Halloween (Halloween) is one of the oldest holidays in the English-speaking world, second only to Christmas in popularity. And although millions of people celebrate the eve of All Saints' Day without knowing the origins of this holiday, knowing the history of Halloween and related myths and legends makes this eerily fun holiday even more interesting.
And this holiday is rather ambiguous: and although some people consider it a great way to have fun and have fun, some perceive it as a time of superstition and all sorts of devilry.
Halloween is celebrated on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. Initially, it was a pagan holiday - a day to honor the dead. Halloween was called All Hallows Eve, and its roots stretch back centuries, no less than the beginning of our era.
The Eve of All Saints' Day - as its name suggests - is the evening before All Saints Day, the day that Christians dedicated to their patron saints and in which pagans were converted - November 1st.