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Samhain: Irish Gaelic
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Contrary to a popular Internet-based (and Chick Tract-encouraged) rumor, Samhain was not the name of some ancient Celtic god of death, or of anything else, for that matter. Religious scholars agree that the word Samhain (pronounced "sow-en") comes from the Gaelic “Samhuin,” but they’re divided on whether it means the end or beginning of summer. After all, when summer is ending here on earth, it’s just beginning in the Underworld. Samhain actually refers to the daylight portion of the holiday, on November 1st.
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Samhain is pronounced "sah-van", although many neo-Pagans pronounce it as "sow-in" (where "ow" rhymes with "cow"). Samhain is Irish Gaelic for the month of November. Samhuin is Scottish Gaelic for All Hallows, NOV-1.
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Bealtaine, Lúnasa and Samhain are still today the names of the months of May, August and November in the Irish language. Similarly, an Lùnasdal and an t-Samhain are the modern Scottish Gaelic names for August and November.
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On Earth-691 in the 31st century Samhain was defeated by the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Irish heroine Shamrock and Cuchulain. It is unknown if this Samhain was the same as the one encountered by Vision & Scarlet Witch.
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Other divination practices occurred during Samhain and some of these followed Irish immigrants to America during the potato famine. For example, bobbing for apples was a marriage divination that indicated who (the first person to bite an apple) would marry first in the coming year.
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