The Visual History of Halloween

The Visual History of HALLOWEEN Halloween, or Hallowe'en, a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today. Jack-o-lantern Halloween is first associated Children estimated as a with $6.9 billion dollar industry disguised in costumes going door to door for food and coins Halloween By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered much of Celtic territory. Two Roman festivals were combined with the Celtic celebration of Samhain: The Book of "Halloween" was officially attested as part of the English language The festival of 1866 Present Carving gourds into elaborately The three Catholic celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas. Soul cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on All Saints dates Hallowe'en to May 13 in 609 or 610, when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the was traditional Samhain by Ruth Edna decorated lanterns at Halloween in Feralia, a day in late October when Romans commemorated the passing of the dead, and a day to honor Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees. dates back Scotland and The Festival of Samhain is a thousands of years 16th Century Ireland Kelley to Africa Pantheon at Rome. 1000 A.D. celebration of the end Halloween 1919 Hallowmas singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would 19th Century Pope Gregory III designated November 1st All Saints' Day, Ancient of the Gaelic harvest Hallowmas season. (October 31) 1st Century THE BOOK OF This date was an HALLOWE'EN ancient pagan observation, the represent a soul being freed from Purgatory. Pre-1st Century a time to honor end of the Feast of the Lemures, in which the evil saints and The Catholic church made Middle Ages martyrs. November 2nd All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead 18th century literature popularized Samhain as "Celtic New Year." The earliest known use in print of the term "trick or treat" The ancient Celts and restless In the Roman Catholic Church, a commemoration of "All Martyrs" was celebrated between mid Many believe the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival believed that wearing The Irish Potato spirits of all the dead were Famine brings Irish Catholics masks would ward off 1048 A.D. evil spirits appeased. 18th Century 1934 to America, along with their Halloween traditions. Candied Carved turnips in Ireland and Scotland are used Bonfires played a major role in the Festival of Samhain. Celebrants wore costumes, mostly skins and animal heads, and danced around bonfires. April and early May 800-450 B.C. 7th Century "All-Hallows-Even" was officially attested as part of the English language of the dead 3rd Century with a related, as candle lanterns in but church- windows to ward off harmful spirits Apple invented sanctioned 1846 holiday. by William W. Kolb Middle Ages 1st Century 8th Century 1556 All 1908 Hallows Even Festivals Monsters DRACULA KARLOFF MIMMY Dram Stoker Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel Bois Karloff stars in The Mummy 1932 Gaels believed that the border between this Bram Witch-hunts first world and the otherworld became thin on 1818 Stoker's appeared in large numbers in southern Samhain; because animals and plants were dying, it allowed the dead to reach back through the veil that separated them from the living. Dracula novel FRANKENSTEIN Jason France and Switzerland Vampire 1897 HALLOWEEN 1st Century First known use 14th Century Count Dracula of the word Boris Karloff stars in Frankenstein 1931 Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia "vampire" Shades THE MUMMY 1431-1476 1734 Halloween Throughout ancient history, Shades meant the spirit of a dead person, residing movie Werewolf 1978 Saint Boniface declared that Jane C. Loudon's The original werewolf of classical mythology, Lycaon, a king of Arcadia who, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, was turned into a ravenous wolf by Zeus. belief in the existence of in the underworld. The Mummy witches was un-Christian. DRACULA novel Ancient 8th Century 1827 Béla Lugosi stars in Dracula Many believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats Possibly the source of the term lycanthropy. W FrightCatalog Salem witch trials 1931 Data Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween imbas.org/articles/samhain.html history.com/topics/halloween xtimeline.com/timeline/History-of-Halloween mahalo.com/halloween-timeline 8 A.D. InfoNewt .com 1692-1693 14th Century Visualizing Business Intelligenoe © 2010 FrightCatalog.com, MarketClique eCommerce LLC 500 B.C. 500 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1900 A.D. 2000 A.D. |Present The Visual History of HALLOWEEN Halloween, or Hallowe'en, a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today. Jack-o-lantern Halloween is first associated Children estimated as a with $6.9 billion dollar industry disguised in costumes going door to door for food and coins Halloween By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered much of Celtic territory. Two Roman festivals were combined with the Celtic celebration of Samhain: The Book of "Halloween" was officially attested as part of the English language The festival of 1866 Present Carving gourds into elaborately The three Catholic celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas. Soul cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on All Saints dates Hallowe'en to May 13 in 609 or 610, when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the was traditional Samhain by Ruth Edna decorated lanterns at