{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/684761609b8dde68cddadcf3/68f854e38125b849f8606054?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Samhain: Halloweens History & When the Fairies Handed Us the Keys","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/684761609b8dde68cddadcf3/1761333875790-12d81b1d-5884-416f-8530-e3c17853ffe9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It's Halloweens origin story! Ever wonder why we carve faces into vegetables, hand candy to small pirates, and light fires to celebrate the dark? Turns out, Halloween didn’t start with chocolate — it started with Samhain, a Celtic festival where the veil thinned, the fairies roamed, and people wore disguises just in case something <em>noticed</em> them back.</p><p>In this episode, I tumble headfirst into the weird, wonderful history of Halloween — from druids and divine wars to bonfires, banshees, and the night the fairies basically handed humanity the keys to the world. Grab your pumpkin spice and a flashlight — things are about to get folklorically flammable.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>https://shows.acast.com/messy-minded-podcast</strong></p><p><strong>https://www.instagram.com/messymindedpod/</strong></p><p><strong>https://www.tiktok.com/@messymindedpod</strong></p><p><strong>https://www.youtube.com/@MessyMindedPod</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><p> Encyclopædia Britannica, “Samhain” – britannica.com/topic/Samhain</p><p> Ronald Hutton, <em>The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain</em> (Oxford University Press, 1996)</p><p> National Museum of Ireland, “The Festival of Samhain” – museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Country-Life/Exhibitions/Folklife-Collections/The-Festival-of-Samhain</p><p> Library of Congress, <em>Headlines &amp; Heroes Blog</em>: “The Origins of Halloween Traditions” – blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/10/the-origins-of-halloween-traditions</p><p> History.com Editors, “History of Halloween” – history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween</p><p> Wikipedia, “Samhain,” “All Saints’ Day,” and “Cottingley Fairies” – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies</p><p> BBC, “The Truth About the Cottingley Fairies” – bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42456384</p><p> Leeds University Library Galleries, <em>The Cottingley Fairies: A Study in Deception</em> – artsandculture.google.com/story/lgVB6Ceti9WVAw</p><p><br></p><p>Music by: SoundPlusUS Label and Mr. Lex Oleksii Bezalov for \"Spark Groove\", Sosin Mykola \"Halloween Spooky Eerie Music\", Mykola Sosin \"Mystery Mystic Mystical Music\" and \"Eerie - Wizard Mystery Music\", MMAudio for \"Chasing Faries\", Hits Lab - Levgren Poltavsky \" Halloween Background Music\" and War Battle Military Drums\", \"Hunters of darkness epic and mystical fantasy music\", Leigh Robinson \" Alban Arthan (The Druids Christmas\", scary horror creepy music, \"Secret Room\"</p>","author_name":"Messy Minded "}