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

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of ...

It is fitting that Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, should still be celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts in modern ...

However, this year, some families will be making time for religious rituals before or after they hit the streets to ...

In the late 1800s, there was a move to mold holiday more about community and neighborly get-togethers than about ghosts, ...

Halloween marks the halfway point between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice, making it a cross-quarter day.

Halloween has been around for many centuries, but why have these traditions continued through the 21st century?

Celebrated usually from 31 October to 1 November, the religious rituals of Samhain (pronounced "sow-win", meaning summer's end), focused on fire, as winter approached. Anthropologist and pagan Lyn ...

These stories about the pagan past told of Irish kings holding annual weeklong feasts, markets and games at Samhain. The day ended early in northwestern Europe, before 5 p.m., and winter nights ...