Halloween in Feralia, a day in late October when Romans commemorated the passing of the dead, and a day to honor Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees. dates back Scotland and The Festival of Samhain is a thousands of years 16th Century Ireland Kelley to Africa Pantheon at Rome. 1000 A.D. celebration of the end Halloween 1919 Hallowmas singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would 19th Century Pope Gregory III designated November 1st All Saints' Day, Ancient of the Gaelic harvest Hallowmas season. (October 31) 1st Century THE BOOK OF This date was an HALLOWE'EN ancient pagan observation, the represent a soul being freed from Purgatory. Pre-1st Century a time to honor end of the Feast of the Lemures, in which the evil saints and The Catholic church made Middle Ages martyrs. November 2nd All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead 18th century literature popularized Samhain as "Celtic New Year." The earliest known use in print of the term "trick or treat" The ancient Celts and restless In the Roman Catholic Church, a commemoration of "All Martyrs" was celebrated between mid Many believe the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival believed that wearing The Irish Potato spirits of all the dead were Famine brings Irish Catholics masks would ward off 1048 A.D. evil spirits appeased. 18th Century 1934 to America, along with their Halloween traditions. Candied Carved turnips in Ireland and Scotland are used Bonfires played a major role in the Festival of Samhain. Celebrants wore costumes, mostly skins and animal heads, and danced around bonfires. April and early May 800-450 B.C. 7th Century "All-Hallows-Even" was officially attested as part of the English language of the dead 3rd Century with a related, as candle lanterns in but church- windows to ward off harmful spirits Apple invented sanctioned 1846 holiday. by William W. Kolb Middle Ages 1st Century 8th Century 1556 All 1908 Hallows Even Festivals Monsters DRACULA KARLOFF MIMMY Dram Stoker Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel Bois Karloff stars in The Mummy 1932 Gaels believed that the border between this Bram Witch-hunts first world and the otherworld became thin on 1818 Stoker's appeared in large numbers in southern Samhain; because animals and plants were dying, it allowed the dead to reach back through the veil that separated them from the living. Dracula novel FRANKENSTEIN Jason France and Switzerland Vampire 1897 HALLOWEEN 1st Century First known use 14th Century Count Dracula of the word Boris Karloff stars in Frankenstein 1931 Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia "vampire" Shades THE MUMMY 1431-1476 1734 Halloween Throughout ancient history, Shades meant the spirit of a dead person, residing movie Werewolf 1978 Saint Boniface declared that Jane C. Loudon's The original werewolf of classical mythology, Lycaon, a king of Arcadia who, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, was turned into a ravenous wolf by Zeus. belief in the existence of in the underworld. The Mummy witches was un-Christian. DRACULA novel Ancient 8th Century 1827 Béla Lugosi stars in Dracula Many believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats Possibly the source of the term lycanthropy. W FrightCatalog Salem witch trials 1931 Data Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween imbas.org/articles/samhain.html history.com/topics/halloween xtimeline.com/timeline/History-of-Halloween mahalo.com/halloween-timeline 8 A.D. InfoNewt .com 1692-1693 14th Century Visualizing Business Intelligenoe © 2010 FrightCatalog.com, MarketClique eCommerce LLC 500 B.C. 500 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1900 A.D. 2000 A.D. |Present The Visual History of HALLOWEEN Halloween, or Hallowe'en, a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today. Jack-o-lantern Halloween is first associated Children estimated as a with $6.9 billion dollar industry disguised in costumes going door to door for food and coins Halloween By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered much of Celtic territory. Two Roman festivals were combined with the Celtic celebration of Samhain: The Book of "Halloween" was officially attested as part of the English language The festival of 1866 Present Carving gourds into elaborately The three Catholic celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas. Soul cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on All Saints dates Hallowe'en to May 13 in 609 or 610, when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the was traditional Samhain by Ruth Edna decorated lanterns at Halloween in Feralia, a day in late October when Romans commemorated the passing of the dead, and a day to honor Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees. dates back Scotland and The Festival of Samhain is a thousands of years 16th Century Ireland Kelley to Africa Pantheon at Rome. 1000 A.D. celebration of the end Halloween 1919 Hallowmas singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would 19th Century Pope Gregory III designated November 1st All Saints' Day, Ancient of the Gaelic harvest Hallowmas season. (October 31) 1st Century THE BOOK OF This date was an HALLOWE'EN ancient pagan observation, the represent a soul being freed from Purgatory. Pre-1st Century a time to honor end of the Feast of the Lemures, in which the evil saints and The Catholic church made Middle Ages martyrs. November 2nd All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead 18th century literature popularized Samhain as "Celtic New Year." The earliest known use in print of the term "trick or treat" The ancient Celts and restless In the Roman Catholic Church, a commemoration of "All Martyrs" was celebrated between mid Many believe the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival believed that wearing The Irish Potato spirits of all the dead were Famine brings Irish Catholics masks would ward off 1048 A.D. evil spirits appeased. 