Samhain is the Celtic god of death. We are all afraid of him!

萨温是凯尔特族的死亡之神。我们都很害怕他！

Samhain marked the end of the harvest and beginning of the cold dark winter.

夏末节标志着夏天正式结束，严酷的冬季开始的一天。

Samhain is the last day of summer and the last day of the Celtic year: October 31.

萨温节在夏天的最后一天，也是凯尔特年的最后一天：10月31日。

They believed that spirits could rise from the dead around the time of Samhain.

他们认为亡者的灵魂会在萨温节前后返回人间。

Samhain would evolve into All Saints Day, which is also referred to as All Hallows Day.

萨温节演变成万圣（Saints）节，也被称为万圣（Hallows）节。

Samhain marked the halfway point between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice, the beginning of the new year.

夏末节标志着秋分和冬至的中间点，也是新的一年的开始。

Samhain later transformed in the seventh century into All Saints' Day or All Hallows' Day as Christian leaders co-opted pagan holidays.

萨温节后来在七世纪变为万圣节，因为基督教领袖选择了异教的节日。

The word Samhain translates into modern Irish to summer's end.

Samhain这个词在现代爱尔兰语中是“夏天结束”的意思。

And jack-o-lanterns first caught on at a time when most Americans had no direct connection to Samhain or the Celts.

在大多数美国人与萨温节或凯尔特人没有直接联系的时候，南瓜灯就已经开始流行起来了。

The Celts had a feast called Samhain, which marked the end of summer.

凯尔特人举行了一场名为 Samhain 的盛宴，标志着夏天的结束。

Halloween traditions may have originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain.

万圣节的传统可能起源于古代凯尔特人的丰收节，尤其是盖尔人的节日 Samhain。

Halloween dates all the way back to the ancient Celtic people, who celebrated its Samhain, one of their most important holidays on November 1st.

万圣节这个节日可以追溯到古代凯尔特人那里，他们为了庆祝萨温节，夏末的到来，由此，11月1日也是他们最重要的节日之一。

The Celtic Festival of Samhain comes from the old Irish for summer's end.

凯尔特人的 Samhain 节源于古老的爱尔兰语，意为夏天的结束。

Halloween is thought to date back more than 2,000 years to Samhain, a Celtic New Year's Day that fell on November 1.

万圣节可以追溯到 2000 多年前的萨温节，即 11 月 1 日的凯尔特新年。

Samhain was celebrated at the end of October, just as we celebrate Halloween.

Samhain 在 10 月底庆祝，就像我们庆祝万圣节一样。

Samhain was one of their most important holidays, as it represented the transition from summer to winter.

Samhain 是他们最重要的节日之一，因为它代表着从夏天到冬天的过渡。

Aside from the Celtic tradition of Samhain, the ancient Romans also provided some of the early roots of Halloween.

除了凯尔特人的Samhain传统外，古罗马人还提供了万圣节的一些早期根源。

Halloween as we know it is a secular celebration with roots in the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain, which was observed in ancient Britain and Ireland on November 1st.

我们所知的万圣节是一个世俗的庆祝活动，起源于凯尔特人的丰收节“夏末节”，古代英国和爱尔兰在 11 月 1 日庆祝这个节日。

They were known as Celts, and they celebrated a holiday known as Samhain (pronounced Saw-win. This is the Gaelic word for " November" ).

他们被称为凯尔特人，他们庆祝一个名为 Samhain（发音为 Saw-win。这是盖尔语中的“十一月”）的节日。

When the Romans conquered the British Isles, the traditions of Samhain and Pomona began to merge with each other to become one holiday.

当罗马人征服不列颠群岛时，Samhain 和 Pomona 的传统开始相互融合，成为一个节日。