31/10/2024
Happy Haloween! This is Silverstorm Zaza who now lives in California , just look at those fangs!
Did you know that Halloween has its origins 2000 years ago in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.
Traditionally, the Celts regarded Samhain (pronounced "SAH-win") as one of the most important holidays of the year, one that marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter.
Samhain was of great significance for the Celt people, who believed that at this time of year, the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead was at its thinnest.
As the Celts bid farewell to the harvest season's bounty and prepared for the long winter ahead, they held a feast in silence and darkness in honor of those who had passed on.
On Samhain, it was believed that the Cat Sith (maybe also where Star Wars got the name for their dark Jedi lords!!) a Celtic fairy creature that was said to resemble a large black cat would bless any house that left a saucer of milk out for it to drink. Likewise, the Cat Sith cursed those houses that did not leave out a saucer of milk. The association of cats with Samhain likely also carried over into Halloween.
