Re: APOD: Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula (2021 Oct 24)
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:47 am
by orin stepanek
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Always curious how Halloween; All Saints; and All Souls day followed
each other on the calendar!
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Wikipedia!
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:29 pm
by neufer
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Re: APOD: Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula (2021 Oct 24)
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:18 pm
by Cousin Ricky
orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:47 am
Always curious how Halloween; All Saints; and All Souls day followed
each other on the calendar!
It’s not a coincidence. It’s the ancient Celtic harvest festival of Samhain that was adapted by the Catholic Church for the purpose of honoring the dead.
Re: APOD: Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula (2021 Oct 24)
orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:47 am
Always curious how Halloween; All Saints; and All Souls day followed
each other on the calendar!
It’s not a coincidence. It’s the ancient Celtic harvest festival of Samhain that was adapted by the Catholic Church for the purpose of honoring the dead.
Most Catholic Holy Days (holidays) were intentionally placed on pagan festival/ritual days.
Re: APOD: Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula (2021 Oct 24)
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 5:47 pm
by Astronymus
Halloween, Easter, Christmas and others. All pagan feasts later occupied by christian replacements. After the pagan temples got destroyed churches were build on the ruins and the new feasts were established so people would still come to the old holy place but get fed with a new religion.
Re: APOD: Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula (2021 Oct 24)