No! Samhain is NOT a "Celtic Fire Festival", as contemporary Wiccans and Pagans often believe. That's a view popularized by James Frazer and John Rhys, which lacks historical support and evidence. I explain in this video the true history of Samhain based on the historical research by Ronald Hutton.

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REFERENCE 📚
Hutton, R. 2001. The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Oxford University Press. https://amzn.to/47aY5yN

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00:00 Introduction to Samhain / Halloween
01:53 Support Angela’s Symposium
02:49 The Celtic Festival
04:05 The Christian era in Britain
04:49 The academic evidence
06:10 Early Irish significance disputed
08:23 Anglo-Saxons and Scandanavia
09:18 The ideas of John Rhys and James Frazer
12:56 Wales - Calan Gaeaf
13:44 Halloween night in non-Celtic regions
14:55 Fire festivals in decline
15:06 Hallowmas fires in Scotland are forbidden
18:39 Support Angela’s Symposium



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