All Hallows Eve

Halloween History: Halloween Origin from “All Hallows Eve” – We all know that Halloween is celebrated by different trick or treats for kids and Halloween costume parties for adults but what are we celebrating for? What is Halloween? Where did it originate?

According to Historian Nicholas Rogers, the history of Halloween originated in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia where it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of “Samhain”.

The origin of the word Halloween came from a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even (“evening”), that is, the night before All Hallows Day. All Hallows Day is the All Saints Day celebrated on 1 November in Western Christianity. Halloween is represented by a lot of images, all of which are derived in national customs, the works of the Gothic, and in horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein.