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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。ForthousandsofyearspeoplehavebeencelebratingdifferentholidaysandfestivalsattheendofOctober.TheCeltscelebr
2、ateditasSamhain(pronounced"sow-in",with"sow"rhymingwithcow).TheIrishEnglishdictionarypublishedbytheIrishTextsSocietydefinesthewordasfollows:"Samhain,AllHallowtide,thefeastofthedeadinPaganandChristiantimes,signalizingthecloseofharvestandtheinitiationofthewinterseason,lastingti
3、llMay,duringwhichtroops(esp.theFiann)werequartered.Faerieswereimaginedasparticularlyactiveatthisseason.Fromitthehalfyearisreckoned.alsocalledFeileMoingfinne(SnowGoddess).(1)TheScottishGaelisDictionarydefinesitas"Hallowtide.TheFeastofAllSoula.Sam+Fuin=endofsummer."(2)Contraryt
4、otheinformationpublishedbymanyorganizations,thereisnoarchaeologicalorliteraryevidencetoindicatethatSamhainwasadeity.TheCelticGodsofthedeadwereGwynnapNuddfortheBritish,andArawnfortheWelsh.TheIrishdidnothavea"lordofdeath"assuch.TheCeltsbelievedthateveryyearonthelastdayofOctober
5、,thesoulsofthedeadvisitedtheearth.www.WhentheRomansconqueredtheCeltsinthefirstcenturyA.D.,theyaddedpartsoftheirfestivals,FeraliaandPomonatothetradition.FeraliawasafestivaltohonorthedeadandPomonawasaharvestfestivalnamedafterthegoddessoffruit(apples)andtrees.Aroundtheeigthcentu
6、ry,theChristianchurchmadeNovember1AllSaints'Daytohonorallofthesaintsthatdidn'thaveaspecialdayoftheirown.Overtheyearsthesefestivalscombined,themassheldonAllSaints'DaywascalledAllhallowmas(themassofallHallows-saintlypeople).ThenightbeforewasknownasAllHallowsEve.Eventuallythisna
7、mebecameHalloween.Inthe1800s,asalotofpeopleemigratedtotheU.S.,theholidaysandtraditionsofdifferentculturesmerged.Halloweenwasnotalwaysahappytime.October31,orthenightbeforetookonothernames.SomecalleditDevil'sorHellnight,toothersitwasmischiefnight.HereinVermont,thenightbeforeisc
8、alledcabbagenight.Tosomepeoplethisbecameatimetoplaytricksonothers.So
