Celtic festival of Samhain

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Celtic_festival_of_Samhain
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:festival
Celtic festival
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Samhuinn
Sauin
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:All_Saints'_Day
gptkb:Halloween
gptkb:All_Hallows'_Eve
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:Celts
gptkbp:coreBelief veil between worlds is thinnest
spirits of the dead return
gptkbp:date November 1
October 31
gptkbp:duration one night
gptkbp:features bonfires
feasting
offerings to spirits
costumes
divination rituals
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Celtic festival of Samhain
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:modern_Halloween
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Old_Irish
gptkbp:marking beginning of winter
end of harvest season
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Galicia
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Isle_of_Man
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Wales
gptkb:Brittany
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:ancient_Scotland
gptkb:ancient_Ireland
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Celtic_New_Year
harvest festivals
death and rebirth themes
gptkbp:religion Celtic paganism
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:clothing
gptkb:festival
gptkb:fire
gptkb:mask
gptkb:prophecy
ancestral spirits
apples
spirits
blackberries
faeries
pooka
turnip lanterns
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hill_of_Ward
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8