18th Century 1934 to America, along with their Halloween traditions. Candied Carved turnips in Ireland and Scotland are used Bonfires played a major role in the Festival of Samhain. Celebrants wore costumes, mostly skins and animal heads, and danced around bonfires. April and early May 800-450 B.C. 7th Century "All-Hallows-Even" was officially attested as part of the English language of the dead 3rd Century with a related, as candle lanterns in but church- windows to ward off harmful spirits Apple invented sanctioned 1846 holiday. by William W. Kolb Middle Ages 1st Century 8th Century 1556 All 1908 Hallows Even Festivals Monsters DRACULA KARLOFF MIMMY Dram Stoker Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel Bois Karloff stars in The Mummy 1932 Gaels believed that the border between this Bram Witch-hunts first world and the otherworld became thin on 1818 Stoker's appeared in large numbers in southern Samhain; because animals and plants were dying, it allowed the dead to reach back through the veil that separated them from the living. Dracula novel FRANKENSTEIN Jason France and Switzerland Vampire 1897 HALLOWEEN 1st Century First known use 14th Century Count Dracula of the word Boris Karloff stars in Frankenstein 1931 Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia "vampire" Shades THE MUMMY 1431-1476 1734 Halloween Throughout ancient history, Shades meant the spirit of a dead person, residing movie Werewolf 1978 Saint Boniface declared that Jane C. Loudon's The original werewolf of classical mythology, Lycaon, a king of Arcadia who, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, was turned into a ravenous wolf by Zeus. belief in the existence of in the underworld. The Mummy witches was un-Christian. DRACULA novel Ancient 8th Century 1827 Béla Lugosi stars in Dracula Many believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats Possibly the source of the term lycanthropy. W FrightCatalog Salem witch trials 1931 Data Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween imbas.org/articles/samhain.html history.com/topics/halloween xtimeline.com/timeline/History-of-Halloween mahalo.com/halloween-timeline 8 A.D. InfoNewt .com 1692-1693 14th Century Visualizing Business Intelligenoe © 2010 FrightCatalog.com, MarketClique eCommerce LLC 500 B.C. 500 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1900 A.D. 2000 A.D. |Present The Visual History of HALLOWEEN Halloween, or Hallowe'en, a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today. Jack-o-lantern Halloween is first associated Children estimated as a with $6.9 billion dollar industry disguised in costumes going door to door for food and coins Halloween By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered much of Celtic territory. Two Roman festivals were combined with the Celtic celebration of Samhain: The Book of "Halloween" was officially attested as part of the English language The festival of 1866 Present Carving gourds into elaborately The three Catholic celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas. Soul cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on All Saints dates Hallowe'en to May 13 in 609 or 610, when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the was traditional Samhain by Ruth Edna decorated lanterns at Halloween in Feralia, a day in late October when Romans commemorated the passing of the dead, and a day to honor Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees. dates back Scotland and The Festival of Samhain is a thousands of years 16th Century Ireland Kelley to Africa Pantheon at Rome. 1000 A.D. celebration of the end Halloween 1919 Hallowmas singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would 19th Century Pope Gregory III designated November 1st All Saints' Day, Ancient of the Gaelic harvest Hallowmas season. (October 31) 1st Century THE BOOK OF This date was an HALLOWE'EN ancient pagan observation, the represent a soul being freed from Purgatory. Pre-1st Century a time to honor end of the Feast of the Lemures, in which the evil saints and The Catholic church made Middle Ages martyrs. November 2nd All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead 18th century literature popularized Samhain as "Celtic New Year." The earliest known use in print of the term "trick or treat" The ancient Celts and restless In the Roman Catholic Church, a commemoration of "All Martyrs" was celebrated between mid Many believe the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival believed that wearing The Irish Potato spirits of all the dead were Famine brings Irish Catholics masks would ward off 1048 A.D. evil spirits appeased. 