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Why did the pagans used to gather and light fires at Halloween?
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∙ 10y ago
We light fires in the cauldron at "Halloween" so that we may burn away our weaknesses. Part of our Samhain (Halloween) celebration is to write our weaknesses on pieces of parchment and then throw them into the fire to rid ourselves of these faults.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Celtic people built bonfires for two main reasons. One was to use in celbration, and the other was to barr off eveil spirits that came out or alive on Halloween night.
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∙ 10y agoBonfires were lit to ward off evil spirits during Samhain, which eventually evolved into Halloween.
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To drive spirits back to the underworld
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Who came up with Halloween?
Halloween gets its origins from the Gaelic festival of Samhain, created in the 3rd Century CE. Celtic men and women would light ceremonial fires as an act of cleansing the previous years sins. They would also burn animals on these fires, to appease the Underworld.
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