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Samhain : the roots of Halloween / Luke Eastwood ; illustrated by Elena Danaan.
Van Pelt Library BF1572.S35 E37 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eastwood, L. (Luke), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Samhain--Ireland.
- Samhain.
- Samhain--Great Britain.
- Halloween.
- Great Britain.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 141 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : The History Press Ireland, 2021.
- Summary:
- 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.-- Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Irish Cosmology and the Otherworld
- ch. 2 The Festival of Samhain
- ch. 3 Tlachtga and Mogh Ruith
- ch. 4 Tlachtga
- the Sacred Site
- ch. 5 The Evolution into Halloween
- ch. 6 The Neo-Pagan Revival of Samhain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0750998008
- 9780750998000
- OCLC:
- 1250309238
- Publisher Number:
- 99991206985
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