Almost 5,000 people crammed into on Holyrood Park to celebrate the spectacular Samhuinn Fire Festival, which marks the transition from autumn ...

The Samhuinn Fire Festival returned to Edinburgh on Friday night, as revellers gathered in Holyrood Park to celebrate the beginning of winter with performances.

The immersive event brought ancient Celtic mythology ... the Beltane Fire Society is a registered charity dedicated to ...

Halloween's origins in ancient Celtic festivals and its integration with Christian holidays. Read how Costa Rica adapts the tradition today.

Witchcraft still fascinates and repels. Hundreds of years after England’s witch trials in the Puritan mid-17th century, misconceptions and mistrust linger.

The modern traditions of Halloween include costumes, kids trick-or-treating, pirates as well as carved and decorated pumpkins ...

DID you know the curious history of spooky Spain? Learn all about the origins of Halloween's Celtic origins. Though most souls associate Halloween with ...

Dr Rebecca Beattie loves Hallowe’en – or Samhain, as she calls it – but for altogether more spiritually uplifting reasons ...

The name Halloween refers to the Christian tradition of All Souls’ Day falling on November 1: the night before is All Souls’ ...

Samhain: A Celtic celebration held on November 1, the precursor to modern-day Halloween. Pure white cats are fairly uncommon, ...

Celtic tribes celebrated Beltane to welcome the return of summer. Since at least the Iron Age, celebrations have included fire ceremonies, feasting, and fertility rites. Historically, the festival has ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival of summer. Flames rise behind a performer at the Beltain Celtic Fire ...