18th Century 1934 to America, along with their Halloween traditions. Candied Carved turnips in Ireland and Scotland are used Bonfires played a major role in the Festival of Samhain. Celebrants wore costumes, mostly skins and animal heads, and danced around bonfires. April and early May 800-450 B.C. 7th Century "All-Hallows-Even" was officially attested as part of the English language of the dead 3rd Century with a related, as candle lanterns in but church- windows to ward off harmful spirits Apple invented sanctioned 1846 holiday. by William W. Kolb Middle Ages 1st Century 8th Century 1556 All 1908 Hallows Even Festivals Monsters DRACULA KARLOFF MIMMY Dram Stoker Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel Bois Karloff stars in The Mummy 1932 Gaels believed that the border between this Bram Witch-hunts first world and the otherworld became thin on 1818 Stoker's appeared in large numbers in southern Samhain; because animals and plants were dying, it allowed the dead to reach back through the veil that separated them from the living. Dracula novel FRANKENSTEIN Jason France and Switzerland Vampire 1897 HALLOWEEN 1st Century First known use 14th Century Count Dracula of the word Boris Karloff stars in Frankenstein 1931 Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia "vampire" Shades THE MUMMY 1431-1476 1734 Halloween Throughout ancient history, Shades meant the spirit of a dead person, residing movie Werewolf 1978 Saint Boniface declared that Jane C. Loudon's The original werewolf of classical mythology, Lycaon, a king of Arcadia who, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, was turned into a ravenous wolf by Zeus. belief in the existence of in the underworld. The Mummy witches was un-Christian. DRACULA novel Ancient 8th Century 1827 Béla Lugosi stars in Dracula Many believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats Possibly the source of the term lycanthropy. W FrightCatalog Salem witch trials 1931 Data Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween imbas.org/articles/samhain.html history.com/topics/halloween xtimeline.com/timeline/History-of-Halloween mahalo.com/halloween-timeline 8 A.D. InfoNewt .com 1692-1693 14th Century Visualizing Business Intelligenoe © 2010 FrightCatalog.com, MarketClique eCommerce LLC 500 B.C. 500 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1900 A.D. 2000 A.D. |Present The Visual History of HALLOWEEN Halloween, or Hallowe'en, a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today. Jack-o-lantern Halloween is first associated Children estimated as a with $6.9 billion dollar industry disguised in costumes going door to door for food and coins Halloween By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered much of Celtic territory. Two Roman festivals were combined with the Celtic celebration of Samhain: The Book of "Halloween" was officially attested as part of the English language The festival of 1866 Present Carving gourds into elaborately The three Catholic celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas. Soul cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on All Saints dates Hallowe'en to May 13 in 609 or 610, when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the was traditional Samhain by Ruth Edna decorated lanterns at Halloween in Feralia, a day in late October when Romans commemorated the passing of the dead, and a day to honor Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees. dates back Scotland and The Festival of Samhain is a thousands of years 16th Century Ireland Kelley to Africa Pantheon at Rome. 1000 A.D. celebration of the end Halloween 1919 Hallowmas singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would 19th Century Pope Gregory III designated November 1st All Saints' Day, Ancient of the Gaelic harvest Hallowmas season. (October 31) 1st Century THE BOOK OF This date was an HALLOWE'EN ancient pagan observation, the represent a soul being freed from Purgatory. Pre-1st Century a time to honor end of the Feast of the Lemures, in which the evil saints and The Catholic church made Middle Ages martyrs. November 2nd All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead 18th century literature popularized Samhain as "Celtic New Year." The earliest known use in print of the term "trick or treat" The ancient Celts and restless In the Roman Catholic Church, a commemoration of "All Martyrs" was celebrated between mid Many believe the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival believed that wearing The Irish Potato spirits of all the dead were Famine brings Irish Catholics masks would ward off 1048 A.D. evil spirits appeased. 18th Century 1934 to America, along with their Halloween traditions. Candied Carved turnips in Ireland and Scotland are used Bonfires played a major role in the Festival of Samhain. Celebrants wore costumes, mostly skins and animal heads, and danced around bonfires. April and early May 800-450 B.C. 7th Century "All-Hallows-Even" was officially attested as part of the English language of the dead 3rd Century with a related, as candle lanterns in but church- windows to ward off harmful spirits Apple invented sanctioned 1846 holiday. by William W. Kolb Middle Ages 1st Century 8th Century 1556 All 1908 Hallows Even Festivals Monsters DRACULA KARLOFF MIMMY Dram Stoker Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel Bois Karloff stars in The Mummy 1932 Gaels believed that the border between this Bram Witch-hunts first world and the otherworld became thin on 1818 Stoker's appeared in large numbers in southern Samhain; because animals and plants were dying, it allowed the dead to reach back through the veil that separated them from the living. Dracula novel FRANKENSTEIN Jason France and Switzerland Vampire 1897 HALLOWEEN 1st Century First known use 14th Century Count Dracula of the word Boris Karloff stars in Frankenstein 1931 Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia "vampire" Shades THE MUMMY 1431-1476 1734 Halloween Throughout ancient history, Shades meant the spirit of a dead person, residing movie Werewolf 1978 