinvented since ...

October 31st is Halloween - a celebration going back centuries.The largely American tradition of trick-or-treating - children dressing up, going around the neighbourhood, collecting sweets from locals ...

Or maybe not. The idea that Halloween comes from pagan rituals usurped by Christians originated with Welsh scholar Sir John Rhŷs, and he didn’t back up his theory with a ton of evidence.