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silvestris_mage

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Oct 26, 2009 16:37

I'm sorry that I'm going to start sounding like a parrot, but Halloween is really Samhain with a different name, isn't it ( Read more... )

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In which Lemony is a nerd mysilenceknot October 26 2009, 22:43:48 UTC

Well actually the origins of Halloween come from All Hollows Eve and that was a day to respect the dead.

Samhain you say? I believe I've read something about that before. A holiday, I believe years ago people celebrated it around this time.

I suppose at this day and age the harvest for most people is metephorical.

Aww Lemony. silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 02:34:05 UTC

I've never heard of All Hallows Eve, but that sounds reasonably close to our holiday.

Years ago? I wonder how that's possible, for Tortall to exist in the present and yet celebrate something that's fair old.

It doesn't seem like there's that much grain ready to be threshed in Mayfield, does it?

bustydefense October 27 2009, 00:41:26 UTC

It used to be called that, I think.

silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 02:36:53 UTC

Really? It seems this Halloween comes from a lot of things.

bustydefense October 29 2009, 16:06:25 UTC

I'm sure it did, but I think in my world at least it originated in the festival of Samhain and another religious holiday.

silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 20:42:44 UTC

Then it's just a holiday mesh, then. I suppose that makes sense.

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if_she_hollers October 27 2009, 01:00:59 UTC

Um, like, no. Samhain is like, totally a Gaelic harvest festival and Halloween has like, roots in Samhain and All Hallow's Eve, but like, doesn't really have anything to do with it anymore. Samhain is like, usually shown as a demon now on TV.

silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 02:36:25 UTC

It's not a demon at all, though. It's a festival, to celebrate the harvest and remember those who've died.

if_she_hollers October 29 2009, 14:12:26 UTC

I like, totally know, but like, not everyone's a master of the occult, you know?

silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 20:57:00 UTC

I suppose so...

ra_ra_razputin October 27 2009, 04:55:46 UTC

El Dia de los Muertos!

silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 02:35:11 UTC

...what's that mean?

ra_ra_razputin October 29 2009, 05:43:06 UTC

It's Spanish! It means Day of the Dead! It's when people respect the dead, but have a big party! So you CAN do both at the same time!

silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 13:01:23 UTC

Oh! That settles it, then. You really can do both on the same day.

I think I'd enjoy that holiday.

hop_toit_udonge October 27 2009, 08:50:25 UTC

Irish?

silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 02:35:33 UTC

Well, I'm from Tortall. So I've no idea what you'd call it in this world.

hop_toit_udonge October 29 2009, 07:34:22 UTC

"Samhain" is a holiday typically associated with Irish Celtics, so... I suppose so.

silvestris_mage October 29 2009, 13:02:00 UTC

That's interesting. I've never heard of the Celtics before. But I suppose that traditions could extend between places and times.

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