Halloween’s Haunted History
January 31st, 2010 by John WolfeTonight’s entry follows Halloween’s history throughout the last several thousand years. From the ancient Celtic and Roman celebrations, to the more modern observances, like Day of the Dead and Guy Fawkes Night; this documentary does a great job of explaining Halloween’s historical evolution.
While the film is broken into five parts, I’ve only included the first two. Both of these primarily discuss Halloween’s pagan past — one of my favorite aspects about Halloween, historically speaking. For the remaining three parts, be sure and visit YT user, InfoWarriorNWOslayer’s page.
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January 31st, 2010 at 11:58 pm
This is a good one. It’s crazy how these celebrations take on lots of different forms as they go along. I guess it took American and marketing to make it really popular. I remember as a kid saying “I wish Halloween was as big as Christmas” and my mother balked. “That will never happen. It’s Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving.” Not anymore. Halloween is big. My order would be “Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter.”
February 1st, 2010 at 12:38 pm
autumnforest,
It is cool to see just how Halloween or Samhain has evolved, morphed and adapted in all of these various locations. You’re absolutely right, marketing in America is probably one of the main reasons Halloween has taken off in the manner it has. Of course, I’m undoubtedly among a rare group out there, but I even love the non-marketed parts of Halloween, going back to Samhain. That’s why I decided to bring the paranormal into Season of Shadows as well because without the paranormal, Halloween never would have come about in the first place.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Thank you for finding and posting this John. I think if more people UNDERSTOOD the history of Halloween they would no longer “fear” what some people say the holiday actually represents. I know you understand where I’m coming from. I really enjoyed this documentary because of just how detailed they were in going back to the roots of Halloween. You know me though, I love history pieces of any kind but especially on subject matters that are close to my heart………like Halloween is!! Is it October yet?
February 1st, 2010 at 9:07 pm
You’re very welcome, Goldie. It’s totally my pleasure. I watched all five parts in one sitting and was ready for more! I agree 100%. As is usually the case, a misunderstanding or a lack of wanting to understand the “unknown” is what always leads to fear and incorrect assumptions. It’s a shame many people want to prey on those fears and literally fear-monger to influence others, hoping they will react in the same way.
I think it may be October, but since I live Halloween 24/7, it’s always October around here.
Thankfully the calendar doesn’t agree, since I have a lot of prop work to do.