Transcript HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN
BY:Cristian, Elena, Fabian and
Inhiaki
Samhain was also a
ORIGI
time to take stock of food
supplies and for winter
NS
Halloween is an annual holiday
observed
stores.
The family's
ancestors were
honoured and
invited home
while harmful
spirits were
warded off. It is
believed that the
The ancient Celts believed that
need to ward off
the border between this world and
harmful spirits
the Otherworld became thin on
led to the
Samhain, allowing spirits to
wearing
pass through .
of costumes and
masks.
The
festival
celebrates
on
October
31.ofBonfires
ItSamhain
has roots
in a large
played
the end
of theof"lighter
of the
the Celtic
festival
Samhainhalf"
and the
part in the festivities. All
Christian
holiday
All Saints'
year and
beginning
of theDay,
"darker
other fires were doused
half",
and each home lit their
hearth from the bonfire.
The bones of slaughtered
livestock were cast into
its flames.
Sometimes two bonfires
would be built side-byside, and people and their
Nowadays, it is livestock
an international
would walk
celebration.
between them as a
cleansing ritual.
symbols
Many Halloween´s
Anothes example are black
symbols are universal; but
cats. Tthe cat has long been
others, in each cultural
related with otherworldly
group, the images are
concepts.. Black is a common
seeing from its own
color of mystery and the
perspectives.
unknown.
For example,
They can symbolize various formsassociated
of death: wih
physical and spiritual; the innocuous
thrills and
Samhain
that go with what they believe to bethe
little
more
bonefires,
than a fun; and the genuine evil, the lures
of
bats are
an occult world view manipulated compared
by Satan.with
the passing
from one phase
of life to another
.
jack´o-lantern
Another version of
the myth says that
Jack was getting
chased by some
villagers from whom
he had stolen, when
he met the Devil,
who claimed it was
time for him to die.
An old Irish folk tale tells
of Stingy Jack, a lazy yet shrewd
farmer who uses a cross to trap
the Devil. One story says that
Jack tricked the Devil into
climbing an apple tree, and once
he was up there Jack quickly
placed crosses around the trunk
or carved a cross into the bark, so
that the Devil couldn't get down.
Another myth says that Jack put
a key in the Devil's pocket while
he was suspended upside-down.
jack´o-lantern
In both myths, Jack
However,
stalled
only letsthe
thethief
Devil
go
his
death
tempting
when
he by
agrees
neverthe
to
Devil
withsoul.
a chance
take his
Aftertoa
bedevil
the church-going
while Jack
died, and, of
villagers
Jack
course,chasing
his life him.
had been
told the
into a
tooDevil
sinfultototurn
go to
coinheaven;
with which
he would
however,
the
pay
for had
the stolen
goods;
Devil
promised
not
later,
when
coin/Devil
to take
histhe
soul,
and so
disappeared,
Christian
he was out the
from
hell as
villagers
wouldnow
fighthad
over
well. Jack
who
had stolen
it.
nowhere
to go.
He asked how he would see
The
Devil
to this
where
to agreed
go, as he
had no
plan.
Heand
turned
himself
light,
the Devil
into
a silvertossed
coin and
mockingly
him an
jumpedthat
intowould
Jack's
ember
never
wallet,
findflames of
burn
outonly
fromtothe
himself
nextcarved
to a cross
hell. Jack
out one of
Jack
also(which
picked was
up his
his had
turnips
infavourite
the village.
Jack
food),
puthad
the
closed
wallet
emberthe
inside
it,tight,
and began
andendlessly
the crosswandering
stripped thethe
Devil
of his
Earth
for powers;
a restingand
place.
so he
was trapped.
He
became
known as
"Jack of the Lantern", or
Jack-o'-Lantern.
LEYENDAS
URBANAS
For example, the legend of Bloody
the morning,
he
Another
story
tells
UrbanAtLegends
are modern,
Mery
is one
of the most recognized.
went to the garden and
that Boody Mery
fictional stories told as truth
he saws the bell down.
was a seriously ill
that reached
a wide audience by
Immediately, he
girl, and her
One story
tells
that Bloody
Mery
being
passed
opened
thefrom
tombperson
and to
disease can not be
was a really
beautifull
fifteen
years
person
andthat
town
he saw
herto town.
cured. The doctor,
old girl. But
she
was has
really
Urban
Legends
arevain
often
daughter
blood
in too,
who was her father,
and the centre
of
her
vain
her
hands.
Hewas
saw
mythsher
and
are
false,
however
decided to bury her
hair, which
sheurban
brushed
a hundred
she
hasn’t
got
nails
some
legends
are true.
in the garden after
too, because
times every
The night.
legends
that they
are not true
where embedded
the
four days in coma.
have sometimes
been at
inspired
coffin lid. The believe
He tied a thread
by an actual event, but evolved
is that if you say her
with
a
bell
on
her
into
something
different
in their
One day, a man wanted to make her a joke, and he waitedname
in her
room
until
three
times
in
wrist,
he went
passage
from
person
tocut
person
night.and
When
she was in front of the mirror, the man
coverfront
her
and
amouth
mirror
with
toall
sleep.
her hair. She couldn’t see her ugly and she committed three
suicide.
The she
legend
candles,
appears.
says that if you tell her name three times in front a mirror,
she will appear to
tear you the eyes.
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