Halloween: The Bloody and Eerie Origin Of This Sugar Overload Holiday


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During the said festival, a bloody and eerie ritual in Rathcroghan was done. The place was a former Celtic center buried beneath the farmland of Ireland’s County Roscommon. Pagans wearing costumes sacrificed animals to Celtic demons that inhabited nearby Oweynagat cave.

Photo credit: R Mulraney via National Geographic