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Samhain

Samhain (/ˈsɑːwɪn/ SAH-win, /ˈsaʊɪn/ SOW-in; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Irish: ; Scottish Gaelic: ) or Sauin (Manx: ) is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest…

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Celebrations
Bonfires · Guising or Mumming · Divination · Saining · Veneration of the dead
Date
1 November (or 1 May for Neopagans in the Southern Hemisphere)
Duration
1 day and night
Frequency
Annual
Observed by
Irish people · Scottish people · Manx people · Modern pagans
Related to
Allantide · All Saints' Day · All Souls' Day · Calan Gaeaf · Day of the Dead

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In Irish mythology

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Celtic Revival

Related holidays

Modern paganism

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Samhain

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Samhain

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related to Allhallowtide · 40
Samhain → Alcuin, All Hallows, All Hallows' Day, All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, Allhallowtide, Anglo-Saxon Northumbria, April, By, Celtic, Charlemagne's, Christian, Europe, Frankish, Frankish Empire, Gaelic, Gaelic Ireland, Germanic, Halloween
related to In Irish mythology · 37
Samhain → Acallam, According, Aillen, As, Bealtaine, Caílte, Christian, Colloquy, Cormac's Adventure, Cruachan, Cumhaill, Cúldubh, Each, Echtra Cormaic, Elders, Emer, Feast, Fionn, Fionn's, High King
related to Origins · 31
Samhain → August, Bealtaine, Cairn, Calliagh, Cattle, Dumha, February, Gaelic, Gaelic Ireland, Hill, Hostages, Imbolc, Ireland, It, Lughnasa, Magic, May, Mound, November, Of
related to Celtic Revival · 29
Samhain → All Saints, All Souls, Celtic, Celtic League, Celtic New Year, Celtic Revival, Christianized, During, Frazer, Gaelic, Hallowe'en, He, Hog-unnaa, Hutton, Ireland, Mann, Manx, Middle Ages, New Year's Night, November
related to Mumming and guising · 27
Samhain → At, By, Celtic-speaking, Charles Vallancey, Elsewhere, Europe, However, Impersonating, In, In Ireland, In Scotland, In Wales, Ireland, It, Láir Bhán, Mann, Mari Lwyd, McNeill, Midwinter, Muck Olla
related to Name · 22
Samhain → An, Cedeira, EE-hə HOW-nə, Galician, In Modern Irish, Irish, It, Latin, Manx, Manx Gaelic, November, Older, Oíche Shamhna, Samaín, Samhainn, Samhuinn, Sauin, Scottish Gaelic, The, The Gaelic
related to Modern paganism · 18
Samhain → April, As, Celtic, Folklorist Jenny Butler, Gaelic, Irish, May, Neopaganism, Neopagans, Northern, Northern Hemisphere, November, October, Others, Samhain-inspired, Some, Some Neopagans, Southern Hemisphere
related to Related holidays · 18
Samhain → Allantide, Brittany, Brittonic, Calan Gaeaf, Celtic, Cornwall, Gaelic, Hop-tu-Naa, In, In Wales, Kalan Goañv, Kalan Gwav, New Year's Eve, October, The Brittonic, The Manx, Traditionally, Wales
related to Ritual bonfires · 17
Samhain → Accounts, By, In, Isle, It, Like Bealtaine, Likewise, Man, Marian McNeill, Moray, Scottish Highlands, Sun, The, They, Ulster, Wales, When
related to Celtic Reconstructionism · 16
Samhain → An, Celtic Reconstructionist Pagans, Celts, CRs, Divination, For CRs, Like, November, Reconstructionist, Some, The, Their, They, This, Though CRs, Traditional

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irish festival november may also celtic century winter ireland gaelic scottish one people year dead would otherworld bonfires modern time

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SamhainCelebrationsBonfires1.00infobox
SamhainCelebrationsGuising or Mumming1.00infobox
SamhainCelebrationsDivination1.00infobox
SamhainCelebrationsSaining1.00infobox
SamhainCelebrationsVeneration of the dead1.00infobox
SamhainCelebrationsFeasting1.00infobox
SamhainDate1 November (or 1 May for Neopagans in the Southern Hemisphere)1.00infobox
SamhainDuration1 day and night1.00infobox
SamhainFrequencyAnnual1.00infobox
SamhainObserved byIrish people1.00infobox
SamhainObserved byScottish people1.00infobox
SamhainObserved byManx people1.00infobox
SamhainObserved byModern pagans1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toAllantide1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toAll Saints' Day1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toAll Souls' Day1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toCalan Gaeaf1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toDay of the Dead1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toDziady1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toHalloween1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toHop-tu-Naa1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toKekri1.00infobox
SamhainRelated toWinter Nights1.00infobox
SamhainSignificanceEnd of the harvest season, beginning of winter1.00infobox
SamhainTypeCultural1.00infobox
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SamhainTypeCeltic polytheism1.00infobox
SamhainTypeCeltic neopaganism1.00infobox
SamhainTypeDruidry1.00infobox
SamhainTypeWicca1.00infobox

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