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1、AllSaints'Day万圣节英语介绍11月1日--萬聖節AllSaints'Day11月2日--墨西哥的鬼節DayofDeath萬聖節(AllSaints'Day,AllHallow'sDay或Hallowmas)是每年11月1日的歐美大節日。Halloween是AllHallowsEve的縮寫,萬聖節前夜的意思,指10月31日的晚上。ForthousandsofyearspeoplehavebeencelebratingdifferentholidaysandfestivalsattheendofOc
2、tober.TheCeltscelebrateditasSamhain(pronounced"sow-in",with"sow"rhymingwithcow).TheIrishEnglishdictionarypublishedbytheIrishTextsSocietydefinesthewordasfollows:"Samhain,AllHallowtide,thefeastofthedeadinPaganandChristiantimes,signalizingthecloseofharvestand
3、theinitiationofthewinterseason,lastingtillMay,duringwhichtroops(esp.theFiann)werequartered.Faerieswereimaginedasparticularlyactiveatthisseason.Fromitthehalfyearisreckoned.alsocalledFeileMoingfinne(SnowGoddess).(1)TheScottishGaelisDictionarydefinesitas"Hall
4、owtide.TheFeastofAllSoula.Sam+Fuin=endofsummer."(2)Contrarytotheinformationpublishedbymanyorganizations,thereisnoarchaeologicalorliteraryevidencetoindicatethatSamhainwasadeity.TheCelticGodsofthedeadwereGwynnapNuddfortheBritish,andArawnfortheWelsh.TheIrishd
5、idnothavea"lordofdeath"assuch.TheCeltsbelievedthateveryyearonthelastdayofOctober,thesoulsofthedeadvisitedtheearth.www.WhentheRomansconqueredtheCeltsinthefirstcenturyA.D.,theyaddedpartsoftheirfestivals,FeraliaandPomonatothetradition.Feraliawasafestivaltohon
6、orthedeadandPomonawasaharvestfestivalnamedafterthegoddessoffruit(apples)andtrees.Aroundtheeigthcentury,theChristianchurchmadeNovember1AllSaints'Daytohonorallofthesaintsthatdidn'thaveaspecialdayoftheirown.Overtheyearsthesefestivalscombined,themassheldonAllS
7、aints'DaywascalledAllhallowmas(themassofallHallows-saintlypeople).ThenightbeforewasknownasAllHallowsEve.EventuallythisnamebecameHalloween.Inthe1800s,asalotofpeopleemigratedtotheU.S.,theholidaysandtraditionsofdifferentculturesmerged.Halloweenwasnotalwaysaha
8、ppytime.October31,orthenightbeforetookonothernames.SomecalleditDevil'sorHellnight,toothersitwasmischiefnight.HereinVermont,thenightbeforeiscalledcabbagenight.Tosomepeoplethisbecameatimetoplaytricksonothers.So