Most animals (such as bats, cats [usually black cats], wolves, Spiders, rats, crows and ravens, etc.) are associated with Halloween because they are either nocturnal, dark in color and therefore associated with death, or associated with legends and monsters (bats = vampires, black cats = the familiars of witches or even witches themselves, wolves = werewolves, and spiders are just plain creepy. Also, crows and ravens are associated with death.)
Cats
There are a few animals associated with Halloween. Three common ones are bats, black cats, and spiders.
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The Festival of Samhain - the pagan celebration that Halloween gets it's origins from - gave thanks for a good harvest, mourned those who had passed in the previous year, and sacrificed animals.
Get rid of it. Hideous animals, certainly a sickening Halloween prank.
Some parents want their children to experience the excitement that comes with Halloween. There are many choices in costumes. They have animals, bugs, themed characters, and costumes to match the parents!
If all the animals on the equator were capable of flattery, thanksgiving and Halloween would fall on the same day.
If all the animals on the equator were capable of flattery, thanksgiving and Halloween would fall on the same day.
As a way of giving thanks to their idols for a good harvest, and to protect themselves from the Underworld by sacrificing animals.
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Halloween was started in the 3rd Century CE, with the pagan Gaelic festival of Samhain. Samhain gave thanks for a good harvest, mourned the dead lost in the previous year, and sacrificed animals.
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