Thanks for that tidbit of the true meaning of Halloween. I never knew this. I shared your thread with my network. Thanks again, William Whitlow Home Business On Line Marketer http://www.williamwhitlow.com To limit the historical consideration of this festival to the Irish Immigration is absurd. There is evidence of a much longer historical tradition for a "day of the dead" by all civilizations as relating to a Global Deluge (also testified of by all ancient civilizations, including American Indians)--i.e. the Flood: Col. J. Garnier writes in his book, "The Worship of the Dead" (1904), "The mythologies of all the ancient nations are interwoven with the events of the Deluge . . . The force of this argument is illustrated by the fact of the observance of a great festival of the dead in commemoration of the event, not only by nations more or less in communication with eac[b]... Yes, the influences are much older. However, what modern Wiccans celebrate today as Samhain is not the same as what was done in Ireland, and has nothing do with with a flood tradition. The Mexican "Day of the Dead" also has nothing to do with the "flood." The natives of the region equated butterflies with souls, so when the annual migration of Monarch butterflies occurred, they felt the souls of the dead were paying them a visit and they celebrated. The migration usually happens between Aug and Sept every year, however the day was moved to Nov 1 & 2 by Christian missionaries when they came on the scene. |
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