Halloween

Halloween(Halloween) christianity saints (ten thousand saintly paragraphs) front evening (10 month 31 day) The traditional event which is done. Eve of old name "All Hallows" of day of saints (eve festival) from the fact that is, it reached the point where it is called Halloween.

celt person. As for end of 1 year of celt person at October 31st, as for this night spirit of the deceased visits the family, spirit and witch comes out. The mask was worn in order to protect the body from these, the bonfire of the demon excluding was kindled.

There is also a district that we are defeated in the graveyard of the family, attach the candle there. Whole graveyard, big lanthanum it shines brightly. Japan tray. Simply, adjusting to this, in Europe and America, arson incident and the like occurs frequently.

To be associated with this, the night of 31 days, pumpkin, raising the candle, "jack o lanthanum" (the ghost pumpkin) it makes, the witch and are disguised as the ghost the children who "trick or トリート (Trick or treat. If you do not give, you play)"with advocating the candy, the nearby house each is visited 1. With home, the candy of the pumpkin is made, the children gather the candy which is received,Halloween partyYou open.

Symbol

Halloween theme is included weird ones and fearfully with ろ forcing ones, especially, death, un dead, the black magic and the monster etc. of myth. In the characters whom it is related to Halloween,Ghost、 witch、 bat、Black cat、 ゴブリン、 van sea、 zombie、Demon GodTo that Dracula and Frankenstein are included generally. In time of Halloween front and back, the house is decorated with these symbols.

black orange is traditional Halloween color. Furthermore, like pumpkin and カカシ etc. there is a symbol which has the element of the fall.

"Jack o lanthanum (Jack-O'-lanternBeing something where)"(the ghost pumpkin, the pumpkin paper lantern), you hollow out the orange pumpkin, inserts the nick, from inside illuminates with the candle, most it is the symbol which Halloween seems. In England and Ireland, still Cub is used, but as for the immigration to America, cutting adopted the easy pumpkin, to period much shortly. With the home which celebrates Halloween, cutting the pumpkin, it makes the fearful face and humorous face, making bad spirit fear, in order to repel, Halloween evening, it places on Toguti's of the house rising step.

Cultural history

Celt's サウィン festival

Ancient celtDruid teachingSo, start of New Year it was サウィン festival November 1st is start of season of the winter. As shown the start of the year when exactly short day is new, the sunset had meant the start of new day. Therefore, this harvesting festival every year started in the night October 31st. The Irish and England druid priests applied the fire, lifted up the sacrifice of the crop and the animal. In addition, as the druid priests dance around the fire, season of the sun passed and went away, season of the darkness started.

When morning November 1st comes, the druid priest gave the cinders to each home from this fire. Each family carries back this fire to the house, applies the oven which fire newly and warms the house, "the fairy" ("the sea (Sith)" with is called. As for fairy of woman van sea) evil spirit that tries does not enter. With either that you say, in this time of 1 year, with this world and spiritual world discernibly, "the gate" to open, because it was believed that becomes freely coming and going possible between this both world.

With festival model the signal fire played big role. The village people threw in the bone of the cow which is slaughtered on the flame. ("" Signal fire "Bonfire"With what it calls, is thought. that it is derived from these" bone fire") When the signal fire burns up, the village people extinguished the other all fire. After that, each family seriously from this common flame applied the fire to the hearth. Because of this, each family of the village was connected to one. In Ireland even now, every year hundreds thing fire the point け and others れ て are in the Halloween night.

The new paganism principle person (Neopagans, even now, as it participates in world worldly Halloween, has celebrated サウェン festival in Halloween day.

Halloween habit

As for Halloween habit, with the England southern part, after 17 centuries,11 month 5 dayGun powder conspiracy incidentCommemoration day (guy フォークス day) it was displaced, could go out of use. But, in Scotland and the England north section it spread widely and was to the cartridge. With the England southern part, completely became Halloween of the American wind with say, as for those where again it spreads, are just these 10 years.

In Ireland October last Monday we have become holiday, the habit of celebrating Halloween remains in a purest way. The week when it follows to this holiday is the middle of term, but all schools become the day off, are called the Halloween day off generally. It is it is thing to celebrate Halloween unconditionally with the method as a result, Ireland in Halloween day school of the child there is no, therefore, a pedigree of ancient times is only country which finishes.

"Trick or トリート (Trick or Treat) "As for habit, drinking bout of Christmas time (with old English Wassailing With it is called) it was similar to habit,SoulingIt is thought that with it developed from the European habit of being called.11 month 2 dayDay of the deceasedAs for Christ follower "cake of soul" (Soul cake) ――干しぶどう入りの四角いパン――を乞いながら、村から村へと歩いた。物乞いをするときには、亡くなった親類の霊魂の天国への道を助けるためのお祈りをすると約束した。魂のケーキの分配は、サウィン祭のとき徘徊する幽霊に食べ物とワインを残す古代の風習に代わるものとして、キリスト教会によって奨励された。

ブルターニュ西部のケルト族の一部では、サウェン祭は、今でも「小さな角 (Kornigou) 」を焼くことにより予告される。「小さな角」は、あの世の王国へ戻るときに角を落とす冬の神を記念するため、枝角の形に焼かれたケーキである。

ハロウィンをテーマにした作品等

映画

• ハロウィン (映画)(HALLOWEEN) - 1978年製作のアメリカ映画。監督はジョン・カーペンター。
• ナイトメアー・ビフォア・クリスマス(THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) - 1993年公開のストップモーション・アニメーション。製作・総指揮はティム・バートン。監督はヘンリー・セリック。

書籍

• 「ハロウィーンがやってきた（原題：THE HALLOWEEN TREE）」　レイ・ブラッドベリ
• 朝日ソノラマから過去に出版されていたホラーコミック誌「ハロウィン」