Samhain
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic sam ("summer") and fuin ("end"), thus "Summer's End"
Proper noun
- A holiday, falling on the night of the 31 of October to the 1 of November, celebrated by the ancient Celts as a festival marking the beginning of winter and the new year, on which it was believed that the dead could return to the earth on that one night.
- One of the eight Sabbats celebrated in Wicca.