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 The scenario [[Halloween_At_St._Odilio's|Halloween at St. Odilio's]] provides one explanation:
-J.G. Frazer’s third edition [[The Golden Bough]], a copy of which can be found at the [[Orne Library]] at [[Miskatonic University]], suggests that the most auspicious date for spells and rituals is October 31st, and one cultist's interpretation of this imagery is that on Halloween the veil between the worlds of [[Dreamlands|Dream]] and Day can be passed through freely:
+J.G. Frazer’s third edition [[The Golden Bough]], a copy of which can be found at the [[Orne Library]] at [[Miskatonic University (Location)|Miskatonic University]], suggests that the most auspicious date for spells and rituals is October 31st, and one cultist's interpretation of this imagery is that on Halloween the veil between the worlds of [[Dreamlands|Dream]] and Day can be passed through freely:
 <blockquote>“But it is not only the souls of the departed who are supposed to be hovering unseen on the day ‘when autumn to winter resigns the pale year’. Witches then speed on their errands of mischief, some sweeping through the air on besoms, others galloping along the roads on tabby-cats, which for that evening are turned into black steeds. The fairies, too, are all let loose, and hobgoblins of every sort roam freely about.” – J.G. Frazer, [[The Golden Bough]] </blockquote>

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 "...And what did they all howl on May-Eve, and again the next Halloween? And why did the new church parsons - fellows that used to he sailors - wear those queer robes and cover themselves with the gold-like things Obed brought from the sea-things?  ...How would you like to hear the howling night after night from the churches and [[Esoteric Order of Dagon|Order of Dagon Hall]], and know what is doing part of the howling? How would you like to hear what comes from that awful reef every May-Eve and Halloween?"
 - H.P.Lovecraft, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"
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 ==== The Deep Ones (May Eve and Halloween)====
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-"Those sea-things liked human sacrifices. They had had them ages before, but lost track of the upper world after a time. What they did to the victims, it isn't for me to say, and I guess Obed wasn't too sharp about asking. But it was all right with the [Kanaky] heathens, because they had been having a hard time and were desperate about everything. They gave a certain number of young folks to the sea-things twice every year - May-Eve and Halloween - regularly as could be. They would also give some of the carved knick-knacks they made. What the sea-things agreed to give in return was plenty of fish - they drove them in from all over the sea - and a few gold-like things now and then.... It seems the [[[Deep One]]s] liked mixing with humans, and having joint ceremonies on the big days - May-Eve and Halloween.... And what did they all howl on May-Eve, and again the next Halloween? And why did the new church parsons - fellows that used to he sailors - wear those queer robes and cover themselves with the gold-like things Obed brought [from the sea-things]?  ...How would you like to hear the howling night after night from the churches and [[Esoteric Order of Dagon|Order of Dagon Hall]], and know what is doing part of the howling? How would you like to hear what comes from that awful reef every May-Eve and Halloween?"
+"Those sea-things liked human sacrifices. They had had them ages before, but lost track of the upper world after a time. What they did to the victims, it isn't for me to say, and I guess Obed wasn't too sharp about asking. But it was all right with the [Kanaky] heathens, because they had been having a hard time and were desperate about everything. They gave a certain number of young folks to the sea-things twice every year - May-Eve and Halloween - regularly as could be, and would also give some of the carved knick-knacks they made. What the sea-things agreed to give in return was plenty of fish - they drove them in from all over the sea - and a few gold-like things now and then.... It seems the sea-things liked mixing with humans, and having joint ceremonies on the big days - May-Eve and Halloween....
 - H.P.Lovecraft, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"
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 ==== The Deep Ones (May Eve and Halloween)====
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-"Those sea-things liked human sacrifices. They had had them ages before, but lost track of the upper world after a time. What they did to the victims, it isn't for me to say, and I guess Obed wasn't too sharp about asking. But it was all right with the [Kanaky] heathens, because they had been having a hard time and were desperate about everything. They gave a certain number of young folks to the sea-things twice every year - May-Eve and Halloween - regularly as could be. They also give some of the carved knick-knacks they made. What the sea-things agreed to give in return was plenty of fish - they drove them in from all over the sea - and a few gold-like things now and then.... It seems the [[[Deep One]]s] liked mixing with humans, and having joint ceremonies on the big days - May-Eve and Halloween.... And what did they all howl on May-Eve, and again the next Halloween? And why did the new church parsons - fellows that used to he sailors - wear those queer robes and cover themselves with the gold-like things Obed brought [from the sea-things]?  ...How would you like to hear the howling night after night from the churches and [[Esoteric Order of Dagon|Order of Dagon Hall]], and know what is doing part of the howling? How would you like to hear what comes from that awful reef every May-Eve and Halloween?"
+"Those sea-things liked human sacrifices. They had had them ages before, but lost track of the upper world after a time. What they did to the victims, it isn't for me to say, and I guess Obed wasn't too sharp about asking. But it was all right with the [Kanaky] heathens, because they had been having a hard time and were desperate about everything. They gave a certain number of young folks to the sea-things twice every year - May-Eve and Halloween - regularly as could be. They would also give some of the carved knick-knacks they made. What the sea-things agreed to give in return was plenty of fish - they drove them in from all over the sea - and a few gold-like things now and then.... It seems the [[[Deep One]]s] liked mixing with humans, and having joint ceremonies on the big days - May-Eve and Halloween.... And what did they all howl on May-Eve, and again the next Halloween? And why did the new church parsons - fellows that used to he sailors - wear those queer robes and cover themselves with the gold-like things Obed brought [from the sea-things]?  ...How would you like to hear the howling night after night from the churches and [[Esoteric Order of Dagon|Order of Dagon Hall]], and know what is doing part of the howling? How would you like to hear what comes from that awful reef every May-Eve and Halloween?"
 - H.P.Lovecraft, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"
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 === Elsewhere ===
 (To do.  These would be more unusual locations where Halloween might be celebrated.)
 ==== Belomas (Far Future) ====
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 (To do.  Before Spanish colonization, this holiday was celebrated at the beginning of Summer in honor of the Aztec goddess of the Dead.)
 [[Category:CoC:Halloween_scenarios]]

