Samhain (eBook)

Luke Eastwood (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
144 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
9780750998451 (ISBN)

Infos

'An excellent and comprehensive exploration of this fascinating subject.' - Philip Carr-Gomm, author of Druid Mysteries'Samhain was the entry point into winter, a time of hardship, cold and hunger It was also a time of introspection, of communing with the dead and the otherworld themes that have somehow survived, albeit distorted, into the modern era.'The modern celebration of Halloween is derived from the ancient festival of the dead known in Ireland as Samhain. It is from Ireland that we have inherited most of our Halloween traditions, mainly through the diaspora. Delving into the ancient past, this book uncovers the history of this festival in Britain, Ireland and Brittany, including the forgotten goddess Tlachtga and the sacred temple of the Druids in Co. Meath, where the first Halloween fires were lit.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.9.2021
• Illustrationen: Elena Danaan
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: co meath • County Meath • Cultural History • Festival of the Dead • Halloween traditions • haloween • history of halloween • Irish cultural history • Irish Diaspora • sacred temple of the druids • Samhain • samhain, history of halloween, haloween, social history, cultural history, halloween traditions, irish diaspora, county meath, co meath, festival of the dead, irish cultural history, tlachtga, sacred temple of the druids • Social History • tlachtga
• ISBN-13: 9780750998451 / 9780750998451