Saint Boniface declared that Jane C. Loudon's The original werewolf of classical mythology, Lycaon, a king of Arcadia who, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, was turned into a ravenous wolf by Zeus. belief in the existence of in the underworld. The Mummy witches was un-Christian. DRACULA novel Ancient 8th Century 1827 Béla Lugosi stars in Dracula Many believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats Possibly the source of the term lycanthropy. W FrightCatalog Salem witch trials 1931 Data Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween imbas.org/articles/samhain.html history.com/topics/halloween xtimeline.com/timeline/History-of-Halloween mahalo.com/halloween-timeline 8 A.D. InfoNewt .com 1692-1693 14th Century Visualizing Business Intelligenoe © 2010 FrightCatalog.com, MarketClique eCommerce LLC 500 B.C. 500 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1900 A.D. 2000 A.D. |Present The Visual History of HALLOWEEN Halloween, or Hallowe'en, a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today. Jack-o-lantern Halloween is first associated Children estimated as a with $6.9 billion dollar industry disguised in costumes going door to door for food and coins Halloween By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered much of Celtic territory. Two Roman festivals were combined with the Celtic celebration of Samhain: The Book of "Halloween" was officially attested as part of the English language The festival of 1866 Present Carving gourds into elaborately The three Catholic celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas. Soul cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on All Saints dates Hallowe'en to May 13 in 609 or 610, when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the was traditional Samhain by Ruth Edna decorated lanterns at Halloween in Feralia, a day in late October when Romans commemorated the passing of the dead, and a day to honor Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees. dates back Scotland and The Festival of Samhain is a thousands of years 16th Century Ireland Kelley to Africa Pantheon at Rome. 1000 A.D. celebration of the end Halloween 1919 Hallowmas singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would 19th Century Pope Gregory III designated November 1st All Saints' Day, Ancient of the Gaelic harvest Hallowmas season. (October 31) 1st Century THE BOOK OF This date was an HALLOWE'EN ancient pagan observation, the represent a soul being freed from Purgatory. Pre-1st Century a time to honor end of the Feast of the Lemures, in which the evil saints and The Catholic church made Middle Ages martyrs. November 2nd All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead 18th century literature popularized Samhain as "Celtic New Year." The earliest known use in print of the term "trick or treat" The ancient Celts and restless In the Roman Catholic Church, a commemoration of "All Martyrs" was celebrated between mid Many believe the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival believed that wearing The Irish Potato spirits of all the dead were Famine brings Irish Catholics masks would ward off 1048 A.D. evil spirits appeased. 18th Century 1934 to America, along with their Halloween traditions. Candied Carved turnips in Ireland and Scotland are used Bonfires played a major role in the Festival of Samhain. Celebrants wore costumes, mostly skins and animal heads, and danced around bonfires. April and early May 800-450 B.C. 7th Century "All-Hallows-Even" was officially attested as part of the English language of the dead 3rd Century with a related, as candle lanterns in but church- windows to ward off harmful spirits Apple invented sanctioned 1846 holiday. by William W. Kolb Middle Ages 1st Century 8th Century 1556 All 1908 Hallows Even Festivals Monsters DRACULA KARLOFF MIMMY Dram Stoker Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel Bois Karloff stars in The Mummy 1932 Gaels believed that the border between this Bram Witch-hunts first world and the otherworld became thin on 1818 Stoker's appeared in large numbers in southern Samhain; because animals and plants were dying, it allowed the dead to reach back through the veil that separated them from the living. Dracula novel FRANKENSTEIN Jason France and Switzerland Vampire 1897 HALLOWEEN 1st Century First known use 14th Century Count Dracula of the word Boris Karloff stars in Frankenstein 1931 Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia "vampire" Shades THE MUMMY 1431-1476 1734 Halloween Throughout ancient history, Shades meant the spirit of a dead person, residing movie Werewolf 1978 Saint Boniface declared that Jane C. Loudon's The original werewolf of classical mythology, Lycaon, a king of Arcadia who, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, was turned into a ravenous wolf by Zeus. belief in the existence of in the underworld. The Mummy witches was un-Christian. DRACULA novel Ancient 8th Century 1827 Béla Lugosi stars in Dracula Many believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats Possibly the source of the term lycanthropy. W FrightCatalog Salem witch trials 1931 Data Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween imbas.org/articles/samhain.html history.com/topics/halloween xtimeline.com/timeline/History-of-Halloween mahalo.com/halloween-timeline 8 A.D. InfoNewt .com 1692-1693 14th Century Visualizing Business Intelligenoe © 2010 FrightCatalog.com, MarketClique eCommerce LLC 500 B.C. 500 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1900 A.D. 2000 A.D. |Present