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3 unusual facts about Samhain


Aillen

According to The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, he would burn Tara to the ground every year at Samhain with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music.

Salem's Seven

The next Halloween, Wanda attempted to commune with Agatha Harkness's spirit, but was drawn through into the land of the dead, where she was confronted with spirits of the Seven (except Gazelle) who had aligned themselves with a being that called itself Samhain.

Samhain

The 14th century Aided Chrimthainn maic Fidaig, or The Killing of Crimthann mac Fidaig, tells how Mongfind (Mongfhionn) tried to kill her own brother Crimthann (the King of Munster) to make sure her son Brian succeeded to the throne.


Black Market Magazine

Based in San Diego, Black Market Magazine initially featured mostly reviews / interviews of punk rock and other alternative bands such as Samhain, The Cramps, D.O.A., Tex and the Horseheads, G.B.H., New Order, Christian Death, Bad Religion, Ramones, Murphey's Law, Butthole Surfers, Wasted Youth, Danzig, Marilyn Manson, etc..

Cold Cave

In September 2012, Eisold announced Cold Cave would be touring the US later in the year, he would be recording a new album and that the new live line-up included: Hunter Burgan (AFI), London May (Samhain), David Scott Stone (LCD Soundsystem, Melvins) and Cody Votolato (The Blood Brothers, Jaguar Love).

Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain

Samhain, or Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain, is a 2003 Canadian horror film, starring Bobbie Phillips, Richard Grieco, and pornographic actor legends Ginger Lynn Allen, Chasey Lain, Taylor Hayes, and Jenna Jameson.

Final Descent

The 1990 CD came with a large sticker on its cellophane wrapping, which read, "Samhain: Final Descent" (in the same font used for the original 1976 horror/suspense motion picture The Omen and its three sequels).

Reptile House

The band included Daniel Higgs, later of Lungfish, guitarists Alex Layne, Asa Osborne and Joe Goldsborough, bass players David Rhodes and Leigh Panlilio, as well as drummers Gary Breezee and London May who went on to play in Glenn Danzig's post-Misfits band Samhain.

Witches' Sabbath

The modern Sabbats that many Wiccans and Neo-Pagans now follow are: Imbolc (February 2), Ostara (Spring Equinox), Beltane (May 1), Litha (Summer Solstice), Lammas (August 1), Mabon (Autumn Equinox), Samhain (October 31) and Yule (Winter Solstice).


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