Halloween is SO close now and I cannot tell you how excited I am! For as long as I can remember Halloween was always one of my favorite Holidays out of the year! It’s just a really fun time, getting to be whatever or whoever you want for a whole night and the best part is going out and getting a bunch of free candy! I never understood as a child what the actual meaning behind Halloween was, why do we celebrate Halloween anyway?! I always just assumed it was just a fun day created so that kids could have a good time and there wasn’t any reasoning. I was wrong! There are reasons why we celebrate Halloween and I’m here to share that with you and explain the history behind the meaning of Halloween.
The name of the holiday, Halloween, is a word that was used to shorten All Hallows’ Evening. Halloween is a traditional holiday in several countries and is said to be the eve of the feast of All Hallow’s Day. The feast was said to be the beginning of a three-day religious celebration of Allhallowtide beginning on October 31st and ending November 2nd. This celebration is used for celebrating the passing of the dead. The focus of this time is to be able to use “humor and ridicule to be confront the power of death!”
There are a ton of Myths and Superstitions that are associated with Halloween. I’m going to be sharing some of the most common myths and superstitions that you will find a lot of people practicing to this day on Halloween.
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- If you hear steps walking behind you, it is because death is following you and if you turn around to check it, death will take you away.
- If you see a spider on Halloween, it is actually the spirit of a loved one that has taken the form of a spider to watch over you.
- If you see a white cat on Halloween, you will have bad luck.
- Don’t step out of bed with your left foot first on Halloween; this will result in bad luck.
- If you sit silently at the dinner table, spirits within the home will come.
- If a single woman puts Rosemary underneath her pillow on Halloween night, they will dream of their future husband.
- If you sleep facing south the night before Halloween, you will have good luck.
- Back in the 90’s people would hang themselves on Halloween Night and no one noticed because they all thought they were just decorations.
These are just a few of the most common myths and superstitions that you will find people being worried about and practicing on Halloween. I would love to hear yours in the comments below!
