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 ...

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 ...

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

Have you ever wondered where Halloween originated? Learn about the early pagan traditions that shape modern-day Halloween ...

An otherworld more utopian than terrifying 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 ...

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 ...