Celts

roots. The people in the Celtic tribes, which they are called “Celts”, the Celts believed that the souls of the dead, meaning ghosts, goblins, witches, etc, return back to earth. They believed and thought that the only way to scare away the evil spirits is for everyone to wear masks or dress up as something scary, and light bonfires so the spirits can go back to where they once originally were. Then when the Romans had conquered the Celts, the Romans tweaked the things to the Samhain festival.…

the time for harvesting or the end of Summer, ant the start of the coldest half of the year, it is also considered by some to be the "Witch's New Year". Samhain originated in Europe as a Celtic fire festival and is now a celebration worldwide. The Celts divided their year by four major holidays, Samhain was their first day of the new year which started on November 1. This was…

many different ways, such as All Saints Day, All Hallows Eve, and even the Day of the Dead. One of Halloween’s origins dates back to the Celtic Festival of Samhain. Two-thousand years ago the Celts celebrated their new year on November 1st, which was the end of summer, but the beginning of winter. The Celts believed that on New Year’s Eve, the separation between the worlds of the living and dead, became non-existent. October 31st they celebrate the Samhain, when the ghosts of the dead return to…

season and the beginning of winter. As time passed, Halloween went from festivals for the harvest season to a holiday for kids and adults here in the States. Halloween is a composite of many elements from the part including the influence of the Celts, the contribution of the Christians, and the customs of the people of the New England…

Early Germania Germania was first established in 500 BC by the Celts. By 200 BC a large group of tribes called Teutons invaded and took over Germany. As civilization progressed, Germania began to develop a series of tribes; the Barvarins, Franks, Goths, and the Saxons, who lived very barbaric lifestyles. By 50 BC, the German tribes begun to have frequent battles with the Romans; after several battles, the Germans started to seize control over the German territory. Eventually Germania…

religious holiday for the Celts, however in today’s world it has drastically changed the meaning of the holiday and made it into a holiday where it consists of making money, dressing up and partying and no longer has the real meaning of Halloween. \ Halloween is celebrated on October 31st but many do not know what Halloween is truly about. There are many differences between Halloween now and how it was in the past. Halloween is originally from the Pagan belief of the Celts about 2,000 years ago…

Halloween!! Introduction (attention grabber, a basic introduction to topic, thesis statement) Halloween has a very unique history going back thousands of years. Back then there was a group called the Celts. The Celts used Halloween as the day to remember the end of the fall and the beginning of winter, which evolved from the old Celtic holiday of Samhain. Where they would wear costumes to scare off roaming ghosts and would also light bonfires. Then they took these traditions to America in…

The Celts were a complex group comprised of a widely diverse range of ethnic groups that were lumped as one by the Greeks to Otherize them. Famous philosophers and early historians of the time, such as Hecataeus and Herodotus, traveled extensively, for the…

The Celts love of ostentatious display extended beyond jewellery and weaponry, with more mundane articles like drinking vessels, cauldrons and even fire dogs being heavily decorated. Not only did the Celts use precious metals to create their artefacts, they also made use of glass to create beautiful objects. Craft workers would melt and twist different coloured strands, to make jewel-like beads similar to the Murano glass we are familiar with today and probably crafted using techniques we…

previous battles, he intermixed the Spanish infantry amongst the Celts. The Spaniards and Celts used similar shields however their primary weapons differed greatly. Celtic swords were more of a slashing weapon, designed to be used in wide arcs. Spanish weapons were more of a thrusting weapon designed for the grueling task of face to face combat. The mixture of Spanish and Gauls worked well, with the Spaniards able to keep the Celts somewhat in check. The African heavy infantry were very…