HalloweenHistory, Literature, and Culture

Traditions• Samhain – end of harvest and beginning of winter.

• Special bonfires

• Otherworld Opened

Oweynagat

• Cave of the Cats

• Various destructive

creatures emerged through

this opening to the

Otherworld on Samhain.

Jack-O-Lanterns

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3dFh6

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Sleepy HollowBy Washington Irving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3RaaFR

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6O4Hi

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The Corpse BrideRussian Folk Tale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8-

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DraculaBy Bram Stoker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzb3rAS

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Halloween TodayAmerican Customs

Halloween MoviesHocus Pocus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-

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