Pronunciations: SOW-in, SAH-vin, SAM-hayne Possibly the biggest festival of the Witches’ year, Samhain is a time to remember those who have passed on, celebrate the Summers end and prepare for Winter months ahead. The Sun God and earth fall into slumber, as the nights lengthen and winte...
Samain, or Samhain as modern Irish has it, is pronounced, roughly, like the modern English noun sow followed by -in; sow-in, with the emphasis on the first syllable. Old IrishSamainbecomes Modern Irish,Samhain, cognate with Scottish GaelicSamhuinn, ManxSauin. I’m largely writing about med...