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 ==== Belomas (Far Future) ====
-Belomas is a Festival of the Dead in the far-future setting of [[The Chronicles of Future Earth]]. The Festival takes place over the nights of the four Sayibdis (Saturdays) of the month of Galom, and each Sayibdi evening families get together to enjoy each other’s company and remember the dead. Pumpkin cakes are left in the Ancestors’ Niche in every house, and children tie black and orange ribbons to the doors of their houses and put candles in the windows so their dead ancestors can easily find their way home. It is a quiet time of joy, after the harvest and before the first snows of winter arrive.
+Belomas is a Festival of the Dead in the far-future setting of ''[[The Chronicles of Future Earth]]''. The Festival takes place over the nights of the four Sayibdis (Saturdays) of the month of Galom, and each Sayibdi evening families get together to enjoy each other’s company and remember the dead. Pumpkin cakes are left in the Ancestors’ Niche in every house, and children tie black and orange ribbons to the doors of their houses and put candles in the windows so their dead ancestors can easily find their way home. It is a quiet time of joy, after the harvest and before the first snows of winter arrive.
 ==== Dreamlands ====

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	<blockquote>“But it is not only the souls of the departed who are supposed to be hovering unseen on the day ‘when autumn to winter resigns the pale year’. Witches then speed on their errands of mischief, some sweeping through the air on besoms, others galloping along the roads on tabby-cats, which for that evening are turned into black steeds. The fairies, too, are all let loose, and hobgoblins of every sort roam freely about.” – J.G. Frazer, [[Golden Bough]] </blockquote>		<blockquote>“But it is not only the souls of the departed who are supposed to be hovering unseen on the day ‘when autumn to winter resigns the pale year’. Witches then speed on their errands of mischief, some sweeping through the air on besoms, others galloping along the roads on tabby-cats, which for that evening are turned into black steeds. The fairies, too, are all let loose, and hobgoblins of every sort roam freely about.” – J.G. Frazer, [[Golden Bough]] </blockquote>
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		+	=== Dead Leaves Fall ===
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		+	The scenario "[[Dead_Leaves_Fall_(Scenario)\|Dead Leaves Fall]]" suggests another:
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		+	"The event that connects these [[Child of Chaat\|poor individuals]] together is the time period of October 31 every year. The reason that this specific date is the trigger for the transformation is unknown and probably beyond human comprehension.... One may speculate that the spell to call forth [[Chaat]] is only done on this date and that the spell itself holds significance to linking the date with the transformation." - Simon Yee, "[[Dead_Leaves_Fall_(Scenario)\|Dead Leaves Fall]]"

	=== Liminal Symbolism ===		=== Liminal Symbolism ===

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 * Bobbing for apples (originally introduced into Halloween celebrations by the Roman Empire.  After the Romans took over Celtic lands in AD43, a new tradition celebrating the Roman goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit and trees is seen in present day Halloween celebrations in the tradition of bobbing for apples, as apples are one of the goddess' symbols.)
-==== Beltane (April 30 - May 1) ====
+==== Beltane (Dark Ages and Ancient, April 30 - May 1) ====
 (To do.  Similar to Walpurgisnacht.)
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 =====Lemuralia (Invictus: Imperial Rome; May 9-13)=====
 "The Roman calendar has many holidays, festivals and holy days. The time is approaching for the feast of Lemuralia, three sacred days (May 9th, 11th and 13th) when all good Romans performed rites to exorcise the unwholesome spirits of the dead from their homes. This was accomplished by making offerings of beans and mola salsa, special salted flower cakes made by the Vestigial Virgins from the first ears of wheat of a harvesting season. Such gifts usually were enough to satisfy the restless dead for another year, but every once in an unfortunate while the dead aren’t so easily appeased." (Scenario: "[[Lemuralia]]")
 =====Walpurgisnacht (April 30)=====
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 ==== Japan, Korea, China, etc. ====
 (To do.  There may be some American import of the holiday, but some of these countries have traditional festivals that are similar to Halloween as well:  "Hungry Ghost Festival", et.al.)
 ==== Mexico, Central and South America ====
 (To do.  There may be some import of the U.S. version of the holiday, but there may also be traditional festivals that are similar to Halloween, such as "Day of the Dead" et.al.)
 [[Category:CoC:Halloween_scenarios]]