Mito de la caverna

a traditional holiday

hundreds of years before the brirth of christ, the celts, the inhabibitants of france and the british isles, helda a festival at the beginning of every winter for thelord of the dead these people. believed that this god ruled the world in winter, when he called together the ghosts of dead people. on october 31, these spirts of the dead come back in the forms ofanimals, along with very bad ghosts and black cats. al their festival, the celts used to make big fires to frighten the ghosts and chase them away. this celebration was the beginning of halloween.the romans, who ruled the british isles after the birth of chirst, also held a celebration at the beginning of winter. because winter was harvest time, the romans brought apples and nuts for thegoddess. of gardens. later, the christians added their customs to those of the celts and the romans. they had a religious ho liday on november 1 for the saints (the unusually good people in christianitg),which they called all hallows'or all saints' day the evening before was all hallows. even ( " holy evening") later the name become halloween.

a long time ago time in britain, people used to goto wise old women calledeved "witches" to learn aboul the future. a long time ago time in britain, people used to go to wise old women called " witches" to learn aboul the future. they belived thatthese witches had the power to tell the future and to use magic words to protect people or change them, there were many beliets aboud witches, who are now a symed of halloween. for example, peoplebelilieved witches flew on broomsticks to big secret meetings, where they ate, sang, and danced. the chirstians tried to stop people from believing in witches, but many uneducated people, especially inthe countryside, held on to their beliefs.

when people come to north america from the british isles. they brought their halloween customs with them. today, halloween is a night when children...