Halloween lore and things you may not know
Halloween is an annual festival held in late October early November, during this festival people have makeup and dress abomination. but it is the festival to commemorate what? Why do people have to makeup and dress mutated so unclean? Is it ritual or worship the devil that is the ruins of pagan rituals from ancient times?
Origins Halloween
Halloween today originates from the Celtic nation, as a people living ago 2000 years on the land that is now the United Kingdom, Ireland and northern France. Ethnic Celtic started the new year on November 1 Ocean Lich.Ngay this festival heralds the start of winter, the darkness of the day is often associated with the decline and death of humans. Ethnic Celts believed that Samhain allowed the souls of the dead are back home on earth that night.
In 43 (BC era), the Romans conquered the Celtic lands of peoples and rulers around 400 years. At this stage there are two festivals of ethnic Celts Samhain. One of the two holidays were celebrated FEALIA late October to honor those who have died, Monday ceremony for Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees and. Perhaps because of that apple goddess Pomona (apple) has been incorporated into Halloween. In England, sometimes called Halloween Night or Snap Apple Night Nutcrack for everyone in the family sitting around the fireplace telling stories and eating roasted peanuts or chew "apple".
On "The souls," the poor go "begging alms" (Went-a-souling) and they will be left wheel handout called "soul cakes" (bread souls) to their promise to pray for "the spirits."
Halloween to America first by immigrants, mostly from the UK and some parts of the nation from the Celts, they were brought to America many different customs. But for various reasons, it was not until the 1800s became the custom of many people responded.
The legend of Halloween
According to the legend of country Ireland (Ireland), the words "Jack-o-lanterns" from a man named Jack. Jack was a teenager dead, but the soul is not allowed into Heaven because: while living, he who is a greedy, stingy, often hiding the money, stingy not give to anyone a little something. But he could not back into Hell because when alive he used to play with the devil, the devil should not catch him.
Story has it that one day the demon to disturb a residential area, unfortunately alarms, people come for help monks brought the holy things to "cover" and "lock the door" entrance. So the demon caught ... Jack had realized that the demon often frolic with her and Jack sought to remove material "devil prop" open the way for demons to escape.
To reward saving lives, the devil promised Jack's soul will not catch Jack in Hell. Therefore, when Jack died from an accident, Soul Heaven Jack refused. Jack immediately go to Hell, but the devil did not give in ... because previous promises. Seeing Jack miserable cold, and he took a little devil in Hell embers dropped into a pumpkin gut and gave Jack to warm up ... on the way back to earth. For information on feeding air to the fire, Jack must puncture the pumpkins .. and flames were projected from the illuminated streets of Jack wandering. Maybe Jack the lantern hike on the ground until the final day of judgment of mankind.
The symbol pumpkin
According to Irish legend, an alcoholic named Sting Jack stole the map a village and people were chased. Jack fled, and along the way he met a demon is sent to capture his soul away. However Jack tricked the demon climb ancient apple trees and not let it down by the cross seal on the bark.
The demon had begged him, and Jack caught the demon had vowed never deprive spirituality his soul. Later when older, Jack died but his soul does not go to heaven because of sin, hell is no place for his soul body size because of the demon vows. So Jack's soul to wander this earth.
There never embers member that he was the demon off the road to shine in the dark, he reached over embers in hollowed turnips carved to see the way. Later when immigrating to America, the Irish turned the pumpkin (which is rich crops of Native Americans) into lantern Jack-O-Lantern carved creepy face with lighted candles inside in as we often see. Lanterns are considered symbols of Halloween.
Stories Pomona apple
tree has long been associated with goddess immortal image and intellect. If horizontal complement an apple, will reveal 5 star shaped wings, a symbol of the goddess in the belief of ancient European people. Pomona is the apple apples dropped in water bath, or on the ropes. The age of consent, youth to find a way to take apple and anyone can do it, who will soon be married. Also many folk legends is quite interesting as one peeled apple Pomona before a mirror next to a burning candle will see photos of the wife (husband) future in the mirror, or try holding apple peel The longer your life be prolonged ...!
The custom of Halloween
"Trick Or Treat" This is the main activity of most children and teens in the US on Halloween night. "Trick" as meaning: fool, crystal ma naughty game: "Treat" is welcome, kindness, hospitality. The children and youth, youth with clothes and costume mask devil, then holding lanterns go from house to house in the neighborhood, knocking on doors and say "trick or treat." This sentence means: "If you want we do not play bad, please treat us something go." Usually neighbors always want to avoid the "trick" mean trick to play attack often welcome (treat ) them with candy and fruit (according to custom with coins shoved inside).
The Europeans say the bizarre costumes in Halloween not originate from Celtic but the main origin European. In the 9th century, November 2nd is the day each year and also to pray for the soul, the laity often dressed like beggars and go from one village to another to please the symbolic form of fragments nourishing food for the soul. These people believe that they would be much more crumbs, the souls of their loved ones will get more and more prayers. The Catholics believe that this prayer will help the souls of their relatives still stuck somewhere will get to heaven.
The meaning of Halloween.
On education, action and life of Jack become experiences to youth draw a lesson as people, they are: Life should not greedy, stingy, stingy, to have charity, compassion and help with the tough guys, do not play playing with the devil. Devil sense ball underhanded tricks, threatens, make others afraid, mischievous deeds by intelligence and imagination of youth with the creation of harm to people, to society ... Play, consorted with the devil will easily be tempted to go on the road of darkness and sin.
Regarding human meaning, try to ask questions: why in the light of scientific and technical European countries , Americans still spend a festive day for the people of the "realm of Music" represented by Jack?
Jack is a fictional character but was really the embodiment of life, the human condition ... but a a lonely person. Once dead, Jack became her soul, not a sanctuary, Heaven and Hell are rejected. Traditional festivals in Europe and America have given Jack a day. One day back with positive realm. On that day, Jack can live comfortably play, because people live was dressed as the devil no place for soul infiltrated Jack for help lonely. This is the human meaning of Halloween.
Halloween Festival in the US aimed at collecting information, rainy and cold wind, which coincides with the "day her soul" in their national traditions in the rain sad and gloomy overhead.
In the humanism, Halloween and Full Moon Lunar July in Vietnam can be considered as the day two planes Yin, Yang reunion in immense sympathy .. The meeting was partly reflects the philosophy of "Yin , Ocean least reasonable, Birth martyrdom Council "meeting place of the soul mirror east to west.
"Halloween," "All Soul's Day", "strengthen" are an opportunity for people living memorial, pity pieces unhappiness in limbo and in real life around ...
Indeed, fantasy and fiction can not stem from not not but be starting from a certain reality. So then, what does, "Jack O Lantern" is just how much the image of youth in the life of reality, because the family environment, society, education or because the doctors finish
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